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cookiecutter-extension Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	ExampleCategory:Extension examples
Description	An extension generator using cookiecutter.
Author(s)	WikiTeq
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.Category:Extensions with long-term support release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	>1.39Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License	MIT License
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

This provides a template to create new MediaWiki extension using the cookiecutter project.

After installing cookiecutter, run:

cookiecutter gh:wikimedia/mediawiki-tools-cookiecutter-extension

For example, the following would create the folder `mediawiki-extensions-UserWatch`, for an extension named `UserWatch` that

• requires MediaWiki 1.39 or later to run
• adds a new user right, `watch-users` (granted to administrators by default)
• creates a special page, `Special:WatchUser`
• has a database schema that should be applied (the actual schema would still

need to be created)

• is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later

repo_name [mediawiki-extensions-example]: mediawiki-extensions-UserWatch
extension_name [ExampleExtension]: UserWatch
description [A short description of the extension.]: Allow watching changes by users
author_name [Your Name]: Daniel Scherzer
Select license:     
1 - GPL-2.0-or-later
2 - GLP-2.0-only    
3 - WTFPL
4 - none
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4 [1]: 1
minimum_mw [1.35.0]: 1.39
has_database_schemas [False]: yes
special_page [Name of special page (leave blank to omit)]: WatchUser
user_right [Name of user right to create (leave blank to omit)]: watch-users
Select add_right_to_group:
1 - none
2 - *
3 - user
4 - sysop
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4 [1]: 4

This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.

See also

• Extension:Cookiecutter-mediawiki-extension