Is Old Wiki safe?

Clean risk

Shows Wikimedia pages with the legacy Vector layout by adding the useskin=vector parameter.

This extension changes Wikipedia pages to use the older Vector interface by appending ?useskin=vector to requests. The store description says it also applies this change to other international Wikimedia pages.

0Risk
Who publishes it

adlerzei - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
adlerzei

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 1k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed OldWiki contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • Wikipedia

    OldWiki sends data to Wikipedia. Named as a recipient by 7 other extensions we have analysed.

  • Wikimedia

    OldWiki sends data to Wikimedia. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 15 October 2026cphagceemhgokfclmbnkpfkmchbfnclb