MediaWiki extensions manual

Shariff Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions
Description	Allows to insert 1-click "Like" buttons that do not share user-information using Shariff.
Author(s)	Niki Hansche (NikiWikitalk)
Latest version	2.0 (2023-06-30)
MediaWiki	1.34+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
PHP	7.2+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Category:Extensions in GitHub version control README (GitHub)
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit Category:ParserFirstCallInit extensions BeforePageDisplay Category:BeforePageDisplay extensions

The Shariff extension allows for 1-click "Like" buttons that do not share user-information using Shariff, thus protecting users privacy.

About Shariff

Give Social Media Buttons Some Privacy

Shariff enables website users to share their favorite content without compromising their privacy. See the demo of Shariff.

Facebook, Twitter and alike supply official sharing code snippets which quietly siphon personal data from all page visitors. Shariff enables visitors to see how popular your page is on Facebook and share your content with others without needless data leaks.

Shariff is an open-source, low-maintenance, high-privacy solution maintained by German computer magazine c't and heise online.

Shariff consists of two parts: a simple JavaScript client library and an optional server-side component. The latter fetches the number of likes, tweets and plus-ones. Share buttons and share counts work without a connection between your visitors' browsers and social networks (unless they decide to share, of course).

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Shariff in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Shariff' );
  

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

Usage

Add {{#shariffLike:}} wherever you want to use social media buttons.