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This wiki runs on Meza; with many curated extensions, gadgets plus configuration that make it the best knowledge management solution on this planet. See table below. If your knowledge platform doesn't have all these features, talk to Greg Rundlett about leveling up.
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- You can grab a copy of these features in a spreadsheet for analysis.
| Feature | Image | Description | Notes | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abuse Filter |  |
Allows Admins (privileged users) to create filters which act upon edits automatically. | Prevent unregistered users from adding external links. Or, disallow edits that remove more than 2000 characters. | |
| Bootstrap |  |
A front-end web framework. Bootstrap allows you to easily create aesthetically pleasing layouts for your content. Bootstrap provides responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains CSS- and JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation, and other interface components. | mw:Extension:Bootstrap first added here in January 2016, makes that framework available to this wiki. This is in addition to the built-in OOUI (Object Oriented User Interface) of MediaWiki | We used Bootstrap to prototype a page for QualityBox https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/index.php?title=QualityBox&useskin=chameleon |
| CSS |  |
Add custom CSS to pages or sitewide | Add CSS rules into your pages. | CSS |
| Categories |  |
The categories of articles in this Wiki, presented in a cloud. Relative size indicates how many articles are in the category. Thus it is both an interface and report on the wiki. | It's created using the mw:Extension:Wiki Category Tag Cloud extension. In contrast, the MediaWiki built-in 'Categories' page (not a cloud) is at Special:Categories | Visit the Categories page to see the 'cloud' display. |
| CategoryTree |  |
Allows you to display a category in a tree fashion. The extension provides it's own tag, but we also simplify it with the Categorypage template | I did edit MediaWiki:Categorytree-member-num to provide a full name interface | Category:Wiki and the MediaWiki page, among others, use this. |
| Certbot |  |
Certbot, from the Let's Encrypt project of the EFF, provides free and automated SSL certificates. | For non-public sites, we can still generate certificates using DNS | See File:Certificate grade.png |
| Chameleon |  |
The 'skin' for your wiki determines the overall look and feel of the wiki. Chameleon skin, based on the Bootstrap framework (and the extension which enables it in MediaWiki) gives control over your layouts. If you ever wanted a wiki that **doesn't** look like Wikipedia, then Chameleon could be the answer. | Made by Stephan Gambke (https://professional.wiki) and integrates Bootstrap 4 | https://maps.extension.wiki/wiki/Maps_for_MediaWiki |
| Citations |  |
Outputs several bibliographic formats for references | From any page, there is an extra link in the toolbar to "Cite this Page" | Cite this Page |
| Comment streams |  |
This is a test of the CommentStreams extension | ||
| Delete |  |
Allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content. You can delete pages from a list of titles. | There is a maintenance script by the same name (DeleteBatch). | |
| Dynamic content |  |
Create lists of other articles based on their category, namespace, title, references or template usage and include contents or arguments of template calls of those articles into your page. | DPL is similar to Semantic MediaWiki in regard to it's capability to output content. The difference is that it does not create or rely on semantic data. | Admin tips, User:Freephile/todo |
| Elasticsearch |  |
This site uses Elasticsearch for an amazing search experience! | The What, Why and Advantages of Elasticsearch | |
| Feature:AbuseFilter | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:AbuseFilter]] | Provides automated filtering and moderation tools to prevent vandalism and abuse. Allows administrators to create rules that automatically block or flag edits matching specified patterns, helping maintain wiki quality through automated content moderation. | Requires specific user permissions. Can use regular expressions and wiki syntax conditions to detect harmful edits. | Block edits containing external links from new users; Warn users adding common spam patterns; Flag large deletions for review |
| Feature:CategoryTree | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:CategoryTree]] | Provides a dynamic tree view of the wiki's category structure. Enables users to browse and navigate categories hierarchically with expandable/collapsible trees, making it easier to explore the organization of wiki content. | Adds '"`UNIQ--categorytree-00000001-QINU`"'; Display full category hierarchy on portal pages | |
| Feature:CheckUser | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:CheckUser]] | Allows privileged users to check IP addresses and other technical information about user accounts. Critical for identifying sockpuppets, coordinated vandalism, and policy violations by correlating technical data across accounts. | Restricted to checkuser user group. Maintains detailed audit logs for privacy compliance. | Identify sockpuppet accounts; Investigate coordinated vandalism; Trace abuse patterns |
| Feature:Cite | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Cite]] | Enables footnote citations using '"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"' with '"`UNIQ--references-00000003-QINU`"' at bottom; Named references for repeated citations | ||
| Feature:CiteThisPage | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:CiteThisPage]] | Adds a special page that generates citation text for wiki pages in various academic formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). Helps users properly cite wiki content in their research and publications. | Accessible via Special:CiteThisPage or toolbox link | Generate APA citation for research papers; Create bibliographic entries; Export citation metadata |
| Feature:CodeEditor | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:CodeEditor]] | Provides syntax highlighting and code editing features for editing JavaScript, CSS, Lua, and JSON pages. Enhances the editing experience for technical content with line numbers, syntax coloring, and code-aware indentation. | Based on Ace editor. Works in edit mode for supported content types. | Edit MediaWiki:Common.js with syntax highlighting; Modify Scribunto modules with code completion |
