Extensions

This page is a draft resource, policy, etc. that will be of official use for Grifkuba-related matters in the future.
If you have any feedback, comments, concerns or questions on it, please pass it on to the Grifkuba support member.

This page is a general listing of all the extensions we offer. This list is not absolute, and requests for ones not included here can be made to the staff.

Required

The following are required of every wiki we host. They are automatically enabled by us unless we have reason to do otherwise

Name	Category	Description	Additional Notes
GTag
Questy Captcha			and 3 questions generated by the community.
AWS	Other	Plugin for using S3 compatible buckets for files	Necessary for image CDN to work

Optional

The following are optional, and can be added if the wiki wants them. Inspectors should talk to the community to see if they want them.

Already on the server

Name	Category	Description	Additional Notes
AbuseFilter	Spam prevention	Applies automatic heuristics to edits
Admin Links	Special pages	Adds a special page that holds helpful links for administrators
AJAXPoll		Allows AJAX-based polls with <poll> tag
Cargo	Parser hooks	Storage and querying of template data
Category Tree	Parser hooks	Dynamically navigate the category structure
Char Insert	Parser hooks	Allows creation of JavaScript box for inserting non-standard characters
Check User	Special pages	Grants users with the appropriate permission the ability to check users' IP addresses and other information	Due to privacy concerns, this extension requires approval from Grifkuba
Cite	Parser hooks	Adds <ref> and <references> tags for citations
Cite This Page	Special Pages	Adds a citation special page and toolbox link
Code Editor	Editors	Syntax-highlighted editing for JavaScript and CSS pages using Ace editor
Code Mirror	Editors	Provides syntax highlighting in wikitext editor
Comments	Parser hooks	Adds <comments> parser hook that allows commenting on pages
Confirm Account	Special pages	Gives bureaucrats the ability to confirm account requests	Due to privacy concerns, this extension requires approval from Grifkuba
Confirm Edit	Spam prevention	Provides CAPTCHA techniques to protect against spam and password-guessing
Cookie Warning	Other	Provides a notice at the top of the page about cookies
CSS	Parser hooks	A parser function that allows CSS stylesheets to be included in specific pages
Delete Batch	Special pages	Delete a batch of pages	Warning: This extension can be used to do a lot of damage to content
Description2	Other	Adds a description meta-tag to MediaWiki pages and into the ParserOutput for other extensions to use
Disambiguator	Other	Adds the tag __DISAMBIG__ to mark disambiguation pages
Discord	Other	Sends messages to a Discord channel when certain events occur
DPLforum	Parser hooks	DPL-based forum extension
DynamicPageList_(Wikimedia)	Parser hooks	Outputs a bulleted list of the most recent items residing in a category, or an intersection of several categories
DynamicPageList3
EasyTimeline	Parser hook	Adds <timeline> tag to create timelines
EmbedVideo		GDPR focused EmbedVideo. Supports YouTube, Twitch, Spotify and SoundCloud
Editcount	Special pages	Displays edit count of a user
Gadgets	Other	Lets users select custom CSS and JavaScript gadgets in their preferences.	See Gadgets.
Interwiki	Special pages	Adds a special page to view and edit the interwiki table
ImageMap	Parser hook	Allows client-side clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag
InputBox	Parser hook	Allow inclusion of predefined HTML forms
LinkSuggest
LocalisationUpdate	Other	Keeps the localised messages as up to date as possible
Loops
MobileDetect
MobileFrontend	Other	Mobile Frontend
MultimediaViewer	Other	Expand thumbnails in a larger size in a fullscreen interface
MyVariables	Parser hooks	Adds new built-in variables
Moderation	Spam prevention	Sends all edits and uploads from new users to moderation
MsUpload	Parser hooks	Enables easy uploads for one file or multiple files simultaneously
NamespaceRelations
NativeSvgHandler	Media handlers	Serves SVG images directly to clients
NewUserMessage	Other	Adds a message to newly created user's talk pages
