Help:Extensions

Manual:Extensions on Mediawiki

Extensions are features and add-ons developed for MediaWiki, the software platform that Saintapedia is built.

Saintapedia

Current extension

Below is a list of current installed extensions and their Help page (if available)

Extension	Description	Type
Extension:CiteThisPage|CiteThisPage]]	Adds a citation special page and toolbox link	Special pages
Extension:Contribution Scores|ContributionScores]]	Polls the wiki database for highest user contribution volume	Special pages
Extension:Echo|Echo]]	System for notifying users about events and messages	Special pages
Extension:Interwiki|Interwiki]]	Adds a special page to view and edit the interwiki table	Special pages
Extension:Page Forms|Page Forms]]	Forms for creating and editing wiki pages	Special pages
Extension:Renameuser|Renameuser]]	Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right)	Special pages
Extension:Replace Text|Replace Text]]	Provides a special page to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki	Special pages
RottenLinks	Shows the state of all external links on the wiki	Special pages
Extension:WatchAnalytics|WatchAnalytics]]	Encouraging good distribution of watchers	Special pages
Extension:WhosOnline|WhosOnline]]	Displays a list of logged-in and anonymous users currently online	Special pages
Extension:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]]	Visual editor for MediaWiki	Editors
Extension:WikiEditor|WikiEditor]]	Provides an advanced, extensible wikitext editing interface	Editors
Extension:Cargo|Cargo]]	Storage and querying of template data	Parser hooks
Extension:CategoryTree|CategoryTree]]	Dynamically navigate the category structure	Parser hooks
Extension:Cite|Cite]]	Adds <ref> and <references> tags for citations	Parser hooks
Extension:CommentStreams|CommentStreams]]	Allows commenting on wiki pages	Parser hooks
EmbedVideo	This forked version adds a parser function for embedding videos from popular sources.	Parser hooks
Extension:GoogleAnalyticsMetrics|GoogleAnalyticsMetrics]]	Gets metrics from Google Analytics	Parser hooks
Extension:ImageMap|ImageMap]]	Allows client-side clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag	Parser hooks
Extension:InputBox|InputBox]]	Allow inclusion of predefined HTML forms	Parser hooks
Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion|LabeledSectionTransclusion]]	Adds #lst and #lstx functions and <section> tag, enables marked sections of text to be transcluded	Parser hooks
Extension:MagicNoCache|MagicNoCache]]	Adds the __NOCACHE__ magic word to disable caching on a page	Parser hooks
Maps	Allows embedding of dynamic maps into wiki pages using Google Maps or Leaflet. Has a visual editor, optionally integrates with Semantic MediaWiki, supports GeoJSON and adds geocoding capabilities.	Parser hooks
Extension:Math|Math]]	Render mathematical formulas between <math> ... </math> tags	Parser hooks
Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]]	Enhance parser with logical functions	Parser hooks
Extension:Poem|Poem]]	Adds <poem> tag for poem formatting	Parser hooks
Extension:Scribunto|Scribunto]]	Framework for embedding scripting languages into MediaWiki pages	Parser hooks
Extension:SyntaxHighlight|SyntaxHighlight]]	Provides syntax highlighting <syntaxhighlight> using Pygments - Python syntax highlighter	Parser hooks
Extension:TemplateData|TemplateData]]	Implement data storage for template parameters (using JSON)	Parser hooks
Extension:TemplateStyles|TemplateStyles]]	Implement per-template style sheets	Parser hooks
Extension:WikiSEO|WikiSEO]]	Allows per-page meta settings like keywords and description, changing the title, and various site verification tags.	Parser hooks
Extension:PdfHandler|PDF Handler]]	Handler for viewing PDF files in image mode	Media handlers
Extension:ConfirmEdit|ConfirmEdit]]	Provides CAPTCHA techniques to protect against spam and password-guessing	Spam prevention
Extension:PageImages|PageImages]]	Collects information about images used on page	API
Extension:AdvancedSearch|AdvancedSearch]]	Easy access to advanced search capabilities on Special:Search	Other
Extension:Bootstrap|Bootstrap]]	Provides the Bootstrap framework in the wiki	Other
Extension:CirrusSearch|CirrusSearch]]	Elasticsearch-powered search for MediaWiki	Other
Extension:Elastica|Elastica]]	Base Elasticsearch functionality for other extensions by providing Elastica library	Other
Extension:Gadgets|Gadgets]]	Lets users select custom CSS and JavaScript gadgets in their preferences	Other
GTag	Google Analytics Tracking	Other
Extension:MultimediaViewer|MultimediaViewer]]	Expand thumbnails in a larger size in a fullscreen interface	Other
Extension:Popups|Previews]]	Displays preview popups when the user hovers over a link	Other
Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]]	Shows a slider allowing selecting and comparing of revisions on a diff page	Other
Extension:SandboxLink|SandboxLink]]	Adds a link to user's personal sandbox to personal tools menu	Other
Extension:SecureLinkFixer|SecureLinkFixer]]	Rewrites URLs to HTTPS if domain always requires HTTPS	Other
Extension:TextExtracts|TextExtracts]]	Provides plain-text or limited HTML extracts of page content	Other
Thanks	Adds links for thanking users for edits, comments, etc.	Other

External links

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions