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UserPageEditProtection Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User rights Category:User rights extensions
Description	Allows to restrict edit access to user pages
Author(s)	Lisa Ridley Eric Gingell
Latest version	4.1.0 (2020-03-07)
MediaWiki	1.29+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
PHP	7.0+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control README CHANGELOG
Parameters $wgOnlyUserEditUserPage
Added rights editalluserpages Category:Extensions which add rights
Hooks used getUserPermissionsErrors Category:GetUserPermissionsErrors extensions
Quarterly downloads	8 (Ranked 108th)
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The UserPageEditProtection extension restricts user page edit to the owner of the page and users assigned to groups that have user page edit access through $wgGroupPermissions. This effectively provides users with a group of protected pages, since this protection extends to any subpages of the user page (i.e., User:Hoggwild/sandbox1). Any user assigned to a group with view rights to user pages can read a user page, but only an authorized user may edit it. This extension has no effect on user talk pages.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'UserPageEditProtection' );
  $wgOnlyUserEditUserPage = true;
  

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

Configuration

This extension comes with an extra user right called editalluserpages to allow fine-grained control. By default it is assigned to the "sysop" user group. To assign it to another user group, e.g., userpageeditor, add the following code to the "LocalSettings.php" file right after invoking this extension:

$wgGroupPermissions['userpageeditor']['editalluserpages'] = true;

You revoke permission for the "sysop" user group, for example, by adding the following line:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editalluserpages'] = false;

See also

• Extension:AuthorProtect

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.