# Wikipedia Citation Needed

> A browser extension for finding citations in Wikipedia by using ChatGPT

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-citation-needed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-citation-needed)

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia-citation-needed`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** derenrich-wmf
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-12
- **First published:** 2024-09-11
- **Size:** 1.77 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-citation-needed/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-citation-needed/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-citation-needed/privacy/)

## Rankings

- #123,470 — Overall
- #221 — wikipedia

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `sidePanel`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `http://localhost:8000/find_citation`
- `https://citation-needed-api.toolforge.org/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/wikipedia-citation-needed)