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ExternalLinkConfirm Release status: unmaintainedCategory:Unmaintained extensions
Description	Requires the user to confirm that they want to be sent to the external site, after clicking an external link.
Author(s)	Pastakhov
Latest version	1.0
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	1.35+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Parameters $wgExternalLinkConfirmWhitelist $wgExternalLinkConfirmTarget
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay Category:BeforePageDisplay extensions OutputPageBodyAttributes Category:OutputPageBodyAttributes extensions
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 95th)
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The ExternalLinkConfirm extension requires users to confirm after clicking an external link, before being sent to the external site.

This extension was created for WikiWorks.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ExternalLinkConfirm folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ExternalLinkConfirm
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ExternalLinkConfirm' );
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

This extension has 2 configuration parameters which can be modified in LocalSettings.php .

$wgExternalLinkConfirmWhitelist

List of the sites that do not require confirmation before visiting.

Per default, no domains are whitelisted.

The domains in the whitelist can include wildcard characters (*) in place of any of the domain levels, e.g. '*.flickr.com' or 'upload.*.gov.uk'.

Example:

$wgExternalLinkConfirmWhitelist = [ '*.flickr.com', 'upload.*.gov.uk' ];

$wgExternalLinkConfirmTarget

For determining what the target will be for the external site.

Works similarly to $wgExternalLinkTarget.

Default: _self