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.

Usersno change0%
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 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 24, 2026.

4.0K4.0K4.0KApr 24, 2026May 19, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 24, 20264.0K4.27411.4.0
May 19, 20264.0K4.42521.4.0
Now4.0K4.41511.4.0

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

Old Wiki screenshot 1Old Wiki screenshot 2

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
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Developer ID
u6d82f850c2ed8aba17821fdc210ffa9f
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jan 22, 2023
Last Updated (Store)
Jan 14, 2025
Last Scraped
May 19, 2026
Website
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 19, 2026.