How to Install MediaWiki Extensions

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Now that you have installed MediaWiki and learned how to log in to the CMS, it is time to extend MediaWiki’s functionality via extensions.

MediaWiki extensions are sets of files that add various types of functionality to your MediaWiki website. You can use extensions for various features such as adding citations, importing and exporting data, adding maps for geographical location, or, for example, adding code snippets.

MediaWiki extensions can make work on your website easier and faster, and can also help your website visitors work more efficiently with your web pages and online content.

In the following paragraphs, we share how to install a MediaWiki extension on your website.

 

How to Install MediaWiki Extensions

Most MediaWiki extensions are installed in a similar manner. In short, you should download a given extension to your computer device and then put it in the directory of your core MediaWiki website.

In the following paragraphs, you will read how to do so step by step.

 

Step 1: Download the MediaWiki Extension

After you find the extension you would like to use, download it on your local machine. The official MediaWiki website contains a vast library of available extensions that you can download right away. You can check the alphabetical list of extensions, or, you can browse for extensions by categories.

Either way you choose to search for an extension, download it on your computer. To do so, on the page with the extension’s overview, click on Download Extension like:

How to Download MediaWiki Extensions

 

A new page should open. Once you see it, click on the blue Continue button:

How to Install MediaWiki extensions download process

 

This should start the download process.

 

Step 2: Upload the Extension to the AwardSpace Server

Now that you have the extension on your computer device,  it is time to upload it to the AwardSpace server, containing your MediaWiki website.

To do so, log in to the AwardSpace hosting panel.

Then, head to File Manager:

AwardSpace Hosting Panel FIle Manager

 

Once you open the AwardSpace File Manager, search for the MediaWiki website directory:

MediaWiki website root folder

 

Once there, open the directory search for the extensions folder, and open it:

MediaWiki extensions folder

 

Once inside the Extensions directory, click the blue Upload button, located at the navigation bar at the top of the screen:

AwardSpace hosting panel Upload button

 

A new window will appear. Once you see it, click on Click to Select Files:

Select files to upload to the hosting panel

 

Then, search for the extension you downloaded on your computer device and click on Upload, so you upload it on the AwardSpace server:

Upload the extension file to the AwardSpace server

 

After the process is completed, you will be able to see the extension file within the Extension directory in your AwardSpace hosting panel:

Extension file in root folder

 

Once you see the file, right-click it and select Extract Here:

Extract files on the AwardSpace server

 

Wait until the process is finished. Once it is, you will see a new folder with the name of the extension you just uploaded:

MediaWiki extension folder

 

Now you have managed to install a MediaWiki extension to your website.

How to Activate a MediaWiki Extension

Although you have managed to upload an extension to MediaWiki, you won’t be able to use it until you activate it.

To activate a MediaWiki extension, log in to your AwardSpace hosting panel and head to the root folder of your MediaWiki website, as shown in Step 2 in this article.

After you enter the MediaWiki directory, search for a file named LocalSettings.php and open it by double-clicking on the file’s icon:

MediaWiki website LocalSettings.php file

 

Once you open it, head to the bottom of the document and add this code snippet:

require_once “$IP/extensions/name-of-extension/name-of-extension.php”;

Now, replace the first name-of-extension string with the name of the extension’s folder, and then replace the second name-of-extension string with the name of the extension you just uploaded to the MediaWiki folder.

In our example, we uploaded an extension named Dashiki. So, we add this name to the code snippet, so it looks like this:

require_once “$IP/extensions/dashiki/dashiki.php”;

Here’s how it looks in the AwardSpace hosting panel:

MediaWiki LocalSettings.php file changes

 

Once you add this code snippet within the LocalSettings.php file, click on the blue Save button in the navigation bar at the top of the screen:

Save the changes in the MediaWiki root folder

 

This will save and apply all the changes you made to the document.

 

Conclusion

Installing a MediaWiki extension is a simple process and in this article, we show how you can do so by following a few simple steps.

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