Extension:PrivatePageProtection
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 Release status: beta |
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| Implementation | User rights, Parser extension |
| Description | Implements per-page access permissions based on user groups |
| Author(s) | Daniel Kinzler (Duesentriebtalk) |
| Latest version | 1.2 (2023-10-14) |
| MediaWiki | 1.39+ |
| Database changes | No |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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| Quarterly downloads | 12 (Ranked 128th) |
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The PrivatePageProtection extension implements a way to restrict access to specific pages using a parser function. Using that parser function, the user groups that should have access to the page can be listed directly in the page.
Usage
editTo restrict access to a page, add this text to the top of the article you want to restrict access to:
{{#allow-groups:sysop}}
would restrict access to the sysop group.
{{#allow-groups:autoconfirmed|emailconfirmed}}
restricts access to members of the autoconfirmed and emailconfirmed groups.
User can not save a page which restricts access to groups the user does not belong to. That is, users can not lock themselves out of pages.
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
PrivatePageProtectionfolder 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/PrivatePageProtection - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'PrivatePageProtection' );
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
See also
edit- Extension:Lockdown for locking entire namespaces, special pages and actions.