# WikimediaDebug

> Control the X-Wikimedia-Debug header on HTTP requests.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikimediadebug`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** OK365
- **Category:** web-development
- **Version:** 3.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-03
- **First published:** 2025-07-31
- **Size:** 151 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikimediadebug/)

## Description

The WikimediaDebug extension allows Wikimedia developers to debug code by injecting an 'X-Wikimedia-Debug' header into HTTP requests made to Wikimedia Foundation projects.

## Rankings

- #143,434 — Overall
- #113 — debug

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*.mediawiki.org/*`
- `*://*.wikidata.org/*`
- `*://*.wikifunctions.org/*`
- `*://*.wikibooks.org/*`
- `*://*.wikimedia.org/*`
- `*://*.wikinews.org/*`
- `*://*.wikipedia.org/*`
- `*://*.wikiquote.org/*`
- `*://*.wikisource.org/*`
- `*://*.wikiversity.org/*`
- `*://*.wikivoyage.org/*`
- `*://*.wiktionary.org/*`
- `*://*.beta.wmcloud.org/*`
- `*://*.beta.wmflabs.org/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/wikimediadebug)