MediaWiki FAQ

If you want to disable the option for your MediaWiki visitors to register accounts at your MediaWiki website you will have to add the following line in the LocalSettings.php file: $wgGroupPermissions[‘*’][‘createaccount’] = false; You can find below detailed instructions on how to … Continued

The default name for the MediaWiki main page is Main Page. You can change this by editing the MediaWiki:Mainpage page. Go to: http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Mainpage where yourdomain.com is your actual domain name where MediaWiki is installed. Click the edit button to edit the page. Change Main Page to the new page … Continued

If you want to set up MediaWiki in a way that only registered members can read, you have to edit the following lines in your LocalSettings.php file accordingly: $wgWhitelistRead = array(“Special:Userlogin”, “-“, “MediaWiki:Monobook.css” ); $wgGroupPermissions[‘*’][‘read’] = false; The LocalSettings.php file can be modified using … Continued

By default, you should be able to view the print-friendly version of a MediaWiki page by clicking on the Printable version button located in the toolbox section on the left side of the wiki (assuming the default skin is used). However, if the button … Continued

By default anyone can post and edit articles in MediaWiki. If you want to set up MediaWiki in a way so that only registered members can post, you will have to make the necessary changes in the LocalSettings.php file. The … Continued

If you wish to disable caching in your MediaWiki, you should open the LocalSettings.php file and add the following lines to it: $wgEnableParserCache = false; $wgCachePages = false;

Upgrading an application is a tricky task and you should always perform it with caution. The most important thing you need to know about application upgrades is that before attempting to upgrade an application, you should always create a backup of it. … Continued

The version of MediaWiki installed on your website is listed in several locations: Go to Special pages menu -> Version (e.g. http://yourdomain.com/index.php?title=Special:Version) Check the source code of your website’s pages. The version number is listed in the following line (example): 1 <meta name=“generator” content=“MediaWiki 1.28.2”/> … Continued

In order to change the MediaWiki default logo you should do the following: 1. Create an image for your logo with dimensions of 135×135 pixels. The recommended format for the image is .png, but other formats like .gif or .jpeg are … Continued

To clear the cache of a page in MediaWiki, you should add &action=purge to the end of the page’s URL in your browser’s address bar, e.g. : http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge where yourdomain.com is the domain where you’ve installed MediaWiki. If you are not logged in the … Continued