# Old Genius (Song Page Switcher)

> Switch between Genius's redesign and old song page, without it resetting when you click on another page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/old-genius](https://chrome-stats.com/d/old-genius)

## Overview

- **ID:** `old-genius`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Matei Marica
- **Daily users:** 25
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-19
- **First published:** 2023-04-15
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-10-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/old-genius/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mateimarica/old-genius](https://github.com/mateimarica/old-genius)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/old-genius/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/old-genius/privacy/)

## Description

Old Genius (Song Page Switcher) is a Firefox add-on that allows users to easily switch between Genius's redesign and the old song page, preserving the state between pages.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `https://genius.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `genius.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/old-genius)