Modern for Wikipedia
A redesigned user interface for Wikipedia. Enhance your Wikipedia experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.
Modern for Wikipedia: Redesign your Wikipedia experience
"Modern for Wikipedia" is a Firefox add-on that gives a refreshing modern design to Wikipedia. It applies new looks and features to existing Wikipedia article pages and supports all current features on Wikipedia. It offers improvements like themes, varied fonts, styles, languages, user accounts, history, search, trending, contents, and editing functionalities. Further, it lets you switch back to the old design with one click. Notably, it's not endorsed by or affiliated with Wikipedia.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Modern Redesigns
Rating: 4.40 
1 new ratings
(105)
Weekly download count: 90
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- tabs
- storage
- *://*.wikipedia.org/*
Size: 343.32K
Email: su*****@modernwiki.app
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Improves the appearance of Wikipedia pages compared to the default interface
- Better than competing add-on Wikiwand
- Easy to use and free
- Quick performance similar to vanilla Wikipedia
- Minimal and modern design approach
Cons
- Causes pages to reload indefinitely in some cases
- Adds "?useskin=vector" to URLs, complicating bookmark management
- Issues with dark mode where tables remain unreadable
- Potential compatibility issues with specific network settings
Most mentioned
- Infinite reloading issue when accessing Wikipedia
- Addition of "?useskin=vector" to URLs
- Desire for more customization options for links and photos
- Need for a feature to invert colors of transparent images in dark mode
User reviews
by Firefox user 18527390, 2025-03-05
by Davide, 2025-02-20
by 退出中共邪教党团队避疫, 2025-02-13
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Modern for Wikipedia requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
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