Extension:Cite
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This page documents the extension. For how to use it, see help on footnotes and help on citing.
This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.21 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Tag |
| Description | Allows footnotes for citing sources and helps for correctly citing content in offline media |
| Author(s) | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmasontalk |
| Latest version | continuous updates |
| Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
| MediaWiki | 1.34+ |
| PHP | 7.0+ |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
| Download | |
| Help | Help:Extension:Cite |
| Example | Wikipedia:Footnotes |
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| Quarterly downloads | 1,793 (Ranked 4th) |
| Public wikis using | 14,146 (Ranked 6th) |
| Translate the Cite extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The Cite extension allows a user to create references as footnotes on a page. It adds two parser hooks to MediaWiki, <ref> and <references />; these operate together to add citations to pages.
UsageEdit
See the help page for using the Cite extension for further information.
InstallationEdit
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
Citein yourextensions/folder. - Only when installing from Git, run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing
composer install --no-devin the extension directory. (See task T173141 for potential complications.) - Add the following code at the bottom of your
LocalSettings.php:wfLoadExtension( 'Cite' );
- Configure as required.
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Vagrant installation:
- If using Vagrant, install with
vagrant roles enable cite --provision
ConfigurationEdit
$wgCiteBookReferencing
Enables an experimental feature for sub-references when set to true, see the help page. Default value: false
$wgCiteResponsiveReferences
Default setting for responsive display of references. When set to true, the references section will be displayed in multiple columns. See the usage documentation. Default value: true
$wgCiteVisualEditorOtherGroup
When set to true, the Cite toolbar button can be moved under the Insert menu. This is used on Wikivoyage sites. See the original feature request. Default value: false
See alsoEdit
| This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
| This extension is included in the following packages and/or wiki farms: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |