# Universal Edit Button

> Auto-discovery button for wiki websites

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-edit-button](https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-edit-button)

## Overview

- **ID:** `universal-edit-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** travis\_wikihow
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2008-06-23
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/universal-edit-button/)
- **Website:** [http://github.com/splitbrain/universaleditbutton/issues](http://github.com/splitbrain/universaleditbutton/issues)

## Description

Universal Edit Button is a Firefox add-on that adds an auto-discovery button in the address bar for editing wiki websites. It works on popular sites like Wikipedia, AboutUs.com, wikiHow, and major wikis including MediaWiki, DokuWiki, TWiki, PHPWiki, MoinMoin, and more.

## Rankings

- #24,261 — Overall
- #204 — wiki
- #222 — css editor
- #229 — text editor

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-edit-button)