Extension:Minimum Name Length
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | User identity |
Description | Allows to enforce a minimum username length during account creation |
Author(s) | Rob Church (Robchurchtalk) |
Latest version | 3.0.0 (2019-06-04) |
MediaWiki | 1.27+ |
PHP | 5.3+ |
Database changes | No |
License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
Download | README CHANGELOG |
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The Minimum Name Length extension allows to set a minimum length for user names which will be enforced during account creation.
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
MinimumNameLength
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/MinimumNameLength - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'MinimumNameLength' );
- Configure as required
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
editTo configure the minimum name length for a username, set $wgMinimumUsernameLength
in the "LocalSettings.php" file, after the call to include the extension as described in the installation section, e.g.
$wgMinimumUsernameLength = 8;
10
is the default setting. In case you are fine with this you do not need to do anything.