# Old Reddit Redirect

> Ensure Reddit always loads the old design

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `old-reddit-redirect`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tomjwatson
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 56,974
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,199
- **Rating:** 4.68 / 5 (334 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2018-04-25
- **Size:** 53 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/)

## Description

Old Reddit Redirect is a Chrome extension designed for users who prefer Reddit's classic interface over the new redesign. It automatically redirects all reddit.com links to the old.reddit.com site, ensuring that every visit, bookmark, or link loads the familiar classic layout.

Unlike Reddit's own account settings, Old Reddit Redirect functions regardless of your login status or browsing mode, including incognito. It also blocks the EU cookie notice that often forces users back to the new Reddit. For those who occasionally want to visit the new design, accessing sh.reddit.com bypasses the redirect.

The extension is free, open source, and welcomes contributions from the community. Visit its GitHub repository to explore the code or submit pull requests.

## Rankings

- #299 — Overall
- #22 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #40 — Social & Communication
- #55 — Appearance
- #2 — redirect
- #3 — reddit

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `cookies`
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.reddit.com/*`
- `*://i.redd.it/*`
- `*://preview.redd.it/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.reddit.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: reddit.com, redd.it
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Review summary

Old Reddit Redirect is praised for improving the Reddit experience by speeding pages and reducing clutter, while remaining quiet in the background. Reviewers consistently call it reliable and non-disruptive when it works with the current Reddit layout. However, reliability can drop with the newer Reddit interface, with multiple users reporting it stops working. Media handling is also a concern: images sometimes fail to load or show Processing img.... Overall, users value the extension for a simpler, faster experience when it functions, but UI changes from Reddit can make it unstable.

### Pros

- Improves Reddit experience by making pages faster and cleaner.
- Quiet, unobtrusive operation that stays in the background.
- Generally reliable and non-disruptive when it works with the current Reddit layout.

### Cons

- Unreliable with the newer Reddit interface; several users report it stops working.
- Media loading issues on comments, with images sometimes failing to load or show Processing img...

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