#Mediawiki installation how to#
#Mediawiki installation download#

After you download the extension you have to upload it on your MediaWiki hosting account in the /extensions folder.

In any case, from there you can go to the page of the extension on which you can find a link for downloading it, and you'll also find specific information about the extension, including any additional things that you need to know about its installation. You can check the alphabetical list with extensions on the official site, or you can go to the page where the extensions are grouped into categories according to their functions. On the official MediaWiki website there are a lot of extensions that you can download for free. After you find the extension that you want, download it on your local computer. Enabling the extension can also be considered part of the installation process we've included that in the next section of this tutorial. Some extensions however may have some additional requirements.īasically, you have to download the extension and put it in the correct location on your hosting account. For some extensions you may need to perform some additional tasks, or the installation procedure might be different, so you should always check the information about the particular extension.Īs we mentioned, most extensions are installed in the same way. This is generally done in the same way for most extensions.

#Mediawiki installation how to#

In this tutorial we'll explain how to install and enable extensions, and respectively how to disable and uninstall them.

If you want to, you can enable/disable them at any time after the installation is complete. During the installation of MediaWiki you can choose which ones you want to be enabled. MediaWiki comes prepackaged with some extensions. If you have too many extensions, the site becomes more difficult to maintain, and it may also become more vulnerable in terms of security. It's recommended that you install and use only extensions that you need.

There are many different extensions for all sorts of things. MediaWiki Extensions Tutorial How to install and manage extensions in MediaWikiĮxtensions are used to add some options or functionalities to your MediaWiki that are not included in the core options that come with the application.