MDN documentation linter

MDN documentation linter

Checks MDN docs against some tests and cleanup tasks while editing

What is MDN documentation linter?
MDN documentation linter is a Firefox add-on that creates a sidebar for testing and validating your content on MDN. It helps contributors clean up MDN pages by performing tests like macro validation, article length check, HTML soup element detection, and more.
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Stats
By: MDN
Users: 1
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 1.0.2resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2016-01-05
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://developer.mozilla.org/*
  • activeTab
  • webNavigation
Size: 38.83K
URLs: Website
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Summary

A Firefox add-on that creates a sidebar that appears while you're editing on MDN, providing some tools for testing and validating your content.

This WebExtension is useful for MDN contributors who want to help cleaning up MDN pages. A few test highlights:

  • Tests if macro / template calls are valid (e.g. things like {{HTMLElement("abbr")}}).
  • It informs you about the article length, and warns you when creating way too long pages.
  • It informs you whether you've added style attributes, or span, font, or other HTML soup elements into the page.
  • It warns you when you didn't add a syntax highlighting class to code examples
  • ... and many more!

The MDN documentation linter is a project of the MDN team (https://developer.mozilla.org) and you can help improving it on GitHub https://github.com/mdn/doc-linter-webextension

User reviews
by sideshowbarker, 2019-03-01

Easy to use
by Basheer Radman, 2017-10-06
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Safety
Risk impact

MDN documentation linter may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

MDN documentation linter is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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