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href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/anp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="मैनुअल:अंतर्वस्तु (12% translated)" lang="anp" dir="ltr">अंगिका</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="নির্দেশিকা:সূচীপত্র (50% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="คู่มือ:สารบัญ (100% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Manual:Contents/ka (19% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="手册:索引 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Manual:コンテンツ (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="手冊：目錄 (7% translated)" lang="yue" dir="ltr">粵語</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/mni" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꯈꯨꯠꯄꯥꯏ:ꯑꯌꯥꯎꯕꯁꯤꯡ (33% translated)" lang="mni" dir="ltr">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Manual:컨텐츠 (100% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <ul class="hubs hubs-pagedir-ltr hubs-align-none"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4454566">.mw-parser-output .hubs{display:flex}.mw-parser-output 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href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Community_Noun_project_2280.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Community_Noun_project_2280.svg/20px-Community_Noun_project_2280.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Community_Noun_project_2280.svg/30px-Community_Noun_project_2280.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Community_Noun_project_2280.svg/40px-Community_Noun_project_2280.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="107" data-file-height="100"/></a></span> <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/User hub">Users</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_hub" title="User hub"> </a></span></li> <li class="hub-highlighted"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Octicons-terminal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Octicons-terminal.svg/20px-Octicons-terminal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Octicons-terminal.svg/30px-Octicons-terminal.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Octicons-terminal.svg/40px-Octicons-terminal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sysadmin_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/Sysadmin hub">System Administrators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sysadmin_hub" title="Sysadmin hub"> </a></span></li> <li class="hub-highlighted"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Source_code_project_1171.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Source_code_project_1171.svg/20px-Source_code_project_1171.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Source_code_project_1171.svg/30px-Source_code_project_1171.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Source_code_project_1171.svg/40px-Source_code_project_1171.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="224"/></a></span> <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developer_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/Developer hub">Developers</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_hub" title="Developer hub"> </a></span></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240418144205im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg/40px-OOjs_UI_icon_language-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"/></a></span> <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Translator_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/Translator hub">Translators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Translator_hub" title="Translator hub"> </a></span></li> </ul> <p>This is a technical manual for the MediaWiki software. It contains information for developers and system administrators on installing, managing and developing for the MediaWiki software. </p><p>This manual is <b>not for end users</b> of MediaWiki. If you are looking for documentation to help you use MediaWiki, read the <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents">MediaWiki Handbook</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Main_sections">Main sections</span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6195159">.mw-parser-output .tpl-contentgrid{margin:1em 0;display:grid}.mw-parser-output .tpl-contentgrid .mw-tpl-colorbox{margin:0}</style> <div class="tpl-contentgrid" style="grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(300px, 1fr)); grid-gap: 2em; grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto); width: auto;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6420326">.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard{border:1px solid #ccc;box-shadow:0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-radius:2px;padding:1em;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;align-content:stretch}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title{padding:0 0 0.5625em 0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-content{clear:both;flex:1 1 auto}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-footer{padding-top:1.5em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title img{filter:invert(1)}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title img{filter:invert(1)}}</style> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 class="wiki-template-infocard-title"><span class="mw-headline" id="For_system_administrators">For system administrators</span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content"> <dl><dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installing MediaWiki">Installation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki" title="Manual:Installing MediaWiki"> </a></span></dt> <dd>Guide to setting up a new MediaWiki installation.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download">Download</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download" title="Download"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installing MediaWiki">Installing</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki" title="Manual:Installing MediaWiki"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuring_MediaWiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuring MediaWiki">Initial configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_MediaWiki" title="Manual:Configuring MediaWiki"> </a></span></dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings_(alphabetical)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)">Alphabetical list of settings</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings_(alphabetical)" title="Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">Settings listed by function</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Manual:Configuration settings"> </a></span></dd> <dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:System_administration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:System administration">System administration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:System_administration" title="Manual:System administration"> </a></span></dt> <dd>Guide to do administrative tasks on your wiki.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Backing up a wiki">Backing up</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki" title="Manual:Backing up a wiki"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts">Maintenance scripts</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Manual:Maintenance scripts"> </a></span></dd> <dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Upgrading" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Upgrading">Upgrading</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading" title="Manual:Upgrading"> </a></span></dt> <dd>Guide to upgrade your MediaWiki installation.</dd></dl> <i>More on <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sysadmin_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/Sysadmin hub">Sysadmin hub</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sysadmin_hub" title="Sysadmin hub"> </a></span>.</i></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6420326"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 class="wiki-template-infocard-title"><span class="mw-headline" id="For_developers">For developers</span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content"> <dl><dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MediaWiki_architecture" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MediaWiki architecture">Architecture</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MediaWiki_architecture" title="Manual:MediaWiki architecture"> </a></span></dt> <dd>An overview of the key parts of MediaWiki's source code.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Code" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Code">Code</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Code" title="Manual:Code"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Global_object_variables" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Global object variables">Global object variables</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Global_object_variables" title="Manual:Global object variables"> </a></span> | <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240418144205/https://doc.wikimedia.org/">Doxygen-generated documentation</a></span></dd> <dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Database_layout" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Database layout">Database layout</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout" title="Manual:Database layout"> </a></span></dt> <dd>Details about the database architecture used by MediaWiki.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MariaDB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MariaDB">MariaDB</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MariaDB" title="Manual:MariaDB"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MySQL" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MySQL">MySQL</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MySQL" title="Manual:MySQL"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PostgreSQL" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:PostgreSQL" title="Manual:PostgreSQL"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:SQLite" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:SQLite">SQLite</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:SQLite" title="Manual:SQLite"> </a></span></dd> <dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Developing_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Developing extensions">Developing extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Developing_extensions" title="Manual:Developing extensions"> </a></span></dt> <dd>An overview of the ways to create a new MediaWiki extension.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks">Hooks</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks" title="Manual:Hooks"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parser_functions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parser functions">Parser functions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parser_functions" title="Manual:Parser functions"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Tag_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Tag extensions">Tag</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Tag_extensions" title="Manual:Tag extensions"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Special_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Special pages">Special page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages" title="Manual:Special pages"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skins" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skins">Skins</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins" title="Manual:Skins"> </a></span></dd> <dt>Web access</dt> <dd>Details about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240418144205/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string" class="extiw" title="w:Query string">query string</a> parameters that can be passed to MediaWiki access scripts.</dd> <dd><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters to index.php">index.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php" title="Manual:Parameters to index.php"> </a></span> | <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Main page">api.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page" title="API:Main page"> </a></span></dd></dl> <i>More on <a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developer_hub" title="Special:MyLanguage/Developer hub">Developer hub</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_hub" title="Developer hub"> </a></span>.</i></div></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Others">Others</span></h3> <dl><dt><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ">MediaWiki FAQ</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ" title="Manual:FAQ"> </a></span></dt> <dd>Frequently asked questions about MediaWiki.</dd></dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Browsing_the_manual">Browsing the manual</span></h2> <p>There are multiple ways to browse through the documentation. Readers having trouble finding a particular topic in the section above may find the following ways of browsing to be helpful. </p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:AllPages/Manual:" title="Special:AllPages/Manual:">Special:Allpages/Manual:</a> — An automatically generated list of all pages in the Manual: namespace.</li> <li><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Manual" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Manual">Category:Manual</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240418144205/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Manual" title="Category:Manual"> </a></span> — the top-level Manual category.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Improving_the_manual">Improving the manual</span></h2> <ul><li>There are still a lot of holes in this manual! 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