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Old Twitter Layout (2026)

by dimden.dev

v1.9.6.1 Updated Mar 20, 2026 1.88MiB
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Description

Extension to return old Twitter layout from 2015 (or 2018). WORKS IN 2026! This extension doesn't add any CSS on top of original Twitter. It's fully different client that replaces original new Twitter client, making it faster than alternatives that just add style on top of Twitter. This extension requires you to be logged in to Twitter account. Please visit https://twitter.com/old/settings after installing to make it work just as you like. It switches to chronological timeline by default, you can switch back to algorithmical timeline in settings. You can visit unchanged Twitter by visiting https://twitter.com?newtwitter=true. The code is open source! Check https://github.com/dimdenGD/OldTwitter to see the code and report any issues. Features - Almost all of Twitter functionality is implemented - Custom profile link colors supported - You can change custom profile link color and it'll appear for other extension users (priority: oldtwitter color db -> twitter color db -> default color) - Removes all analytics and tracking from Twitter - Track your unfollowers for free - Search, sort and filter your followers - Removes all ads - Easy download of videos and GIFs - Translate tweets without having to open them, also ability to set specific users/languages to autotranslate - Shows why tweets were added to algorthimical timeline - Dark mode support - Ability to enable/disable Twemoji, disable stars (favorites) back to likes (hearts), change font, default link color and any other color in extension - Lot of hotkeys - Mobile support - Custom CSS support If you found this extension useful please consider donating: https://dimden.dev/donate/ or following me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dimden
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Reviews (60 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-25
mandor ian

Got my account permanently suspended for inauthentic behavior out of nowhere. Will change my review if the appeal gets accepted.

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-24
Volodesi D'vere

Was great for years - now I am perma-banned for "inauthentic behavior". So this is all I can blame it on. Especially since the Extensions had quite a lot of issues the past few weeks.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-17
Purpleboye_

Solver timed out Solver timed out Solver timed out Solver timed out Solver timed out Every single time I try to interact with anything

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-28
TheOnlyDot15

This looks really nice, but every time I try to open a tweet, it keeps saying, “SyntaxError: Failed to execute 'json' on 'Response': Unexpected end of JSON input.” If there is a solution to this, that would be nice.

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-02
Halcyon

Was working then all of a sudden it's now giving me an error and it's not letting twitter load, so this is getting removed immediately

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-02
Red Guy

New update broke this and now there is a error whenever I go to the site

★☆☆☆☆2025-09-09
Jeffrey Sosebee

Nice plugin! Disabled my ability to post due to "could not authenticate you" errors!

★☆☆☆☆2025-01-01
Marae White

Locks Twitter :(

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-27
Mikkel Jensen

its wigging out currently with a really weird warning message.

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-26
Nazneen Khan

its not working when i open any page but its not open fix this issue and even i open anything but it not open its stuck on twitter logo when is open

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-09
Krystian Staszyn

cant use it and getting error: There was an error in initializing security header generator: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '1'). OldTwitter doesn't allow unsigned requests anymore for your account security. Currently the main reason for this happening is social network tracker protection blocking the script. Try disabling such settings in your browser and extensions that do that and refresh the page.

★☆☆☆☆2024-05-26
Nicholas D.

It's currently not working for me, tweets on a new account I made last night aren't loading even with the extension enabled anymore. >"You're not following anyone so there's no tweets found! Change your timeline type to 'Algorithmical' in OldTwitter settings." >i am following 46 people.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-31
Jace Ryan Beleren

does not show the media posts in photos and videos

★☆☆☆☆2023-09-24
Diego

Not working and never worked.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-13
spinning 4ever 4ever spinning all day long

It doesn't work anymore

★☆☆☆☆2023-07-03
Itz Pro

Its not working for me, just sits on the twitter logo any time I try to use

★☆☆☆☆2022-12-11
YouTube Helper

Actually its bad, Twitter crash and lagging web and my laptop

★★☆☆☆2026-01-20
RAR

This used to work for me a while ago, but I keep getting an error about unsigned requests not being allowed now. The message tells me that I need to disable social network tracker protection to fix this, but I have tried installing the extension in different browsers and I am not able to fix this.

★★☆☆☆2025-11-03
nikk

UPDATE 23/03/26 Now I am 100% this extension may get you suspended I got locked, but luckily I could quickly unlock it, I don't know if it's twitter blocking extension or extension it outdated, for now don't recommend using. 22/03/26 still as of now, there is an error of "Solver Fail" appearing when opening post's page or quotes, resetting/preventing interaction as likes/bookmarks/replying. While it works for For You/Following/Notification and profiles it was constant issue for months, and I had been suspended on twitter for "inauthentic behaviors". Which mail I got when I finally got after being unsuspended mention it was for "mass liking and/or unliking" which is what is happening when "Solver Fail" appears, so in short your at risk of getting suspended when using this add-on.

★★☆☆☆2024-11-19
soft serve

The extension is not working. The profiles are not loading.

