Template:ExtensionInstall

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• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/ExtensionInstall</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>ExtensionInstall</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ExtensionInstall</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/ExtensionInstall/ExtensionInstall.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Usage

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Examples

Below a few examples of how to use this template:

Simple

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{{ExtensionInstall}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Name

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{{ExtensionInstall|CategoryTree}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/CategoryTree</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>CategoryTree</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CategoryTree</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/CategoryTree/CategoryTree.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Download link

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{{ExtensionInstall
|download-link=[http://bits.wikimedia.org/example.zip Download]
}}

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

LocalSettings

{{ExtensionInstall
|localsettings=
$wgUseAjax = true;
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php"; $wgUseAjax = true; </syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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<tvar name=1>LocalSettings</tvar> early

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{{ExtensionInstall
|localsettingsearly=
$wgUseAjax = true; // <translate nowrap><!--T:35--> This must be included before the extension is loaded</translate>
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

$wgUseAjax = true; // <translate nowrap> This must be included before the extension is loaded</translate> require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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DB Update

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{{ExtensionInstall
|db-update=Yes
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Run the [[<tvar name=update>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php</tvar>|update script]] which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</translate>
• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Composer

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{{ExtensionInstall
|composer=Yes
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Only when installing from Git, run <tvar name=composer>Composer</tvar> to install PHP dependencies, by issuing <tvar name=code>composer install --no-dev</tvar> in the extension directory.</translate> <translate> (See <tvar name=phab>Template:Task</tvar> for potential complications.)</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Custom steps

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{{ExtensionInstall
|custom-steps=
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
* Foo bar baz quux [[sandbox]]
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

require_once "$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php";

</syntaxhighlight>

• Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
• Foo bar baz quux sandbox
• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Support registration

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{{ExtensionInstall
|registration=1
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

wfLoadExtension( 'MyExtension' );

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Support registration with minimum version

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{{ExtensionInstall
|registration=1
|no-registration-version=1.39
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

wfLoadExtension( 'MyExtension' );

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

<translate> This only works if the version specified is <tvar name="1"></tvar> or later, otherwise the template assumes nobody cares about ancient versions and falls back to [[<tvar name=2>#Require registration</tvar>|#Require registration]].

Require registration

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{{ExtensionInstall
|registration=required
}}

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/MyExtension</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>MyExtension</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate><syntaxhighlight lang="bash" copy="1">cd extensions/

git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension</syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

wfLoadExtension( 'MyExtension' );

</syntaxhighlight>

• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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Everything

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{{ExtensionInstall|Example
|download-link=[http://bits.wikimedia.org/example.zip Download]
|vagrant=example
|localsettings=
$wgUseAjax = true;

|db-update=Yes
|composer=Yes
|custom-steps=
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
* Foo bar baz quux [[sandbox]]
|registration=yes
}}

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>Example</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Only when installing from Git, run <tvar name=composer>Composer</tvar> to install PHP dependencies, by issuing <tvar name=code>composer install --no-dev</tvar> in the extension directory.</translate> <translate> (See <tvar name=phab>Template:Task</tvar> for potential complications.)</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> <syntaxhighlight lang="php" copy="1">

wfLoadExtension( 'Example' ); $wgUseAjax = true; </syntaxhighlight>

• <translate> Run the [[<tvar name=update>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php</tvar>|update script]] which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</translate>
• Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
• Foo bar baz quux sandbox
• checkY <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

<translate> Vagrant installation:</translate>

• <translate> If using <tvar name=vagrant>Vagrant </tvar>, install with <tvar name=code>vagrant roles enable example --provision</tvar></translate>

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.

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