Extension:Newest Pages

MediaWiki extensions manual

Newest Pages Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page , Parser extension
Description	Provides a list of the most recently created pages on the wiki
Author(s)	Rob Church (Robchurchtalk)
Latest version	1.22.0 (2019-09-16)
MediaWiki	1.32+
PHP	7.0+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgNewestPagesLimit
Public wikis using	1,403 (Ranked 209th)
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The Newest Pages extension provides a flexible dual-use special page which lists the most recently created pages on the wiki. This code doesn't use the recentchanges table, and so items do not expire, as with Special:Newpages.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted NewestPages folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/NewestPages
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'NewestPages' );
  

• Configure as required.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

$wgNewestPagesLimit

The maximum number of pages that can be listed with this extension. In any case, the number of pages listed will be limited to 5000, but this variable can set a lower limit.

Usage

The list can be accessed as a conventional special page, or through inclusion into another page.

Special page

The special page is located at Special:Newestpages and provides a full interface to filter according to namespace, limit the number of results, and toggle the inclusion of redirect pages.

Inclusion

You can include a list of pages into another page using the inclusion mechanism, e.g.

{{Special:Newestpages/User}}

will produce a list of the newest pages in the User namespace.

To select the main namespace, use - as the namespace name, e.g.

{{Special:Newestpages/-}}

To select all namespaces, use all as the namespace name, e.g.

{{Special:Newestpages/all}}

You can also limit the number of results listed, e.g.

{{Special:Newestpages/-/5}}

will produce a list of (at most) the five newest articles.