Skip Mobile Wikipedia

Name: Skip Mobile Wikipedia
Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Author: legoktm

A WebExtension that redirects the mobile Wikipedia website to the standard, canonical domain. This extension will redirect the first request, and then set a "stopMobileRedirect" cookie to prevent future redirects.

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Skip Mobile Wikipedia is a simple yet effective WebExtension designed to enhance your Wikipedia browsing experience by automatically redirecting the mobile Wikipedia site to its standard desktop version. Upon your first request to a mobile Wikipedia page, the extension redirects you to the canonical desktop domain and sets a "stopMobileRedirect" cookie to prevent any further redirects, ensuring you maintain consistent access to the desktop site without interruptions.

Ideal for users who prefer the full desktop interface on their mobile devices or aim to avoid the simplified mobile version, this extension provides a seamless browsing experience without manual URL adjustments. Its unobtrusive design guarantees efficient redirection with minimal impact on browser performance.

Add-on Productivity Utilities

By:

legoktm

Daily users:

707 -3

Rating:

5.00

(10)

Version:

0.2.1 Last updated: 2020-05-15

Version code:

5025865

Creation date:

2018-04-02

Risk:

Permissions:

*://*.wikipedia.org/*
*://*.wiktionary.org/*
*://*.wikiquote.org/*
*://*.wikibooks.org/*
*://*.wikisource.org/*
*://*.wikinews.org/*
*://*.wikiversity.org/*
*://*.wikimedia.org/*
*://*.wikidata.org/*
*://*.wikivoyage.org/*

Size:

87.75KB

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 3,733 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#210 in Feeds, News & Blogging ▲ 1

#7 in mobile keyword 37

#9 in mobile view keyword 30

#11 in wikipedia keyword 21

#16 in skip ads keyword 56

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User reviews

The 'Skip Mobile Wikipedia' Firefox add-on is praised for seamlessly converting mobile Wikipedia links to their desktop counterparts, improving reading experience and saving users the hassle of manual URL edits. It enhances cross-device usability, especially when sending tabs from phone to desktop, ensuring the desktop layout is used. Users appreciate avoiding the mobile Wikipedia layout on desktops entirely. No significant drawbacks were reported across multiple reviews.

Pros

Automatically converts mobile Wikipedia links to desktop versions, saving time from manual URL editing.
Improves user experience by avoiding the less convenient mobile Wikipedia layout on desktop devices.
Enhances link sharing between mobile and desktop Firefox by ensuring desktop-friendly Wikipedia URLs.
Perceived to potentially load articles faster by skipping mobile redirects.

Cons

Recent reviews

by 退出*****, 2025-04-07

by 远离*****, 2025-02-28

Works perfectly as expected ! I'll never have to endure the slightly different mobile wikipedia layout while on my desktop anymore, what a joy !

by gc*****, 2023-11-01

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Skip Mobile Wikipedia requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Skip Mobile Wikipedia has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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