Extension:AuthorProtect

MediaWiki extensions manual

AuthorProtect Release status: stable
Implementation	User rights , Page action
Description	Allows the author of a page to protect it from other users
Author(s)	Ryan Schmidt (Skizzerztalk)
Latest version	1.4.0 (2017-11-25)
MediaWiki	1.29+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgRestrictionLevels
Added rights author authorprotect
Hooks used SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal UserGetRights
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The AuthorProtect extension allows page authors to protect pages from non-authors on a page-by-page basis. Authors with the 'authorprotect' permission will gain a protect tab on pages they author that gives them access to this interface. Because logs and anonymous users don't mix very well (as with the fact that all anonymous users share the same user id), anonymous users are unable to use this extension regardless of if they have the 'authorprotect' right or not.

Do not assign the author right via GroupPermissions (except to those who you want to be able to edit author-protected pages)! This right is automatically assigned to the author of the page. Assigning this right via $wgGroupPermissions gives that group the ability to edit all author-protected pages, regardless of if they are the author of the page or not (by default user group administrators have this right).

Download

The extension can be retrieved directly from Git ^[?]:

• Browse code
• Some extensions have tags for stable releases.
  • Browse tags
  • Select the tag
  • Click "snapshot"
• Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release. There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).
  • Browse branches
  • Select a branch name
  • Click "Continue"

Extract the snapshot and place it in the extensions/AuthorProtect/ directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows:

cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AuthorProtect.git

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called AuthorProtect in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'AuthorProtect' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

See also

• Extension:UserPageEditProtection