NoTitle
Nuke	Special pages	Gives administrators the ability to mass delete recent pages from a user.
OATHAuth	Other	Provides two-factor authentication support using HMAC based one-time passwords
OpenGraphMeta	Parser hooks	Adds OpenGraph meta tags used by Facebook's Like button
PageImages	API	Collects information about images used on page
ParserFunctions	Parser hooks	Enhance parser with logical functions
PdfHandler	Media handlers	Handler for viewing PDF files in image mode
Poem	Parser hooks	Adds <poem> tag for poem formatting.
Popups	Other	Displays preview popups when the user hovers over a link
PortableInfobox
RandomSelection	Parser hooks	Displays a random option from the given set
Renameuser	Special pages	Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right)
Replace Text	Special pages	Provides a special page to allow administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all the content pages of a wiki	Warning: This extension can be used to do a lot of damage to content
Scribunto	Parser hooks	Framework for embedding scripting languages into MediaWiki pages
SecureLinkFixer	Other	Rewrites URLs to HTTPS if domain always requires HTTPS
SimpleBatchUpload
SocialProfile	Other	A set of social tools for MediaWiki
SpamBlacklist	Spam prevention	Regex-based anti-spam tool allowing to forbid URLs in pages and email addresses for registered users
StubUserWikiAuth	Other	Performs authentication for imported users against a remote wiki, providing the same user and password used on the remote wiki.
SyntaxHighlight	Parser hook	Provides syntax highlighting <syntaxhighlight> using Pygments - Python syntax highlighter
TabberNeue	Parser hook	Allows to create tabs within a page.
Tabs
TemplateStyles
TemplateSandbox	Special pages	Renders a page transcluding templates from a sandbox
TemplateData	Parser hooks	Implement data storage for template parameters (using JSON)
TextExtracts	Other	Provides plain-text or limited HTML extracts of page content
TinyMCE
Theme
TitleBlacklist	Spam prevention	Allows administrators to forbid creation of pages and user accounts per a blacklist and whitelist
TitleKey	Other	Title prefix search suggestion backend
TorBlock	Spam prevention	Allows Tor exit nodes to be blocked from editing a wiki
TwitterTag	Parser hook	Creates the <twitter> tag.
UnusedRedirects	Special pages	Lists unused redirects
UploadWizard	Other	Upload Wizard, a user-friendly tool for uploading multimedia
UserMerge	Special pages	Merges references from one user to another user in the wiki database - will also delete old users following merge. Requires usermerge privileges	Warning: This extension can be used to do irreversible damage to users
UserPageEditProtection	Other	Allows you to restrict the modification of user pages to the user and authorized users
VisualEditor
VoteNY	Parser hooks	JavaScript-based voting with the <vote> tag
WhosOnline	Special pages	Displays a list of logged-in and anonymous users currently online
Widgets	Parser hooks	Allows wiki administrators to add free-form widgets to the wiki by editing pages within the Widget namespace. Community-contributed widgets can be found on MediaWikiWidgets.org.	See also Widgets
WikiEditor	Editors	Provides an advanced, extensible wikitext editing interface
YouTube	Parser hooks	Embeds YouTube movies, Archive.org audio and video, WeGame and Gametrailers video, and Tangler forum

Extensions we are willing to add, we just need to be downloaded and installed

Name	Category	Description	Additional Notes
Auto Sitemap
Category Check
Category Manager
Category Watch
Contact Page
Dark Mode
DiscordRCFeed
Discussion Tools
Echo
JavascriptSlideshow
Namespace Manager
Newest Pages
No Cat
Orphaned Talk Pages
Purge
Watch Subpages
WikiSEO

Extensions we have but are going to be removed in the future

It is highly recommended that any wikis that use that use these should work on phasing them out.

Name	Category	Description	Additional Notes
Tabber			Archived and no longer maintained
Variables			Incompatible with a future version of Mediawiki parser
TimedMediaHandler			being replaced with EmbedVideo
Arrays			Incompatible with a future version of Mediawiki parser
TrustedXFF