Help:Extensions

Manual:Extensions on Mediawiki

Extensions are features and add-ons developed for MediaWiki, the software platform that USApedia is built.

USApedia

Current extension

Below is a list of current installed extensions and their Help page (if available)

Extension	Help page	Description	Type
CiteThisPage		Adds a citation special page and toolbox link	Special pages
ContributionScores	Contribution score	Polls the wiki database for highest user contribution volume	Special pages
Echo		System for notifying users about events and messages	Special pages
Interwiki		Adds a special page to view and edit the interwiki table	Special pages
Page Forms		Forms for creating and editing wiki pages	Special pages
Renameuser		Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right)	Special pages
Replace Text		Provides a special page to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki	Special pages
RottenLinks		Shows the state of all external links on the wiki	Special pages
WatchAnalytics		Encouraging good distribution of watchers	Special pages
WhosOnline		Displays a list of logged-in and anonymous users currently online	Special pages
VisualEditor		Visual editor for MediaWiki	Editors
WikiEditor		Provides an advanced, extensible wikitext editing interface	Editors
Cargo		Storage and querying of template data	Parser hooks
CategoryTree		Dynamically navigate the category structure	Parser hooks
Cite		Adds <ref> and <references> tags for citations	Parser hooks
CommentStreams		Allows commenting on wiki pages	Parser hooks
EmbedVideo		This forked version adds a parser function for embedding videos from popular sources.	Parser hooks
GoogleAnalyticsMetrics		Gets metrics from Google Analytics	Parser hooks
ImageMap		Allows client-side clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag	Parser hooks
InputBox		Allow inclusion of predefined HTML forms	Parser hooks
LabeledSectionTransclusion		Adds #lst and #lstx functions and <section> tag, enables marked sections of text to be transcluded	Parser hooks
MagicNoCache		Adds the __NOCACHE__ magic word to disable caching on a page	Parser hooks
Maps		Allows embedding of dynamic maps into wiki pages using Google Maps or Leaflet. Has a visual editor, optionally integrates with Semantic MediaWiki, supports GeoJSON and adds geocoding capabilities.	Parser hooks
Math		Render mathematical formulas between <math> ... </math> tags	Parser hooks
ParserFunctions		Enhance parser with logical functions	Parser hooks
Poem		Adds <poem> tag for poem formatting	Parser hooks
Scribunto		Framework for embedding scripting languages into MediaWiki pages	Parser hooks
SyntaxHighlight		Provides syntax highlighting <syntaxhighlight> using Pygments - Python syntax highlighter	Parser hooks
TemplateData		Implement data storage for template parameters (using JSON)	Parser hooks
TemplateStyles		Implement per-template style sheets	Parser hooks
WikiSEO		Allows per-page meta settings like keywords and description, changing the title, and various site verification tags.	Parser hooks
PDF Handler		Handler for viewing PDF files in image mode	Media handlers
ConfirmEdit		Provides CAPTCHA techniques to protect against spam and password-guessing	Spam prevention
PageImages		Collects information about images used on page	API
AdvancedSearch		Easy access to advanced search capabilities on Special:Search	Other
Bootstrap		Provides the Bootstrap framework in the wiki	Other
CirrusSearch		Elasticsearch-powered search for MediaWiki	Other
Elastica		Base Elasticsearch functionality for other extensions by providing Elastica library	Other
Gadgets		Lets users select custom CSS and JavaScript gadgets in their preferences	Other
GTag		Google Analytics Tracking	Other
MultimediaViewer		Expand thumbnails in a larger size in a fullscreen interface	Other
Previews		Displays preview popups when the user hovers over a link	Other
RevisionSlider		Shows a slider allowing selecting and comparing of revisions on a diff page	Other
SandboxLink		Adds a link to user's personal sandbox to personal tools menu	Other
SecureLinkFixer		Rewrites URLs to HTTPS if domain always requires HTTPS	Other
TextExtracts		Provides plain-text or limited HTML extracts of page content	Other
Thanks		Adds links for thanking users for edits, comments, etc.	Other

Under consideration

• Extension:WhoIsWatching  - Help:Whoiswatching
• Extension:RSS  - Help:Really Simple Syndication
• Extension:PageNotice - PageNotice
• Extension:TitleKey
• Extension:Display Title
• Extension:Title Icon
• Extension:HitCounters  - USApedia:Pageview statistics
• Extension:MultiBoilerplate  - Help:MultiBoilerplate
• Extension:DynamicPageList  - Help:Dynamic Page List
• Extension:JsonConfig  - For Lua Module errors, such as Module:TNT
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageAssessments
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NearbyPages
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkSuggest
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortDescription
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Short_description
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortdesc_helper
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RelatedArticles

External links

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions