Ensure Reddit always loads the old design

Latest Version

Version
2.0.1
Update
August 25, 2024
Size
15.92KiB
Developer
Category
Users
100,000+
Rating
4.75828 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
DeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
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Old Reddit Redirect Extension

ℹ️ If you're wondering why the chrome extension recently requested new permissions, please see https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect/issues/117.

Dislike Reddit's redesign? Old Reddit Redirect will ensure that you always load the old (old.reddit.com) design instead.

Forces all reddit.com links to old.reddit.com, including navigating to the site, opening links or using old bookmarks.

Unlike the account setting for turning off the design, this works regardless of whether you are logged in or not or in incognito mode.

There are also a few minor quality of life improvements:

- Remove the undismissable cookie banner
- Prevent reddit from rendering raw image URLs as HTML
- Rewrite links to galleries to the raw old reddit comments page

Old Reddit Redirect is free and open source software. The code is available at https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect. Pull requests are more than welcome.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Old Reddit Redirect", "description": "Ensure Reddit always loads the old design", "version": "2.0.1", "manifest_version": 3, "icons": { "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon128.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://old.reddit.com/*"], "css": ["styles.css"] } ], "permissions": ["declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess"], "host_permissions": [ "*://reddit.com/*", "*://www.reddit.com/*", "*://np.reddit.com/*", "*://amp.reddit.com/*", "*://i.reddit.com/*", "*://i.redd.it/*", "*://preview.redd.it/*" ], "declarative_net_request": { "rule_resources": [ { "id": "ruleset_1", "enabled": true, "path": "rules.json" } ] }}
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User reviews

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ika (ID: 00000072312f21d6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/05/2023 thanks. i dont use reddit but the website is obnoxious and reloads 3 times cause it forces google sign in

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Sir Thanksalot (ID: 0000002df53e34ce) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/25/2023 Started to notice a slight issue, On some subreddits, the old reddit format loads but there is a box in the middle of comments with other irrelevant topics. There is a "Hide" "X" which has to be clicked in order for it to go away. Previously, page links from search engines loaded without issues, and no interfering useless Box of other topics or titles right in the middle of comments. This behavior does not happen on every subreddit, but a few that are very popular, have heavy traffic and ads. This is not the extension's fault as it simply does the job of changing the URL to the old cleaner look. This is 100% Reddit's UI design team's fault, or rather, it is intentionally designed to distract from reading comments. Thank you for providing this extension.

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Sharan K.E (ID: 000000ab0b3057f9) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/06/2023 Even with extension installed, it always loads Reddit's new version. Now you have to manually old.reddit.com on the search bar everytime you have to access it. As of today (06/08/2023), this app no longer works.

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D Fowler (ID: 000000f17f5796dd) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/09/2023 Does what its supposed to do and is kept its functionality intact through updates when needed (not often, but it happens). Also they have a github page of the code some thats some extra points for them.

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Mohamed Elsharnouby (ID: 000000d525db264f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/21/2023 Perfect, lightweight, does exactly what it needs to do