Mastering MediaWiki: A Deep Dive into the Content Translation Extension
A practical look at Content Translation: what it needs (Parsoid, VisualEditor, UniversalLanguageSelector), how MT is configured, and how the publication workflow works.
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Enhancing MediaWiki Performance with PHP 8 and Redis Integration
A grounded guide to running MediaWiki on PHP 8.x with Redis: the honest performance expectations, phpredis configuration, object and session caches, and verification.
Setting Up Multi-Language Support in MediaWiki Using Translate Extension
The zero-to-multilingual path for MediaWiki: core language settings, URL structure per language, the Translate extension, and the content workflow that keeps translations current.