Add-on Settings

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WOT has different abilities based upon the browser it is added to, these restrictions are imposed by the browser developer, consider them "rules set up for third-party extensions."

Video tutorial: How to customize WOT settings.

Access settings

Both your Profile page and your Settings page are available from the pop-up rating window via any browser.
pop-up rating window

Browser specific toolbar access

Firefox
Right-click toolbar icon menu
Check for updates
My WOT
Settings
enabled
Firefox toolbar menu
Internet Explorer
Right-click toolbar icon menu
Check for updates
My WOT
Settings
enabled
Internet Explorer toolbar menu
Opera
option not available
Settings access via pop-up rating window only
Opera pop-up rating window

Settings menu

  1. Guide
  2. Ratings - default
  3. Warnings
  4. Searching
  5. Popup
  6. Advanced

Guide

Ratings (default)

Warnings

Searching

Popup

Advanced

Advanced Settings
browser: Firefox

The following options let you control some advanced add-on features.
We recommend that you use the system’s default settings.

  1. Log in automatically to mywot.com and enable features that require the add-on (recommended)
    default
  2. Re-create the toolbar button if it gets removed (recommended)
    default
  3. Enable color blind accessible version

    Tip!
    WOT blog article with video: WOT has a Colorblind version.

  4. Disable the add-on while in Private Browsing mode

Remember to click Apply settings to save any selection changes you have made.


Ignore (Whitelist)

You can enter IP's and/or host names to tell WOT not to check for reputation, disabling warnings/blocking for listed domain(s).

Ignore the following sites: (Example: localhost, .example.com, 127.0.0.)

default: empty, no entries

Remember to click Apply settings to save any entries or edits you have made.

Input
CSV comma separated values
localhost, .example.com, 127.0.0., 192.168.0.1
Allowed wildcards
* (asterisk)
includes all subdomains. example: *.blogspot.com ignores blogspot.com and all user blogs
IP
single: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx example: 127.0.0.1
range: xxx.xxx.xxx. example: 127.0.0.
range: xxx.xxx. example: 127.0.
note: trailing decimal is required