Wikipedia Simple Redirect with Button

Provide a button to switch to Simple Wikipedia and back to Normal Wikipedia

As of 2025-02-18. See the latest version.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Wikipedia Simple Redirect with Button
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.2
// @description  Provide a button to switch to Simple Wikipedia and back to Normal Wikipedia
// @author       Drewby123
// @match        https://en.wikipedia.org/*
// @match        https://simple.wikipedia.org/*
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Create a button to toggle between Simple and Normal Wikipedia
    const button = document.createElement('button');
    button.textContent = 'Switch to Simple Wikipedia';
    button.style.position = 'fixed';
    button.style.bottom = '20px';
    button.style.right = '20px';
    button.style.backgroundColor = '#007bff';
    button.style.color = '#fff';
    button.style.border = 'none';
    button.style.padding = '10px 15px';
    button.style.borderRadius = '5px';
    button.style.cursor = 'pointer';
    button.style.zIndex = '1000';

    // Add button to the page
    document.body.appendChild(button);

    // Function to toggle between Simple and Normal Wikipedia
    button.addEventListener('click', () => {
        const currentUrl = window.location.href;
        if (currentUrl.includes('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/')) {
            // Redirect to Simple Wikipedia
            const newUrl = currentUrl.replace('en.wikipedia.org', 'simple.wikipedia.org');
            window.location.href = newUrl;
            button.textContent = 'Switch to Normal Wikipedia';  // Change button text
        } else if (currentUrl.includes('https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/')) {
            // Redirect to Normal Wikipedia
            const newUrl = currentUrl.replace('simple.wikipedia.org', 'en.wikipedia.org');
            window.location.href = newUrl;
            button.textContent = 'Switch to Simple Wikipedia';  // Change button text
        }
    });
})();