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MediaWiki extensions manual

Edit User Release status: unmaintainedCategory:Unmaintained extensions
Implementation	Special page Category:Special page extensions, User identity Category:User identity extensions
Description	Allows privileged users to edit other users' preferences
Author(s)	Ryan Schmidt, Thomas Gries
Latest version	1.9.0 (2015-11-29)
MediaWiki	1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
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
Added rights edituser edituser-exempt Category:Extensions which add rights
Quarterly downloads	3 (Ranked 107th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The EditUser extension displays a preferences form (like the one in Special:Preferences, Special:EditUser) that allows editing the preferences of other users.

Usage

You can call the page via Special:EditUser/username to directly edit a user, or Special:EditUser to display a search form. Users with the edituser-exempt permission cannot be edited via this form.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'EditUser' );
  

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

Configuration

Default permissions

$wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['edituser'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edituser-exempt'] = true;

Notes

See Manual:Resetting passwords to reset passwords.