Firefox

The add-on requires Firefox 3.0 or later.

Terms and conditions

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Please notice that the Terms of Service apply to all WOT services. If you use the software or the API as a part of your own application or redistribute and modify the software, the API Terms of Service apply too.

Downloads

• Download the add-on from our website.

After installing, you can always update to the latest supported version from Preferences -> Extensions -> Updates.

Development notes

If you are interested in participating in the development process, you are welcome to email us patches for improvements and bug fixes.

Version History

Add WOT to Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456/

WOT Add-on Version History: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/3456

Version 20100503 — May 2, 2010 — 721 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.7a5pre

• Fixes compatibility with Firefox 3.7a5pre after 20100429 nightly builds.
• Fixes accessibility in the warning screen.

Version 20091028 — October 28, 2009 — 730 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.7a5pre

• Changed the license to GNU GPL v3 and updated Terms of Service accordingly
• Changed the key binding for the "View WOT scorecard" menu item to not collide with "Open Link in New Window"

Version 20090918 — September 21, 2009 — 726 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.7a1pre

• Added support for SeaMonkey 2
• Added support for content scripts on search results pages

Version 20090728 — July 28, 2009 — 725 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.7a1pre

• Fixes zh-CN translation
• Fixes warning screen issues for pages with Java applets
• Instructs Firefox to flush preferences after major changes

Version 20090414 — April 15, 2009 — 725 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.7a1pre

• Fixes window size and warning issues for small screen resolutions
• Fixes an issue with the warning notification when quickly switching tabs

Version 20090325 — March 25, 2009 — 723 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre

• Improved welcome process
• New warning and blocking screens
• New "View WOT scorecard" option on the context menu for links
• New languages: zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP, and cs-CZ
• Fixes compatibility with 3.6a1pre

Version 20081111 — November 11, 2008 — 1,144 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre

• Adds support for Yahoo! Mail and Windows Live Hotmail

Version 20081020 — October 20, 2008 — 1,143 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2pre

• Includes fixes for upcoming webmail support
• Uses rating prefetching for faster blocking when enabled

Version 20081006 — October 6, 2008 — 1,142 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2pre

• Fixes links that were broken after the previous update

Version 20080917 — September 16, 2008 — 1,142 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b1pre

• Fixes profile synchronization when third party cookies are disabled in Firefox 3 (bug 437174 still)

Version 20080811 — August 11, 2008 — 1,143 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b1pre

• Includes usability improvements for warnings and the pop-up
• Fixes blocking for whitelisted sites and POST requests

Version 20080714 — July 14, 2008 — 1,142 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1a1

• Fixes unreliable offline mode detection
• Includes a workaround for bug 437174, which required third-party cookies to be enabled in Firefox 3

Version 20080519 — May 18, 2008 — 1,142 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.

• Fixes compatibility issues with Firefox 3
• Adds color blind accessible user interface

Version 20080421 — April 23, 2008 — 1,073 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*

• WOT v3 beta with updated user interface and website reputation scorecard

Version 20080214 — February 13, 2008 — 1,004 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0pre

• User interface in 10 languages: in addition to English you can now choose French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish or Finnish
• User activity score: Enables each user to see his/her own activity score
• API for other Firefox extensions: Enables Firefox extensions to access website ratings stored in the WOT reputation database.
• Software fixes: a fix to a problem that occurred with iGoogle when the blocking function was enabled, and for some other minor issues.

Version 20071203 — December 3, 2007 — 254 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b2

• The new WOT: More intuitive user interface based on feedback from our user survey
• Better instructions and more configuration options
• Fixes minor issues with Gmail
• Fixes warning issues on non-HTML pages

Version 20070501 — May 1, 2007 — 155 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b1

• Fixes memory leaks when closing windows

Version 20070329 — March 28, 2007 — 156 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a4

• Adds confidence indicators to the embedded link information popup
• Adds an option to highlight link backgrounds
• Fixes the testimony window for certain themes

Version 20070226 — February 25, 2007 — 155 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a4

• Adds an option to list websites for which reputations are not loaded
• Adds an option to show only bad reputations in search results
• Fixes a problem with the toolbar icon creation if the address bar is moved elsewhere
• Fixes a problem with the status showing an error if the current tab is changed before the reputation loads
• Fixes a handful of other minor problems

Version 20070104 — January 3, 2007 — 152 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a3

• Fixes a conflict with McAfee SiteAdvisor

Version 20061215 — December 15, 2006 — 152 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a1

• Adds support for Flock
• Adds a confidence indicator to the testimony window
• Fixes a couple of minor bugs

Version 20061129 — November 29, 2006 — 151 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a1

• Adds an option to block access to dangerous sites instead of showing a warning
• Adds small icons for the toolbar button
• Makes the creation of authentication cookies configurable
• Fixes a problem caused by a missing toolbar icon

Version 20061107 — November 7, 2006 — 138 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a1

• Fixes a conflict with the NoScript extension.

Version 20061102 — November 2, 2006 — 138 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a1

• Adds an optional information popup to embedded reputation indicators
• Makes the creation of the toolbar indicator configurable
• Adds support for Firefox 3.0a1 "Minefield"

Version 20061014 — October 13, 2006 — 137 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.

• Fixes the problem of multiple toolbar buttons when the WOT button is moved to a different toolbar.

Version 20061010 — October 9, 2006 — 133 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.

• Fixes problems with the enter key not working in the address bar with some extensions
• The toolbar button position can now be changed
• Fixes issues with the preferences dialog occasionally forgetting settings
• Adds an option to configure how warnings are displayed
• Slight changes in the warning behavior based on own testimonies

Version 20060928 — September 27, 2006 — 105 KB

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.

List of noteworthy Firefox add-ons

All of the following add-ons are linked to the official Mozilla site

• Adblock Plus : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
• Auto Context : https://addons.mozilla.org/ro/firefox/addon/5714
• BetterPrivacy : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623
• FireFTP : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684/
• FlagFox : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/5791
• Flashblock : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433/
• Ghostery : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609/
• Google Toolbar : https://addons.mozilla.org/ro/firefox/addon/6249
• Host Spy : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8946/
• HttpFox : https://addons.mozilla.org/ro/firefox/addon/6647
• KeyScrambler : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3383/
• LinkExtend : https://addons.mozilla.org/ro/firefox/addon/10777
• NoScript : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3383/
• RequestPolicy: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9727
• ShowIP : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/590
• Tamper Data : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966
• Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11073/
• Web Developer : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/
• URL Fixer : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2871/
• Wikipedia Toolbar : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6401

Find more at https://addons.mozilla.org/