This is a hand-editted information page. Be sure to check out the Special:Gadgets page for system info and the interface defintion page MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition.
Gadgets are enhancements to MediaWiki, made of javascript and CSS; but not written as full-blown extensions.
This wiki has several Gadgets that you can use.
There are a ton of gadgets used on the WikiPedia site: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gadgets/wikipedia
There are even gadgets for the Visual Editor
Users
Visit your preferences (Gadgets tab) to modify which gadgets are turned on or off.
Admins
- Export the gadget from the wiki that has the gadget.
- E.g.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Gadgets/export/HotCat
- Download the export / save the file locally
- Import the gadget to the new wiki that wants the gadget feature.
- Add the gadget to the gadgets-definition page