MediaWiki extensions manual

MessageCommons Release status: betaCategory:Beta status extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions, Database Category:Database extensions
Description	Allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database.
Author(s)	Daniel Friesen Nathaniel Herman Jack Phoenix
Latest version	2.0 (2020-05-26)
MediaWiki	1.43+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Example	ShoutWiki & Interface Messages Wiki (ShoutWiki's MessageCommons wiki)
Parameters $wgMessageCommonsLang $wgMessageCommonsIsCommons $wgMessageCommonsDatabase
Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial Category:EditPage::showEditForm:initial extensions MessagesPreLoad Category:MessagesPreLoad extensions
Quarterly downloads	0
Public wikis using	1,150 (Ranked 239th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The MessageCommons extension allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted MessageCommons 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/MessageCommons
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'MessageCommons' );
  

• Set $wgMessageCommonsIsCommons to true for the wiki where messages should be fetched from and set $wgMessageCommonsLang and $wgMessageCommonsDatabase in the wiki farm's GlobalSettings.php/CommonSettings.php
• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Parameters

• $wgMessageCommonsIsCommons (boolean)

Set this to true for the wiki which "hosts" MessageCommons

• $wgMessageCommonsLang (string)

Set this to the language code ($wgLanguageCode) of the MessageCommons wiki

• $wgMessageCommonsDatabase (string)

Set this to the database name of the MessageCommons wiki

See also

• "AddMessages" extension