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Beta

Enable Echo Cross Wiki Beta Feature ($wgEchoUseCrossWikiBetaFeature)Feature flag for the cross-wiki notifications beta feature.

Categories

Category Paging Limit ($wgCategoryPagingLimit)

Paging limit for items in categories.

Category Tree Default Mode ($wgCategoryTreeDefaultMode)

the default mode to use when no mode attribute is specified in a tag. You also need to set "Category Tree Category Page Mode" if you select the page mode.

Category Tree Category Page Mode ($wgCategoryTreeCategoryPageMode)

The mode to use when rendering trees on category pages.

Editing

Content License ($wmgWikiLicense)

Each wiki on Miraheze is by default licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 although this can be changed to another supported license. If you would like to release the contributions on your wiki under another license, please let us know so that we can make it available to you. Be aware that changing the license on your wiki can have an impact on your community and should not be done lightly.

Active User Days ($wgActiveUserDays)

The number of days within which a person must make edits to be considered an "active" user.

Editing attribution ($wgShowCreditsIfMax)If there are more authors than specified in $wgMaxCredits, link the rest in a separate credits page.

Enable WikiEditor Realtime Preview mode? ($wgWikiEditorRealtimePreview)Enables WikiEditor's Realtime Preview mode which shows you a realtime preview of your edits in a side pane.

Default MobileFrontend Editor ($wgMFDefaultEditor)

Default mobile editor to use when there is no user preference set.

CodeEditor Enable Core ($wgCodeEditorEnableCore)To disable the editor on JavaScript and CSS pages in the MediaWiki, User and other core namespaces, unset this option.

Scribunto Use CodeEditor ($wgScribuntoUseCodeEditor)Set this to use it when editing Module pages.

Scribunto Use GeSHi (SyntaxHighlight) ($wgScribuntoUseGeSHi)Use SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi extension to highlight syntax.

Page Creation Log ($wgPageCreationLog)Whether to maintain a log of new page creations, which can be viewed at Special:Log/create.

Allow Watchlist Expiry Time ($wgWatchlistExpiry)Whether to allow users to select a expiry time when adding an item to their watchlist

Clean Signatures ($wgCleanSignatures)If enabled, removes (substitutes) templates in signatures.

Styling

Collapse sections by default on MobileFrontend ($wgMFCollapseSectionsByDefault)Enabling this will collapse sections by default when the page loads when using MobileFrontend.

Default Skin ($wgDefaultSkin)

Changes the visual interface to the selected skin for all users, however it can be changed through user's preferences, unless the skin is added to $wgSkipSkins in the Preferences tab.

Default Mobile Skin ($wgDefaultMobileSkin)

Changes the default mobile skin to be used by the Mobile Frontend extension. Some skins may not be compatable.

Logo ($wgLogo)

This will replace Miraheze's default logo. See this link for how you can change it. Also sets the value of $wgLogos['1x'].

Favicon ($wgFavicon)

A favicon is a shortcut image that is displayed on your visitor's browser address bar and in the bookmarks page. Most often it is a smaller version of the logo. See this link for how you can add one.

Apple Touch Icon ($wgAppleTouchIcon)

Favicon for Apple mobile devices. See this link on how you can add one.

Wordmark ($wgWordmark)

This will set the value of $wgLogos['wordmark']['src']. Also used as wordmark for the various skins: Minerva copyright wordmark, Timeless mobile wordmark, modern Vector wordmark, and Cosmos wordmark. May be used elsewhere also.

Wordmark Width ($wgWordmarkWidth)

This will set the width value of the wordmark set by $wgWordmark. For use with the Minerva skin's copyright wordmark, this should be set to "116"

Wordmark Height ($wgWordmarkHeight)

This will set the height value of the wordmark set by $wgWordmark. For use with the Minerva skin's copyright wordmark, this should be set to "18"

Icon ($wgIcon)

A version of the logo without wordmark and tagline.

Max Toc Level ($wgMaxTocLevel)

Maximum indent level of toc.

