Extension:Widgets

Widgets
Version	1.4.0
Author(s)	• Sergey Chernyshev, Yaron Koren and others
Extension link	MediaWiki.org
Description
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
Default?
UCP?	Y
GP?

Widgets are an alternative to templates that allow for inclusion of normally restricted features of HTML and other markup. They are available for use by any editor on a wiki that has the Widgets extension installed, but require special permissions to be edited. This extension is not available by default on a wiki, however, and must be requested.

User permissions

Once installed, this extension introduces a new user group right editwidgets, which allows users to create and edit Widgets (pages in the "Widget:" namespace), and a new user group Widget editors. Local administrators no longer have access to editing these pages, and must submit edit requests to a Wiki Representative if one is assigned, or submit a ticket.

Examples

The wiki community at large, including some editors from the Gamepedia community, has produced and published a significant variety of useful Widgets for public use.

Facebook

• Facebook Page Plugin

• Facebook Like Button

Twitter

• Twitter Follow Button

Follow @CurseGamepedia

Discord

• Discord

StrawPoll

• StrawPoll

Other

• IRC

Widgets catalog

For a list of publicly available Widgets, and for editors wanting to share Widgets they have built with a larger audience, the MediaWiki Widgets Catalog is a useful resource.

External links

• Widgets documentation on MediaWiki