# Wikipedia-References-Creator

> Create wikipedia references from websites with configurable output. Automatic detection from Google-Books, Amazon, and each other website (as simple refeference).

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia-references-creato`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** rjh
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 70
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.6
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-26
- **First published:** 2012-06-17
- **Size:** 34 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-references-creato/)
- **Website:** [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Rjh/wikipedia-reference-creator](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Rjh/wikipedia-reference-creator)

## Description

Wikipedia-References-Creator is a powerful Chrome extension designed to streamline citation creation for Wikipedia editors and researchers. By simply right-clicking on any website, users can generate properly formatted Wikipedia references, with automatic detection for key sources like Google Books and Amazon.

The extension supports customizable output templates using variables such as author, title, ISBN, publisher, and more, allowing users to tailor reference formatting to specific Wikipedia citation standards. It even translates Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) and PubMed IDs into accurate references by connecting to a specialized external database. Generated citations are copied directly to the clipboard for quick pasting, boosting productivity and ensuring accuracy.

Ideal for students, academics, and Wikipedia contributors, this tool simplifies the tedious task of citation creation to save time and improve quality of references across Wikipedia articles.

## Rankings

- #13,966 — Overall
- #9 — reference
- #37 — wikipedia
- #53 — create
- #107 — booking
- #170 — wiki

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `storage`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `activeTab`
- `notifications`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`

## Safety

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