Wikiapiary Footer Page Name ($wmgWikiapiaryFooterPageName)

Set to your wiki's page name at Wikiapiary to add the monitored by Wikiapary footer icon. If you do not have an article there for your wiki, please leave this field blank.

Cosmos Recent Changes Rail Module ($wgCosmosEnabledRailModules['recentchanges'])

Configure the recent changes rail module of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Content Width ($wgCosmosContentWidth)

Set the main content area width of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Background Image ($wgCosmosBackgroundImage)

Add an image to set as the background image for the wiki's body of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Background Image Size ($wgCosmosBackgroundImageSize)

Add an image to set as the background image for the wiki's body of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Wiki Header Background Image ($wgCosmosWikiHeaderBackgroundImage)

Add a background image for the wiki header of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Main Background Color ($wgCosmosMainBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the background color for the wiki body of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Content Background Color ($wgCosmosContentBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the background color for the content area of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Banner Background Color ($wgCosmosBannerBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the background color for the top banner of the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Wiki Header Background Color ($wgCosmosWikiHeaderBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the background color of the wiki navigation header on the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Link Color ($wgCosmosLinkColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the link color for the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Button Background Color ($wgCosmosButtonBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the button background color for the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Toolbar Background Color ($wgCosmosToolbarBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the toolbar background color for the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Footer Background Color ($wgCosmosFooterBackgroundColor)

Add a color name or hex code to set as the footer background color for the Cosmos skin.

Cosmos Background Image Repeat ($wgCosmosBackgroundImageRepeat)Repeat the background for the cosmos skin?

Cosmos Background Image Fixed ($wgCosmosBackgroundImageFixed)Make the background for the cosmos skin "position: fixed"?

Cosmos Content Opacity Level ($wgCosmosContentOpacityLevel)

Set the opacity level of the content area and custom sidebar for the Cosmos skin in precentage.

Cosmos Search Use Action API ($wgCosmosSearchUseActionAPI)Whether the Codex search of Cosmos should use the MediaWiki action API instead of the REST API.

Cosmos Search Description Source ($wgCosmosSearchDescriptionSource)

Set the method to extract short description in the Codex search within Cosmos. Will have no effect unless $wgCosmosSearchUseActionAPI is enabled.

Cosmos Max Search Results ($wgCosmosMaxSearchResults)

Set the maximum number of search results given for the Codex search within Cosmos. Will have no effect unless $wgCosmosSearchUseActionAPI is enabled.

Enable Europa Theme for Infoboxes on Cosmos ($wgCosmosEnablePortableInfoboxEuropaTheme)Enable the Europa theme on infoboxes when using the Cosmos skin, if you have the PortableInfobox extension enabled.
Requires: Extensions - cosmos, portableinfobox

Timeless Backdrop Image ($wgTimelessBackdropImage)

Set to the filename, excluding the File namespace, of a background image to use for the Timeless skin.

Timeless Logo ($wgTimelessLogo)

Set to the filename, excluding the File namespace, of a logo to use for the Timeless skin.

Timeless Wordmark ($wgTimelessWordmark)

Set to the filename, excluding the File namespace, of a wordmark to use for the Timeless skin.

Vector Responsive ($wgVectorResponsive)Turn Vector-2022 into a responsive skin by applying a view port and disabling the min-width?

Allow User Css ($wgAllowUserCss)Allow user Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). For example User:/*.css.

Allow User Js ($wgAllowUserJs)Allow user JavaScript pages. For example User:/*.js.

Dark mode toggle link position ($wgDarkModeTogglePosition)

Where the dark mode toggle link should be placed.

Links

Article Count Method ($wgArticleCountMethod)

Method used to determine if a page in a content namespace should be counted as a valid content page (article).

Capital Links ($wgCapitalLinks)Unset this to avoid forcing the first letter of links to capitals. Warning: This may break your existing wiki links.

Enable Canonical Server Link ($wgEnableCanonicalServerLink)Output a tag on every page indicating the canonical server which should be used, i.e. $wgServer or $wgCanonicalServer.

External Link Target ($wgExternalLinkTarget)

Set a default target for external links.

