Extension:InterwikiSorting

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InterwikiSorting Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Author(s)	Wikimedia Germany (WMDE)
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.27+
PHP	7.4+
Database changes	No
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 $wgInterwikiSortingSort $wgInterwikiSortingSortPrepend $wgInterwikiSortingInterwikiSortOrders
Hooks used ContentAlterParserOutput
Quarterly downloads	5 (Ranked 131st)
Public wikis using	842 (Ranked 306th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The InterwikiSorting extension allows for sorting of interwiki links.

The code was originally created in 2012 as part of the Wikibase Client extension, and has been factored out.

Within the Wikimedia Foundation this extension will be used alongside the Cognate extension and Wikibase .

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/InterwikiSorting/ 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/InterwikiSorting.git

Installation

• Download and move the extracted InterwikiSorting 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/InterwikiSorting
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'InterwikiSorting' );
  

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

Configuration

$wgInterwikiSortingSort

The default sort order to use. 'code' is built in and orders alphabetically by interwiki code.

Example sort orders are currently stored in WMF configuration and can be seen at Phabricator

These can be seen used in noc.wikimedia.org under wgInterwikiSortingSort

$wgInterwikiSortingSortPrepend

Codes that should appear at the start of the list of interwiki links.

$wgInterwikiSortingInterwikiSortOrders

Definition of sort orders. Each sort order key should be the sort order name, for example 'alphabetical'. Each key should have a value of an array of interwiki codes in the order to be sorted.