Wikipedia gets a beautiful, clean, modern interface.
Modern for Wikipedia Extension
Once installed, Modern will simply apply the new look and features to existing Wikipedia article pages, without you having to do anything.
All current features on Wikipedia are supported, this extension simply builds upon the existing interface to offer many improvements, including:
✔ Themes (light, dark, sepia, slate, black)
✔ Fonts (sans, serif, change font size)
✔ Styles (column width, line height)
✔ Languages (menu to switch, fully translated interface)
✔ User accounts (all wikipedia account features accessible from menu)
✔ History (quickly jump to articles you've previously viewed)
✔ Search (powerful autocomplete with preview text & images)
✔ Trending (see today's most read articles)
✔ Contents (fixed to left side for easy navigation, can be hidden)
✔ Editing (full editing controls, history, watch etc)
✔ Switch back to the old design (if needed) with one click
✔ More improvements planned for upcoming releases!
If you have any questions, need help or have any suggestions, please get in touch: [email protected]
Note: If you're logged into Wikipedia, you must use the default skin for the extension to work.
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Wikipedia™ is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
This extension is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Wikipedia™.
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Updates:
v1.40
- Listen to articles with new text-to-speech feature
- Fixed redirect bug on wikipedia home page
v1.25
- New wikipedia design fix
v1.24
- History bug fix
v1.23
- Fix for mobile wikipedia pages (redirect to non-mobile version)
- Fixes for image viewer
- Style fixes for Italian articles
- Scrollbar style fixes for dark themes on mac
- New icon
v1.22
- Contents sidebar settings (set font size, line height & width)
- Better support for large screens (more width settings)
- New settings
--- Auto dark theme (changes to your last used light/dark theme)
--- Fixed header (turn off to hide when scrolled down)
--- Open links in new tab
--- Hide article links
--- Justify text
--- Show bullet points on contents
- Fixed bugs with article width / centering
- Brought back red links for articles that don't exist
v1.21
- Mac scrollbars reverted to native style
- Contents scrollbar only visible on hover (windows)
v1.20
- Search box for languages menu
- Nicer scrollbar styles
- Centered article text when contents hidden (removed left padding)
- Added left padding to article text when contents visible
- Fixed french dark theme + languages menu
- Fixed user menu for non-english languages
- Fixed font size not changeable for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
- Removed system-ui font (fix for east-asian windows fonts)
- Fixed display of math equations in dark mode
- Made search box usable at narrow widths
v1.11
- Bug fixes
v1.0
- First version
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install Modern for Wikipedia extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Modern for Wikipedia extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.
However, you may need to install Modern for Wikipedia extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Modern for Wikipedia extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Modern for Wikipedia extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Modern for Wikipedia extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.
Step 1: Download the Modern for Wikipedia Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Modern for Wikipedia extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Modern for Wikipedia extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Modern for Wikipedia extension that contains all the data.
Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files
Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.
Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page
Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.
Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension
Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Modern for Wikipedia extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.
Step 5: Complete the Installation
Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.
Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.
Method 2: Download Modern for Wikipedia extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Modern for Wikipedia extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.
Step 1: Download the Modern for Wikipedia extension file
Select and download the Modern for Wikipedia extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents
Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Modern for Wikipedia extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Modern for Wikipedia extension running.
Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page
In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.
Step 4: Enable Developer Mode
After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.
Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension
Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."
Step 6: Select the Extension Folder
Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Modern for Wikipedia extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.
Step 7: Confirm and Install
After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.
Conclusion
Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Modern for Wikipedia extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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