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Page Approvals Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions, Special page Category:Special page extensions, User rights Category:User rights extensions, API Category:API extensions
Description	Allows users to approve pages and automatically revokes them in case of content changes
Author(s)	Jeroen De Dauwtalk
Maintainer(s)	Professional Wiki
Latest version	1.0.0 (2024-10-28)
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	1.39+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
PHP	8.1+
Database changes	No
Composer	professional-wiki/page-approvalsCategory:Extensions supporting Composer
License	BSD 3-clause "Modified" License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Category:Extensions in GitHub version control README CHANGELOG
Added rights manage-approvers Category:Extensions which add rights
Hooks used OutputPageParserOutput Category:OutputPageParserOutput extensions LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates Category:LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates extensions OutputPageBeforeHTML Category:OutputPageBeforeHTML extensions

The Page Approvals extension enables the approval of wiki pages with the following key features:

• Approval UI: Displays the approval status on regular wiki pages and allows authorized users to change it.
• Content Change Detection: Monitors changes in displayed content, including embedded constructs like templates or SMW queries.
• Automatic Unapproval: Automatically unapproves pages when changes are detected in their displayed content.
• Personalized Approval List: Offers a personalized list of pending approvals, accessible through "Special:PendingApprovals."
• Approver Management: Includes a management page and the associated "manage-approvers" permission via "Special:ManageApprovers."
• API Endpoints: Provides API endpoints to approve and unapprove pages programmatically.

Documentation

The Page Approvals documentation contains usage instructions and a configuration reference. The installation instructions are in the README.md file.

Screenshots

See also

• Page Approvals — Quality control for your wiki — Web article on the occasion of the extension's release providing a general overview
• Content approval extensions

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: ProWikiCategory:Extensions included in ProWiki This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.