★★☆☆☆2024-07-18
islam nagay

Favorites not loading

★★☆☆☆2024-06-27
Celica Supra Mk2 Enjoyer

doesn't seem to be working for something like: There was an error in initializing security header generator: Error: Failed to fetch homepage: TypeError. Need some help

★★☆☆☆2024-05-18
yoko vista

most of the time it worked great but after the site changed to x.com instead of twitter.com it broke and im forced to use elons twitter. is there an update planned to fix that and make it usable with the x.com domain or is the add on completely broken now.

★★☆☆☆2024-05-17
Kori Lash

Elon got his shit all over twitter again

★★☆☆☆2024-05-17
Matt King

It's great when it's working. Unfortunately more often than not it doesn't work.

★★☆☆☆2024-04-07
R EDMOND

stopped working, breaks twitter, dev keeps saying to update to fix but only fixed problem once and only temporary, problem persists still and disabling or removing old twitter is the only thing that fixes it i only used oldtwitter to bypass rate limit and that stopped working months ago anyway re:dev, super cool that it "works fine for you" but neither the bypass or the entire app works on my end, when i am able to fix it the fix is temporary and the only assistance ive received was you telling me on github and now here "na its fine" 4/11/24 stopped working again, same issues as before

★★☆☆☆2024-03-09
Jackson Crim

The option to see photos only does not work.

★★☆☆☆2024-01-02
esgalmir

Quite useless, layout is too small for modern screens, dark theme is ugly. IF it could return ONLY media tab to pre-Musk state...

★★☆☆☆2023-10-29
David Allen

It looked promising, but I couldn't see a way to pin my favourite lists for 1-click access, which I make extensive use of. That dropped 1 star. The other two are because every time I disable it, and when I remove it, Chrome crashed. Running latest Chrome as of today. I guess this could be related to interactions with another extension. The toolbar icon looks a bit odd from normal viewing distance. I appreciate the idea and will return for another check in a few months.

★★☆☆☆2023-07-02
Kira Kensa

"this page does not exist". :/ please fix! ill rate 5 stars once it does!

★★☆☆☆2023-07-02
Crystal Rose

I still have the limit. still got: This request looks like it might be automated. To protect our users from spam and other malicious activity, we can't complete this action right now. Please try again later. People said it bypasses the limit but it still doesn't work.

★★☆☆☆2023-07-02
Michaela Marasigan

the login page won't load so i cant see if this works for me :(

★★★☆☆2026-03-20
wil

I keep getting an error saying theres an error initalizing security header image :(

★★★☆☆2026-03-19
M Hd

They're kinda blockng the extension after some usage, please take a look at it

★★★☆☆2026-03-18
evie

its not working again :(((

★★★☆☆2026-02-12
Andy Champlin

Now that Elon Musk got rid of Dim mode I thin we need an update that allows for the layout to look like the modern and fix it so that Premium users can use the extended character count. I feel like you are going to get more people using this from now on so adding the modern look is going to be essential now.

★★★☆☆2025-12-09
Delroy Wijks

love but the only thing its missing is the old way of slide show

★★★☆☆2025-08-19
Inky64

So what happened to all the Skeuomorphism? It still works like how is should but i feel like its kinda lost its charm without it tbh

★★★☆☆2025-08-03
calvin spisak

nice but it removes the gif button that lets you access tenor and stuff when replying to or posting tweets and i used that a lot so /:

★★★☆☆2025-01-03
Eu mesmo

I only installed it to see other people's likes, but it this function doesn't anymore.

★★★☆☆2024-11-20
Kiernan Brush

extension isnt working again!! understandable but frustrating

★★★☆☆2024-10-28
Matthew Vogel

works pretty well, but recently the search function broke. It only displays 2-3 results, while searching on regular twitter shows hundreds

★★★☆☆2024-10-10
Ghost Boss

Needs to have a verified followers tab like X does, other than that it is okay.

★★★☆☆2024-08-15
vadci

Wish you can use 'Communities' with this extension.

★★★☆☆2024-07-26
Sam Borgens Jr

It's now certain. I can see likes on certain posts, not all of them now. Why is this?

★★★☆☆2024-07-06

seems broken now

★★★☆☆2024-05-13
Loen L

The extension is great but I had to stop using it, my account was blocked several times due to spam and it always returned to normal when I deactivated the extension! I occasionally get this message and then they ask me to solve a captcha. "Authorization: Denied by access control: To protect our users from spam and other malicious activity, this account is temporarily locked. Please log in to https://twitter.com to unlock your account.; Missing LdapGroup(weaverbird-admins)."

★★★☆☆2024-03-14
Sharko Visy

I keep getting kicked out of my account (and it gets locked out and I have to pass some test to unlock it)

★★★☆☆2024-01-28
Bunk Bed

its great other than sometimes it just wont load twitter at all for me

★★★☆☆2023-12-17
hind

I really like it, but I'd like to request a way to write threads on this. There's no way to add threaded tweets while composing a tweet on its own...

Permissions (5)

Permissions

contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu declarativeNetRequest Can block or redirect network requests scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser unlimitedStorage

Details

Version 1.9.6.1
Updated Mar 20, 2026
Size 1.88MiB
First Seen Mar 24, 2026