# wxIF

> View the EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata for images. WebExtensions port of the FxIF add-on.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wxif`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Garf
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 984
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.76 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-12-22
- **Size:** 48 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wxif/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gcp/wxif/issues](https://github.com/gcp/wxif/issues)

## Description

wxIF is a powerful Chrome extension that allows users to view detailed metadata embedded in images, including EXIF, IPTC, and XMP data. It is a WebExtensions port of the popular FxIF add-on, bringing seamless image metadata inspection directly to your browser. 

With wxIF, users can easily access important information like camera settings, geolocation, date/time, and other image attributes without needing external software. The clean interface and quick metadata display help photographers, designers, and casual users better understand the origin and context of images they encounter online.

## Rankings

- #3,325 — Overall
- #367 — Web Development

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`

## 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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## Review summary

Users find wxIF functional for viewing EXIF data in Firefox, providing a clean interface and basic capabilities. However, multiple reviews note the UI is minimal, it lacks lens information, and does not support UTF-8 or advanced encodings well. Some report errors parsing XMP metadata and missing useful details for images without EXIF. Overall, it's a usable EXIF viewer but with limitations compared to alternatives like FxIF.

### Pros

- Supports viewing EXIF data from JPG images
- Works on recent versions of Firefox
- Provides a clean and neat window for displaying data
- Functionally sufficient as an EXIF data viewer

### Cons

- Does not display lens information, a common EXIF attribute
- Has a mediocre or minimal user interface with limited controls
- Fails to handle UTF-8 or encodings beyond ASCII/Latin-1
- Sometimes shows errors parsing XMP data and incomplete metadata display
- Lacks configuration options and additional info for images without EXIF data

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wxif)