MediaWiki Tips and Tricks

Sign in Subscribe

MW

Harnessing the Power of MediaWiki Extensions for Effective Knowledge Management

Why extensions matter in a MediaWiki‑driven knowledge hub If you’ve ever stared at a plain MediaWiki install and thought “this could do more,” you’re not alone. Out of the box you get a simple, link‑rich site – great for public encyclopedias, maybe not so great for a

MediaWiki success story for a local bakery

The breakthrough came when her tech-savvy nephew suggested MediaWiki. "At first, I thought he was crazy. Wikipedia for a bakery? But he explained how we could structure our knowledge like Wikipedia structures theirs."

Automating Complex Export Tasks in MediaWiki Using Lua

Why bother with Lua for exports? Picture this: you’ve got a MediaWiki farm humming away, every article tagged, every template humming in the background, and suddenly you need a clean‑cut CSV of all infobox rows for a month‑long data‑science sprint. The “Special:Export” page will give

Configuring Advanced Caching in MediaWiki for Better Performance

Getting a Grip on MediaWiki Caching Imagine you’re running a community encyclopedia that spikes every time a hot topic lands on the front page. If each request has to rebuild the page from scratch, the server will choke faster than a smoker on a windy day. The good news?

How to Use MediaWiki’s PageForms Extension to Create Custom Data Entry Forms

The PageForms extension turns a MediaWiki installation into a lightweight data‑entry platform

Enhancing MediaWiki Performance with PHP 8 and Redis Integration

Why PHP 8 and Redis matter for a busy MediaWiki Picture a wiki that serves a few hundred edits a day. It runs comfortably on PHP 7, APCu, and the default file‑based cache. Now scale that up to a university‑wide knowledge base or a community‑driven documentation portal

Setting Up Multi-Language Support in MediaWiki Using Translate Extension

Ever tried to read a wiki that suddenly switched from English to Japanese mid‑article? It feels like walking into a café and finding the menu printed in three different scripts. That is the kind of delightful chaos you get when a MediaWiki instance starts serving content in more than

Advanced Templating in MediaWiki: Creating Dynamic Content

Why “advanced” really matters

How to Use the Semantic MediaWiki Extension for Structured Data

Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) turns a regular MediaWiki installation into a semantic wiki

Why your MediaWiki runs slow and how to fix that

MediaWiki installations often suffer from performance issues that can make your wiki frustratingly slow. Here are the main culprits and proven solutions to get your wiki running fast.