| Feature:ConfirmEdit | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:ConfirmEdit]] | Provides CAPTCHA and other confirmation mechanisms to prevent automated spam and bot abuse. Includes multiple CAPTCHA types including ReCaptcha, QuestyCaptcha, and simple math problems. | Configure CAPTCHA type in LocalSettings.php. Can trigger on specific actions. | Require CAPTCHA for external links; Challenge anonymous edits; Prevent automated account creation |
| Feature:DiscussionTools | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:DiscussionTools]] | Modernizes talk page discussions with user-friendly reply tools, visual threading, and inline editing. Makes talk pages more accessible by providing visual comment buttons and structured discussion workflows. | Modern alternative to traditional talk page editing | Reply to discussions inline; Subscribe to specific topics; Visual comment threading |
| Feature:Echo | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Echo]] | Provides a comprehensive notification system for user interactions. Alerts users about talk page messages, mentions, page links, thanks, and other wiki events through both on-wiki and email notifications. | Customizable notification preferences per user | Talk page message alerts; Page mention notifications; Thank you notifications; Edit revert alerts |
| Feature:Gadgets | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Gadgets]] | Allows administrators to define JavaScript/CSS gadgets that users can enable in their preferences. Provides a framework for optional user interface enhancements and tools without requiring user technical knowledge. | Gadgets defined in MediaWiki namespace. Can be enabled/disabled per user. | Advanced editing toolbars; Navigation helpers; Admin maintenance tools; Custom formatting buttons |
| Feature:ImageMap | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:ImageMap]] | Enables creation of clickable image maps with defined regions linking to different pages. Useful for creating interactive diagrams, maps, and visual navigation elements. | Uses <imagemap> tag with coordinate-based region definitions | Interactive geographical maps; Clickable organizational charts; Visual navigation menus |
| Feature:InputBox | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:InputBox]] | Provides simple input forms for creating pages, searching, and commenting. Enables creation of customized input boxes that can be embedded on any wiki page for user interactions. | Uses <inputbox> tag with various type options | Create new page forms; Custom search boxes; Comment submission forms; Category page creators |
| Feature:Linter | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Linter]] | Identifies and reports wikitext lint errors that may cause problems with content parsing or display. Helps maintain clean wikitext by flagging deprecated syntax, misnested tags, and parsing issues. | Provides Special:LintErrors for tracking issues | Detect misnested tags; Find obsolete HTML; Identify parsing ambiguities |
| Feature:LoginNotify | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:LoginNotify]] | Sends notifications to users when their account is accessed from an unfamiliar device or location. Enhances account security by alerting users to potential unauthorized access attempts. | Sends Echo notifications and emails for suspicious logins | Alert on login from new country; Notify on failed login attempts; Security breach detection |
| Feature:Math | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Math]] | Enables rendering of mathematical formulas using LaTeX syntax via '"`UNIQ--math-00000001-QINU`"'; Complex equations with integrals and matrices; Chemical formulas | ||
| Feature:MultimediaViewer | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:MultimediaViewer]] | Provides an enhanced full-screen image viewing experience with metadata display. Shows images in an attractive lightbox interface with detailed information about licensing, author, and technical details. | Can be disabled per-user in preferences | View high-resolution images; Display image metadata; Navigate image galleries |
| Feature:Nuke | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Nuke]] | Allows administrators to mass delete pages created by spammers or vandals. Provides Special:Nuke for quickly removing large numbers of unwanted pages based on username or pattern. | Restricted to sysop group. Use with caution. | Remove spam pages from blocked user; Delete vandalism batches; Clean up test content |
| Feature:OATHAuth | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:OATHAuth]] | Provides two-factor authentication (2FA) using TOTP (Time-based One-Time Passwords). Enhances account security by requiring both password and authenticator app verification. | Users enable via Special:OATH. Compatible with Google Authenticator, Authy, etc. | Protect administrator accounts; Secure privileged access; Prevent account hijacking |
| Feature:PageImages | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:PageImages]] | Identifies and stores representative images for pages. Provides API access to page thumbnail images, used by various extensions and external applications for visual page representations. | Used by many extensions including RelatedArticles, PagePreviews | Provide images for page previews; Generate social media thumbnails; Enable visual navigation |
| Feature:ParserFunctions | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:ParserFunctions]] | Adds essential parser functions for conditional logic, string manipulation, and calculations. Provides #if, #switch, #time, #expr and other functions critical for template programming and dynamic content. | Fundamental extension for advanced templates | or this; 4; 2025-12-09; Complex template logic |
| Feature:PdfHandler | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:PdfHandler]] | Enables upload and display of PDF files with thumbnail generation. Shows PDF previews on file description pages and allows multi-page PDF navigation within the wiki interface. | Requires Ghostscript or similar PDF processing tools | Upload documentation PDFs; Display research papers; Share presentations |
