Content handlers
This page contains information about different content models and their implementations. It may be incomplete as any extension can add their own content model. Content model refers to the internal ID that represents that content type. The content format is the mime-type of ways the content can be represented (serialized) in.
Core content handlers
These are the content handlers which are included in MediaWiki. The "content handler" column pertains to a content handler class found in the MediaWiki core repository.
| Content handler | Content model | Content format(s) | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| CssContentHandler | css | text/css | For pages that contain CSS, like MediaWiki:Common.css |
| JavaScriptContentHandler | javascript | text/javascript | For pages that contain JavaScript, like MediaWiki:Common.js |
| JsonContentHandler | json | application/json | A generic model that stores information in the JSON format. Many extension content handlers build on top of this. |
| TextContentHandler | text | text/plain | A generic model that displays plain text (no formatting). It is not intended to be used directly, but it can be. |
| WikitextContentHandler | wikitext | text/x-wiki | Wikitext! The default in most pages. |
Extension content handlers
Table of content handlers defined by extensions. See also Category:ContentHandler extensions.
| Content model | Content format(s) | Extension | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign | application/json | UploadWizard (Campaigns) | See Extension:UploadWizard/Campaigns |
| EntitySchema | application/json | EntitySchema | Schemas to describe how the data of Wikibase entities should be arranged |
| flow-board | application/json | StructuredDiscussions | For Structured Discussions pages |
| GeoJson | application/json | Maps | For GeoJson pages in maps. |
| JsonBook | application/json | BookManagerv2 | Archived |
| JsonConfig <Customizable> |
application/json+pretty | JsonConfig | Provides a wiki-based JSON configuration system |
| JsonSchema | application/json | EventLogging | See Extension:EventLogging/Guide#Creating a schema |
| MassMessageListContent | MassMessage | ||
| wikibase-mediainfo | application/json (default), application/vnd.php.serialized | WikibaseMediaInfo | |
| proofread-index | text/x-wiki (default) | ProofreadPage | |
| proofread-page | text/x-wiki (default), application/json | ProofreadPage | |
| sanitized-css | text/css | TemplateStyles | For sanitized CSS intended for use with TemplateStyles |
| Scribunto | text/plain | Scribunto | For Scribunto (Lua) modules in the Module namespace |
| SecurePoll | application/json | SecurePoll | For managing SecurePoll elections on-wiki |
| smw/schema | application/json | SemanticMediaWiki | For implementing a JSON schema in Semantic MediaWiki (see https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Schema) |
| syntaxhighlight | SyntaxHighlightPages | Applies SyntaxHighlight by page file extension. | |
| tei | application/tei+xml | TEI | |
| wikibase-item | application/json (default), application/vnd.php.serialized | Wikibase Repository | See wikidata:Help:Items |
| wikibase-lexeme | application/json (default), application/vnd.php.serialized | WikibaseLexeme | See wikidata:Wikidata:Lexicographical data |
| wikibase-property | application/json (default), application/vnd.php.serialized | Wikibase Repository | See wikidata:Help:Properties |