# Wikipedia Everywhere

> Turn any text on the web into a Wikipedia preview.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia-everywhere`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** barricachlorissinica
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08
- **First published:** 2026-07-05
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-everywhere/)
- **Website:** [https://barricachlorissinica.com/extensions](https://barricachlorissinica.com/extensions)

## Description

Instantly View Wikipedia Summaries Without Leaving the Page

Wikipedia Everywhere lets you quickly view Wikipedia summaries by simply selecting text on any webpage. A popup appears instantly, allowing you to learn more without interrupting your browsing.

<strong>Features:</strong>
<ul><li>View concise Wikipedia summaries by selecting text on any webpage.</li><li>Display article images for quick visual context.</li><li>Configure popup delay, modifier keys, and other behavior to fit your workflow.</li><li>Easily enable or disable Wikipedia popups for the current tab from the toolbar button.</li></ul>
<strong>Privacy:</strong>
No browsing history or selected text is collected or stored. Wikipedia summaries are retrieved directly from the official Wikipedia API.

## Rankings

- #59,233 — Overall
- #83 — wikipedia

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://*.wikipedia.org/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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-everywhere)