Wikipedia Search
Allows users to quickly search highlighted items on Wikipedia. Inspired by the "search Wikipedia" function on the kindle mobile…
As of May 2026, Wikipedia Search has 192 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
Usersdown 7.7 percent−7.7%
192
192
Ratingno change0%
5.00
4 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
4
Version
0.0.1
Manifest V3
History
3 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 208 | 5.00 | 4 | 0.0.1 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 193 | 5.00 | 4 | 0.0.1 |
| May 28, 2026 | 207 | 5.00 | 4 | 0.0.1 |
| Now | 192 | 5.00 | 4 | 0.0.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenus
- Host access
- None declared
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About
Allows users to quickly search highlighted items on Wikipedia. Inspired by the "search Wikipedia" function on the kindle mobile app. Instructions: 1. Highlight text 2. Right click 3. Select "Search Wikipedia"
Technical
- Version
- 0.0.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 10.63KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- jfadmpoglfdedgcndigpdkfdpjnngdgh
- Developer ID
- ub6c70dbcdb1ceb7a65c9808f37537173
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Aug 9, 2022
- Last Updated (Store)
- Aug 11, 2022
- Last Scraped
- May 28, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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