Old Wiki
Changes the Wikipedia user interface to the beautiful legacy vector layout. Is also applied to other international Wikimedia pages.
As of May 2026, Old Wiki has 4,000 users and a 4.41/5 rating from 51 reviews in the Accessibility category.
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4.0K
4,000
Ratingup 3.3 percent+3.3%
4.41
51 reviews
Reviewsup 24.4 percent+24.4%
51
Version
1.4.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 24, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 4.0K | 4.27 | 41 | 1.4.0 |
| May 19, 2026 | 4.0K | 4.42 | 52 | 1.4.0 |
| Now | 4.0K | 4.41 | 51 | 1.4.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storagetabsdeclarativeNetRequest
- Host access
- *://*.wikipedia.org/*, *://*.wiktionary.org/*, *://*.wikiquote.org/*, *://*.wikibooks.org/*, *://*.wikisource.org/*, *://species.wikimedia.org/*, *://*.wikinews.org/*, *://*.wikiversity.org/*, *://*.wikivoyage.org/*, *://commons.wikimedia.org/*, *://*.wikidata.org/*, *://*.mediawiki.org/*, *://meta.wikimedia.org/*, *://incubator.wikimedia.org/*, *://wikitech.wikimedia.org/*
Screenshots
About
This extension changes Wikipedia interface to the beautiful legacy vector layout by adding "?useskin=vector" to the end of each HTTP request. It is also applied to the other international Wikimedia pages.
Technical
- Version
- 1.4.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 20.92KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- cphagceemhgokfclmbnkpfkmchbfnclb
- Developer ID
- u6d82f850c2ed8aba17821fdc210ffa9f
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jan 22, 2023
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jan 14, 2025
- Last Scraped
- May 19, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/adlerzei/old-wiki/issues
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 19, 2026.