Wikimedia Commons Search

Wikimedia Commons Search

Search for media related to the highlighted text on Wikimedia Commons

What is Wikimedia Commons Search?
Wikimedia Commons Search is a Firefox add-on that allows Wikipedia editors to easily search for media on commons.wikimedia.org related to their articles. By highlighting relevant text, users can right click and select the option to search, opening a new tab with search results.
Merlin
Stats
By: Upollo
Users: 35 ▲ 1
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2021-09-18)
Creation date: 2021-09-17
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
Size: 13.62K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

Created especially for Wikipedia editors, this add-on makes it easy to find media on http://commons.wikimedia.org related to your article without having to laboriously open a new tab, then open wikimedia, then type in a search term ... simply highlight some relevant text in your editing page (either in the editing box or elsewhere in the page), right click and select "Search for media related to the highlighted text on Wikimedia Commons". A new tab will open in commons.wikimedia.org with your search results.

Safety
Risk impact

Wikimedia Commons Search is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Wikimedia Commons Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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