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UploadsLink Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions, MyWiki Category:Personalization extensions
Description	Adds a link to user's personal uploads listing to personal tools menu
Author(s)	Rillketalk
Latest version	Continuous updates
MediaWiki	1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Help	Help:Extension:UploadsLink
Parameters $wgUploadsLinkEnableRelevantUserLink $wgUploadsLinkEnablePersonalLink $wgUploadsLinkDisableAnon
Hooks used SidebarBeforeOutput Category:SidebarBeforeOutput extensions SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal Category:SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal extensions
Quarterly downloads	3 (Ranked 113rd)
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Vagrant role	uploadslink
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The UploadsLink extension adds, depending on its configuration, a link to the personal uploads listing, within the personal tools menu and one to the Tools-box on user pages and pages that relate to a user.

It replaced MediaWiki:Gadget-MyUploads.js on Wikimedia Commons.

Usage

See Help:Extension:UploadsLink.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'UploadsLink' );
  

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

Vagrant installation:

• If using Vagrant , install with vagrant roles enable uploadslink --provision

Configuration

This extension provides three configuration options:

$wgUploadsLinkEnablePersonalLink

(Default: true)

Setting to false will disable the personal uploads link entirely.

$wgUploadsLinkDisableAnon

(Default: true)

Whether to disable the personal uploads link for anonymous users. Has no effect if $wgUploadsLinkEnablePersonalLink is set to false.

$wgUploadsLinkEnableRelevantUserLink

(Default: true)

Setting to false will disable the tool box link entirely.

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge 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.