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updateMediaWiki Release status: unmaintainedCategory:Unmaintained extensions
Implementation	Special page Category:Special page extensions, MyWiki Category:Personalization extensions
Description	Allows authorized users upgrade from a special page
Author(s)	Miguel Peláez (Miguel2706talk)
Latest version	0.3.0 (2014-04-03)
MediaWiki	1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
PHP	5.3+
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 updatecore Category:Extensions which add rights
Quarterly downloads	2 (Ranked 90th)
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The UpdateMediaWiki extension allows authorized users upgrade from a special page MediaWiki.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'UpdateMediaWiki' );
  

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

User rights

Once you installed the extension, you'll have to set up the user rights in LocalSettings.php .

For example, the following sample configuration would allow sysops to do everything they want with UpdateMediaWiki:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['updatecore'] = true;

Usage

To update from this extension, go to "Special:Updatemediawiki". Permission "updatecore" is required to do so.