Extension:Random In Category
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Special page |
Description | Direct the user to a random page in a specified category |
Author(s) | Victor Vasiliev (VasilievVVtalk) |
Latest version | 2.2.0 (2019-04-04) |
MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The Random In Category extension allows you to direct the user to a random page in a specified category.
Usage
editVery similarly to Special:Random, you can specify a category name as a parameter to the page.
Thus, Special:RandomInCategory/Foo
or Special:RandomPageInCategory/Foo
(MW ≥ MW 1.22) will get you a page from the "Foo" category.
Comparison to Core
editMediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.22 |
In MediaWiki 1.22, a Special:RandomInCategory feature was added to core.
The core version gives much more biased results than this extension (However, it has much less performance overhead).
Versions of this extension for MediaWiki 1.22 and greater change the name that this extension provides from Special:RandomInCategory
to Special:RandomPageInCategory to prevent conflict with the core feature.
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
RandomInCategory
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/RandomInCategory - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'RandomInCategory' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.