NoFollow Links ($wgNoFollowLinks)If enabled, external links in wikitext will be given the rel="nofollow" attribute.

RottenLinks Timeout Threshold ($wgRottenLinksCurlTimeout)

Number of seconds before a RottenLinks request returns no response. Min: 5. Max: 120.

Localisation

Timezone ($wgLocaltimezone)

This will adapt your wikis time over clock to whatever timezone you choose for all users, however it can be changed through user's preferences.

American Dates ($wgAmericanDates)Use 'mdy' instead of 'dmy' as the default date format, e.g. 'May 12' instead of '12 May'?

Use Western numerical system ($wgTranslateNumerals)Whether to use the Western numerical system (0-9) instead of localised numerics

Minerva Always Show Language Button ($wgMinervaAlwaysShowLanguageButton)Whether to show the language switcher button even if no languages are available for the page.

Enable per page language ($wgPageLanguageUseDB)Allows to change the page language for MediaWiki pages.

Parser Functions

Enable Scary Transcluding ($wgEnableScaryTranscluding)Allow templates to be imported/transcluded from another wiki.

Allow slow parser functions ($wgAllowSlowParserFunctions)Parser functions are "magic words" that return a value or function, such as time, site details or page names.

Enable string function functionality ($wgPFEnableStringFunctions)This option adds support a couple of functions for basic string handling. Example: #pos function returns the position of a given search term within the string. You can learn more in MediaWiki's documentation page

Allow Display Title ($wgAllowDisplayTitle)Allows use of {{DISPLAYTITLE}} magic word.

Restrict Display Title ($wgRestrictDisplayTitle)Restrict {{DISPLAYTITLE}} to titles that normalize to the same canonical database key. Wikis with NoTitle extension installed have this config unset.

Restricted

SVG Metadata Cutoff ($wgSVGMetadataCutoff)

Don't read SVG metadata beyond this point.
Requires: Permissions - managewiki-restricted

Max Article Size ($wgMaxArticleSize)

Maximum page size in kilobytes.
Requires: Permissions - managewiki-restricted

Editing attribution ($wgMaxCredits)

Number of editors to attribute.
Requires: Permissions - managewiki-restricted

Expensive Parser Function Limit ($wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit)

Number of expensive parser functions allowed on a single page. Min: 50. Max: 500.
Requires: Permissions - managewiki-restricted

SEO

Default Robot Policy ($wgDefaultRobotPolicy)

Allows specifying the default robot policy for all pages on the wiki.

Twitter Card Type (WikiSEO) ($wgTwitterCardType)

Type of twitter card to use.

Google Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgGoogleSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Google Search Console.

Bing Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgBingSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Bing Webmaster Center.

Facebook App Id (WikiSEO) ($wgFacebookAppId)

App Id for Facebook Insights.

Yandex Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgYandexSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Yandex Webmasters.

Alexa Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgAlexaSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Alexa Console.

Pinterest Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgPinterestSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Pinterest Console.

Naver Site Verification Key (WikiSEO) ($wgNaverSiteVerificationKey)

Site verification key for Naver.

Default SEO Image (WikiSEO) ($wgWikiSeoDefaultImage)

Set a default image to display in embeds if no image is set on the page. Value must be a valid image file in the format of "File.png". If this variable is not set the site's logo will be used.

Disable Logo Fallback Image (WikiSEO) ($wgWikiSeoDisableLogoFallbackImage)Disable setting the logo as the fallback SEO image if no image was provided.

Enable Auto Description (WikiSEO) ($wgWikiSeoEnableAutoDescription)Enable to try to request a description from textextracts, if no description was given, or the description key is set to 'textextracts'.
Requires: Extensions - textextracts, wikiseo

Try Clean Auto Description (WikiSEO) ($wgWikiSeoTryCleanAutoDescription)Enable if WikiSEO should try to remove dangling sentences when using descriptions from textextracts.
Requires: Extensions - textextracts, wikiseo

Overwrite PageImage (WikiSEO) ($wgWikiSeoOverwritePageImage)Enable if WikiSEO should overwrite the iamge set by extension PageImages.
Requires: Extensions - pageimages, wikiseo