Extension:ContactPage

MediaWiki extensions manual
ContactPage
Release status: stable
Implementation Special page , Hook
Description Provides a contact form for visitors
Author(s) Daniel Kinzler, Sam Reed
Latest version Continuous updates
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki >= 1.42.0
PHP 5.4+
Database changes No
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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README
Example nl.wikipedia.org
  • $wgContactConfig
Quarterly downloads 78 (Ranked 79th)
Translate the ContactPage extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Vagrant role contactpage
Issues Open tasks · Report a bug

The ContactPage extension implements a contact form for visitors. It creates a special page "Special:Contact", which is similar to "Special:EmailUser", but it has a fixed recipient, and may be used without registering.

Installation and configuration edit

  • Download and move the extracted ContactPage folder to your extensions/ directory.
    Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ContactPage
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'ContactPage' );
    $wgContactConfig['default'] = [
    	'RecipientUser' => 'WikiUser',  // Must be the name of a valid account which also has a verified e-mail-address added to it.
    	'SenderName' => 'Contact Form on ' . $wgSitename,  // "Contact Form on" needs to be translated
    	'SenderEmail' => null,  // Defaults to $wgPasswordSender, may be changed as required
    	'RequireDetails' => true,  // Either "true" or "false" as required
    	'IncludeIP' => true, // Either "true" or "false" as required
    	'MustBeLoggedIn' => true,  // Check if the user is logged in before rendering the form. Either "true" or "false" as required
        'NameReadonly' => false, // Set to "true" to make the name field read only
        'EmailReadonly' => false, // Set to "true" to make the email address field read only
        'SubjectReadonly' => false, // Set to "true" to make the subject line field read only
        'MustHaveEmail' => false, // Set to "true" to require that the user submitting the form must have an associated email address
    	'AdditionalFields' => [
    		'Text' => [
    			'label-message' => 'emailmessage',
    			'type' => 'textarea',
    			'rows' => 20,
    			'required' => true,  // Either "true" or "false" as required
    		],
    	],
    	'DisplayFormat' => 'table',  // See HTMLForm documentation for available values.
    	'RLModules' => [],  // Resource loader modules to add to the form display page.
    	'RLStyleModules' => []  // Resource loader CSS modules to add to the form display page.
    ];
    
  • See the README file for further options to customize and adapt as it convenes.
  •   Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
You can require a CAPTCHA test for the contact page, if you have the ConfirmEdit extension installed. CAPTCHAs are enabled by adding
$wgCaptchaTriggers['contactpage'] = true;
to "LocalSettings.php" below the invocation of both extensions.


Further customization edit

Adding a link to special page "Contact" to the footer edit

MediaWiki 1.37.0 or later
  1. Add the following code without changing it to your "LocalSettings.php" file:
    $wgHooks['SkinAddFooterLinks'][] = function( Skin $skin, string $key, array &$footerlinks ) {
        if ( $key === 'places' ) {
            $footerlinks['contact'] = Html::element( 'a',
                [
                    'href' => 'https://www.example.org/wiki/Special:Contact',  // URL to "Special:Contact"
                    'rel' => 'noreferrer noopener'  // not required, but recommended for security reasons
                ],
            $skin->msg( 'contactpage-label' )->text()
            );
        };
    };
    
  2. Add the label for "Special:Contact" to system message MediaWiki:Contactpage-label.
MediaWiki 1.36.x or earlier
  1. Add the following code without changing it to your "LocalSettings.php" file:
    $wgHooks['SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec'][] = function( $skin, &$template ) {
    	$contactLink = Html::element( 'a', [ 'href' => $skin->msg( 'contactpage-url' )->escaped() ],
    		$skin->msg( 'contactpage-label' )->text() );
    	$template->set( 'contact', $contactLink );
    	$template->data['footerlinks']['places'][] = 'contact';
    	return true;
    };
    
  2. Add the URL of "Special:Contact" to system message MediaWiki:Contactpage-url and
  3. Add the label for "Special:Contact" to system message MediaWiki:Contactpage-label.

Creating complex forms edit

See HTMLForm and related pages for more information on the possibilities available to create more complex forms.

Issues edit

Users of some hosting providers such as SiteGround and Amazon SES may get a PHP mail error or one that says that the FROM email address is not configured in the server, despite $wgPasswordSender being configured correctly and other email functionality working as expected. A fix for this issue is described here.

See also edit

  • Extension:EmailPage - Allows sending fully rendered articles with embedded CSS to users, groups, or contact lists
  • Extension:CIForms - Forms with auto-validation, multiple choice questions and cloze tests