MediaWiki extensions manual

RecentActivity Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	Parser function Category:Parser function extensions
Description	Adds parser functions for listing recently created and edited articles.
Author(s)	Aran Dunkley Luca Mauri
Latest version	1.7.0 (2023-12-11)
MediaWiki	1.35+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitLab: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Category:Extensions in GitLab version control

The RecentActivity extension allows the generation of lists of recently created articles or edits by anyone or a specific user. By default, it will give five results in a bullet list format, ordered by the most recent first.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'RecentActivity' );
  

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

Configuration

$wgRAExclusionsCat

By default, the list will not show pages from the Excluded from RecentActivity category. The category that excludes pages can be customized by assigning the string as a value to $wgRAExclusionsCat configuration variable.

Usage

Show the last five articles that have been edited

{{#RecentActivity:type=edits}}

Show the last five articles that have been created

{{#RecentActivity:type=new}}

Show the last five articles that user Foo has created

{{#RecentActivity:type=new|user=Foo}}

Show the last ten articles that have been edited

{{#RecentActivity:type=edits|count=10}}

Show the last five articles that have been edited, each preceded by two asterisks (useful for putting in treeviews)

{{#RecentActivity:type=edits|format=**}}

See also

• Extension:SimpleChanges