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How to Use MediaWiki’s API to Build a Custom Search Widget for Your Website

Introduction MediaWiki powers Wikipedia and thousands of other wikis. Its Action API is a clean, REST‑like interface that lets external sites query a wiki for titles, snippets, images and more. In this guide we walk through the steps needed to turn that API into a lightweight, client‑side search

Automating Bulk Edits in MediaWiki Using the REST API

Automating Bulk Edits in MediaWiki Using the REST API When you need to apply the same change to dozens or thousands of pages – for example adding a template, fixing a recurring typo, or inserting a tracking tag – doing it manually is impractical. MediaWiki provides a modern REST API that can

Managing MediaWiki Pages with Git

Why version‑control a wiki? MediaWiki stores its content in a database, which makes bulk edits, history inspection and offline work cumbersome. By mirroring a wiki with git‑remote‑mediawiki you get a full Git repository of every page, can edit with any editor, and push changes back to the

Exploring the Latest Features in MediaWiki 1.41

What’s new in MediaWiki 1.41? Fresh out of the forge, MediaWiki 1.41 lands with a handful of tweaks that feel less like a wholesale overhaul and more like a series of thoughtful polish‑ups. If you’ve been tinkering with a wiki for years, you’ll notice

How to Configure MediaWiki to Use Redis for Caching

How to Configure MediaWiki to Use Redis for Caching Redis is an open‑source, in‑memory key‑value store that MediaWiki can use as a fast, persistent cache. Replacing the default database‑backed cache with Redis can dramatically reduce page‑render time, lower database load, and improve job‑queue performance.

Using the MediaWiki API to Automate Bulk Edits

Why automate bulk edits? Large wikis often need repetitive changes – adding a template, fixing a typo across hundreds of pages, or updating category membership after a policy shift. Doing this manually is error‑prone and time‑consuming. The MediaWiki Action API gives programmatic access to read and write operations, allowing

Mastering MediaWiki: Advanced Extension Development Techniques

Why “just another hook” isn’t enough When you first dip your toes into MediaWiki extension land, the official guide feels like a friendly handbook – “add a hook, return true, you’re done”. In reality, the real magic happens when you start juggling several hooks, services, and caching layers at

MediaWiki Caching Strategies: Improving Site Speed

Rethinking Speed: Why Caching Is the Backbone of a Fast MediaWiki Ever visited a wiki that feels like it’s crawling through molasses? Chances are the server’s cache is either missing in action or mis‑configured. In MediaWiki, caching isn’t just a nice‑to‑have; it’s the

Mastering MediaWiki Parser Functions for Dynamic Content

Why parser functions matter for a lively wiki

Optimizing MediaWiki Performance with Lazy Loading

Why lazy loading matters for a MediaWiki farm Picture a bustling wiki with dozens of pages peppered with thumbnails, infoboxes, and user‑uploaded charts. When a reader clicks “read more,” the browser pulls down a hefty HTML payload, parses every <img> tag, then wrestles with dozens of image