Enhancing Your Wiki with the Latest MediaWiki Extensions
Which MediaWiki extensions are worth the maintenance: the editor stack, structured data, search, anti-abuse and translation, with honest notes on unmaintained ones.
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A collection of 148 articles
Mastering MediaWiki Parser Functions for Advanced Templating
The practical ParserFunctions reference: conditionals, #switch, #expr, string functions and URL helpers, with real syntax and usage notes.
Embedding Semantic MediaWiki: Techniques for Enhanced Accessibility
Making SMW data visible where readers are: factbox settings, inline queries in article layout, accessible tables and navigation-oriented result formats.
Unlocking Advanced Search Capabilities with CirrusSearch in MediaWiki
The operations side of CirrusSearch: requirements, installation with Elastica, index creation, upgrade considerations and production maintenance.
Mastering MediaWiki Cargo Extension for Structured Data
The working Cargo pattern: declare tables, store from templates, query with #cargo_query — types, formats, `where` clauses and performance habits.
Understanding MediaWiki's Hook System for Extension Development
The modern MediaWiki hook system: extension.json registration, handler classes, arguments and return values, ordering, and debugging hook execution.
Advanced Search with CirrusSearch Extension in MediaWiki
A hands-on reference to the CirrusSearch query language: filters, prefixes, date ranges, sorting and real examples for MediaWiki search.
How to Protect MediaWiki Against Brute-Force Logins with Fail2Ban
A verified fail2ban setup for MediaWiki: log failed logins with Wiki2Ban (or the built-in authmanager log), then ban offending IPs with a filter and jail.
Automating MediaWiki Maintenance Tasks with Cron Jobs and Scripts
Why automate MediaWiki upkeep?
Running a wiki is like keeping a garden alive – you water the plants, pull the weeds, and occasionally trim the hedges. If you wait for a weekend binge‑watch session to pop up on the calendar and then scramble to run updateSpecialPages.php or a rebuildData.
Improving MediaWiki Performance Through Advanced Cache Strategies
Why “just another tweak” never cuts it for MediaWiki
Ever opened a wiki page and felt the load bar crawl like a snail on a rainy day? You’re not alone. The thing about MediaWiki is that it stacks layers of caching like a lasagna – if one layer is soggy,