# Wikipedia Sidebar

> Wikipedia abstracts in a sidebar. A Firefox webextension that displays Wikipedia abstracts in a sidebar. Select text and press Ctrl+Shift+V

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia_sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mauforonda
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 24
- **Rating:** 3.20 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-11-30
- **Size:** 110 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia_sidebar/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mauforonda/context/](https://github.com/mauforonda/context/)

## Description

Wikipedia Sidebar is a Firefox webextension that provides a sidebar displaying Wikipedia abstracts. By selecting text and pressing Ctrl+Shift+V, users can quickly access and read relevant Wikipedia information without leaving their current webpage.

## Rankings

- #22,374 — Overall
- #39 — wikipedia
- #91 — deepseek sidebar
- #95 — sidebar
- #168 — wiki

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia_sidebar)