mediawiki-extension-development
Guides developers in creating MediaWiki extensions, covering architecture, hooks, APIs, and deployment best practices.
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The mediawiki-extension-development skill was audited on Feb 19, 2026 and we found 20 security issues across 1 threat category. Review the findings below before installing.
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| 49 | "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MyExtension", |
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| 82 | git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git |
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| 113 | git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/BoilerPlate.git MyExtension |
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| 133 | "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MyExtension", |
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| 194 | "myextension-desc": "{{desc|name=MyExtension|url=https://...}}", |
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| 305 | **Finding hooks**: See `references/hooks-reference.md` for common hooks or search [MediaWiki documentation](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks). |
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| 1438 | Follow [MediaWiki coding conventions](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions): |
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| 1830 | 1. Create page: `https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MyExtension` |
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| 1847 | |download-link=https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension |
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| 1897 | 1. **Create account**: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ |
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| 1900 | git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyExtension |
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| 1930 | 1. Create Phabricator task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ |
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| 2063 | - **MediaWiki Developer Documentation**: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Developing_extensions |
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| 2064 | - **API Documentation**: https://doc.wikimedia.org/ |
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| 2065 | - **Extension Examples**: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Examples |
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| 2066 | - **BoilerPlate Extension**: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/BoilerPlate |
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| 2067 | - **Coding Conventions**: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions |
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| 2068 | - **Hooks**: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks |
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| 2069 | - **Gerrit**: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ |
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| 2070 | - **Phabricator**: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ |
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