Template:Recent editors/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Recent editors.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original Template page.

This template is a template gadget. It requires the RecentEditors gadget to work, which is loaded automatically when this template is used.

Use this template produce a table of recent editors sorted by number of edits and generally limited to the pages linked from a given page.

See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

Usage

Basic

Markup	Renders as
{{Recent editors\|Manual:Hooks}}	Loading...

Advanced

Markup	Renders as
{{Recent editors \| page = Manual:Hooks \| days = 10 \| limit = 5 }}	Loading...

Installation

To install this template in your wiki:

Create a template with the following markup. You can choose the template name, parameter names and defaults to suit your wiki.

<includeonly><div class="RecentEditors"
data-page="{{{page|{{{1|}}}}}}"
data-days="{{{days|30}}}"
data-limit="{{{limit|10}}}"
>Loading...</div>[[Category:Gadget:RecentEditors]]</includeonly>

Create MediaWiki:Gadget-RecentEditors.js with the following code:

/**
 * RecentEditors produces a table of recent editors sorted by number of edits and generally limited to the pages linked from a given page
 * Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RecentEditors
 * Source code: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-RecentEditors.js
 */
mw.loader.load( '//www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.Global-RecentEditors' );

Add the following gadget to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

* RecentEditors[ResourceLoader|hidden|default|categories=Gadget:RecentEditors]|RecentEditors.js

Done! Add your template to any page to verify that the installation was successful.

Template data

Use this template produce a table of recent editors sorted by number of edits and generally limited to the pages linked from a given page

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	`page` `1`	Page from where to get the list of linked pages Example Manual:Hooks	Page name	optional
Days	`days`	How many days of stats to take into account Default 30 Example 10	Number	optional
Limit	`limit`	How many pages to list Default 10 Example 99	Number	optional