Extension:RelatedArticles
This extension is maintained by the Web team. |
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Parser function , API |
Description | Adds a link to related pages on the footer |
Author(s) | Reading Web Team |
Latest version | 3.1.0 (SemVer) (Continuous updates) |
MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
PHP | 5.4+ |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | CHANGELOG |
Help | Help:Extension:RelatedArticles |
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Quarterly downloads | 57 (Ranked 90th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The RelatedArticles extension adds a parser function to your wikitext that allows associating related articles with your article. It shows related pages as a list of articles and their descriptions at the bottom of a page on desktop and mobile. The extension is also smart enough to get the list of related articles using the morelike feature of CirrusSearch .
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Readmore-_desktop-_prototype.png/220px-Readmore-_desktop-_prototype.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Related-article-list-tablet-13.png/220px-Related-article-list-tablet-13.png)
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
RelatedArticles
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/RelatedArticles - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'RelatedArticles' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
If you use something other than w/api.php for your API, and related pages is not showing, check for any bad requests in your browser network tab.
If necessary, the API used to obtain related articles is configurable with $wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearchApiUrl
Requirements for additional features
editRelatedArticles can optionally provide additional features if the extensions below are installed:
- If PageImages is installed, Related Articles will include the page's selected image (if any). Otherwise, a placeholder image will be used instead.
- If EventLogging is installed, the RelatedPages feature can be configured to log events. See below for configuration manual.
- Depending on the configuration of
$wgRelatedArticlesDescriptionSource
, a small description of each page can be fetched. See the configuration manual below for required extensions. Descriptions won't be provided if the specified extension isn't installed.
Usage
editOnce installed, related articles will be determined algorithmically based on CirrusSearch if available with no additional steps. Alternatively, you can disable this functionality ($wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearch) and manually add related articles like so:
{{#related:Test with read more}}
{{#related:Another test page}}
Configuration
edit- Related articles will be shown at the bottom of the skin. Note that the page must be in the Main namespace, and being
view
ed (as opposed toedit
ed for example), and not be a disambiguation or a diff page, and the skin name (e.g.minerva
) that's being used is in the array$wgRelatedArticlesFooterAllowedSkins
(see below).
The following configuration options apply:
- If EventLogging is installed, set the event logging sampling rate
$wgRelatedArticlesLoggingSamplingRate
using a number between 0 and 1. The schema used for logging is RelatedArticles . - Use morelike feature of CirrusSearch by setting
$wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearch
totrue
. If CirrusSearch is not available fallback to using the related articles marked in wikitext. - Use only CirrusSearch's morelike feature by setting
$wgRelatedArticlesOnlyUseCirrusSearch
totrue
ignoring the related articles marked in wikitext. $wgRelatedArticlesFooterAllowedSkins
List of skin names (e.g. 'minerva', 'vector') where related articles will be shown in the footer. For example, on a wiki with MonoBook, Vector and Minerva installed,$wgRelatedArticlesFooterAllowedSkins = ['vector']
will result in the widget showing on Vector only. The skin names have to all be in lowercase, e.g. 'vector' not 'Vector', even if the skin directory is 'Vector'. In versions prior to 1.37.0-wmf.3, this is named$wgRelatedArticlesFooterWhitelistedSkins
.- A small description of the page will be displayed below the title of the page, depending on the value of
$wgRelatedArticlesDescriptionSource
:wikidata
: Requires Wikibase Client, from the central wikibase repository or Extension:ShortDescription.textextracts
: Requires Extension:TextExtracts, fetched from the prop=extracts api.pagedescription
: Requires Extension:Description2 (or any other extension that sets thedescription
page property).
For development
editFor development the following configuration is recommended:
$wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearchApiUrl = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php';
$wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearch = true;
$wgRelatedArticlesFooterAllowedSkins = [ 'vector-2022', 'vector', 'minerva', 'timeless' ];
$wgRelatedArticlesDescriptionSource = 'wikidata';
RelatedPages
editThe Related Pages feature is implemented in this extension. More info about its development can be found on phabricator.
On Wikimedia Projects
editRelated pages is enabled on:
Feedback
edit- Create a task in Wikimedia's issue tracker under the "RelatedArticles" project.
- Check the list of existing RelatedArticles tasks
Help
editThis extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |