Extension:MessageCommons
![]() Release status: beta |
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Implementation | User interface, Database |
Description | Allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database. |
Author(s) | |
Latest version | 2.0 (2020-05-26) |
MediaWiki | 1.39+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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Example | ShoutWiki & Interface Messages Wiki (ShoutWiki's MessageCommons wiki) |
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Quarterly downloads | 0 |
Public wikis using | 1,150 (Ranked 239th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The MessageCommons extension allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database.
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
MessageCommons
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MessageCommons - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'MessageCommons' );
- Set
$wgMessageCommonsIsCommons
totrue
for the wiki where messages should be fetched from and set$wgMessageCommonsLang
and$wgMessageCommonsDatabase
in the wiki farm's GlobalSettings.php/CommonSettings.php - Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Parameters
edit$wgMessageCommonsIsCommons
(boolean)
- Set this to
true
for the wiki which "hosts" MessageCommons
$wgMessageCommonsLang
(string)
- Set this to the language code ($wgLanguageCode) of the MessageCommons wiki
$wgMessageCommonsDatabase
(string)
- Set this to the database name of the MessageCommons wiki