| Feature:Poem | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Poem]] | Provides '"`UNIQ--poem-00000001-QINU`"'; Display formatted addresses; Show code snippets | ||
| Feature:ReplaceText | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:ReplaceText]] | Provides Special:ReplaceText for performing find-and-replace operations across multiple wiki pages. Enables bulk text replacement with preview and confirmation before applying changes. | Restricted to administrators. Can use regular expressions. | Update renamed project names; Fix recurring typos; Bulk update template calls |
| Feature:Scribunto | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Scribunto]] | Enables Lua scripting within wiki templates via Module namespace. Provides powerful programming capabilities for complex templates, calculations, and dynamic content generation beyond basic parser functions. | Modules in Module: namespace. Invoked via Script error: You must specify a function to call. | Complex infoboxes; Data processing; String manipulation; Mathematical calculations |
| Feature:SecureLinkFixer | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:SecureLinkFixer]] | Automatically upgrades HTTP links to HTTPS where possible. Helps maintain secure browsing by converting insecure external links to their secure equivalents. | Works automatically on external links | Convert http://wikipedia.org to https://wikipedia.org; Maintain secure browsing context |
| Feature:SpamBlacklist | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:SpamBlacklist]] | Prevents addition of URLs matching blacklist patterns. Blocks spam by comparing external links against local and shared blacklists, preventing known spam sites from being added. | Uses regex patterns in MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist | Block known spam domains; Prevent malicious links; Use shared MediaWiki spam blacklist |
| Feature:SyntaxHighlight | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:SyntaxHighlight]] | Provides syntax highlighting for code blocks using Pygments. Supports hundreds of programming languages with '"`UNIQ--syntaxhighlight-00000001-QINU`"'; Display code with line numbers; Highlight changed lines | ||
| Feature:TemplateData | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:TemplateData]] | Provides machine-readable documentation for templates using JSON metadata. Enables VisualEditor's template dialog to offer user-friendly forms for template parameters with descriptions and suggested values. | Uses <templatedata> JSON block in template documentation | Document template parameters; Enable visual template editing; Provide parameter descriptions and types |
| Feature:TemplateStyles | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:TemplateStyles]] | Allows templates to have associated CSS stylesheets stored as sanitized CSS pages. Enables modular styling per template without cluttering site-wide CSS, improving performance and maintainability. | CSS pages in Template: namespace with .css suffix | Style infoboxes; Template-specific formatting; Modular CSS design |
| Feature:TextExtracts | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:TextExtracts]] | Provides API for extracting plain text summaries and snippets from pages. Used by various extensions and applications to generate page previews, summaries, and search result snippets. | API-focused extension. Used by PagePreviews, mobile apps. | Generate page summaries; Create search result snippets; Provide hover previews |
| Feature:Thanks | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:Thanks]] | Allows users to send thanks to other editors for their contributions. Promotes positive community interaction by providing a simple way to acknowledge helpful edits and good contributions. | Adds thank links to diffs and history. Sends Echo notifications. | Thank editors for helpful contributions; Encourage new users; Build positive community |
| Feature:TitleBlacklist | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:TitleBlacklist]] | Prevents creation of pages with titles matching blacklist patterns. Blocks spam and unwanted pages by filtering page names against regex patterns, preventing common spam page titles. | Configure in MediaWiki:Titleblacklist | Block spam page patterns; Prevent test pages in main namespace; Restrict page naming |
| Feature:VisualEditor | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:VisualEditor]] | Provides WYSIWYG editing interface for wiki pages. Enables users to edit pages without learning wikitext syntax, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry for new editors while maintaining clean underlying markup. | Requires Parsoid service. Modern editing experience. | Visual page editing; Rich text formatting; Template visual editing; Table creation; Image insertion |
| Feature:WikiEditor | [[File:|100px|100px|link=Feature:WikiEditor]] | Provides enhanced wikitext editing toolbar with formatting buttons, search/replace, and syntax highlighting. Improves the traditional source editing experience with helpful tools while maintaining full wikitext control. | Enhanced toolbar for wikitext editing mode | Wikitext syntax highlighting; Advanced search/replace; Formatting buttons; Character inserter |
| Gadgets |  |
Gadgets are enhancements to MediaWiki, made of javascript and CSS; but not written as full-blown extensions. | One of the best is the wikEd gadget implementation for the wikEd editor | |
| Glossary |  |
You use jargon at work; you're wiki should know that jargon. | mw:Extension:Lingo first added here in January 2016 | GPL |
| HTML |  |
Manual:$wgRawHtml allows editors to use HTML in page, making content re-use easier. |
This can be dangerous in a public wiki, but suitable for restricted editor groups. | |
| Interweb |  |
You can search all linked webs directly from the search box. Just enter the web prefix, followed by a colon. google: bananas searches Google for "bananas" and takes you there. |
Provided by mw:Extension:Interwiki Visit Special Webs to see the webs configured for this site. | Search Google for bananas |
Generally speaking, you can see what extensions are installed in a wiki by visiting the Special:Version page, however that doesn't explain what the extensions do; and it certainly doesn't describe the features included in core.
