Search Wikipedia by typing 'w' followed by the keyword in the address bar. For eg, to search for 'Austin', type 'w austin'

Latest Version

Version
2.1.9
Update
October 13, 2012
Size
42.81KiB
Developer
Category
Users
170
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs
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Wikipedia Search Extension

You can change the language you want to use by going to the options page (Settings>Extensions>Options) and selecting your language of choice. Currently the languages you can choose from are:

- Chinese
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish

Let me know if you want me to add in any more languages through the feedback form and I'll have them in.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url":"http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Wikipedia Search", "version": "2.1.9", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Search Wikipedia by typing 'w' followed by the keyword in the address bar. For eg, to search for 'Austin', type 'w austin'", "omnibox" : {"keyword" : "w"}, "icons" : { "16" : "wiki.ico" }, "background" : { "scripts" : ["wikiSearch.js"] }, "permissions": ["tabs"], "options_page": "options.html", "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://zh.wikipedia.org https://nl.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org https://fr.wikipedia.org https://de.wikipedia.org https://it.wikipedia.org https://ja.wikipedia.org https://pl.wikipedia.org https://pt.wikipedia.org https://ru.wikipedia.org https://es.wikipedia.org https://sv.wikipedia.org https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'"}
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User reviews

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fra nce (ID: 000000e3e166c3fd) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/04/2017 Amazing extension,thank you ishan2.

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Thomas Edison (ID: 00000005a117dedd) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/28/2013 Najlepsze rozwiązanie jeśli chodzi o łatwe i szybkie wyszukiwanie w wikipedii, dzięki!

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Scott Mayo (ID: 000000be978d9775) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/10/2013 perfect. This was exactly what I wanted! Instead of pressing "w TAB", you can do "w SPACE". I like that much better.

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Sumit Singh (ID: 00000049be58d0c1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/15/2012 Great work done Ishan! This extension is simple and easy to use. Gets the job done with less key strokes.

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Manish Joshi (ID: 00000021edac36f0) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/10/2012 good work ishan