Wiki maintenance scripts

Wiki maintenance scripts can be run on specific wikis and are used to perform various administrative, import, maintenance, reporting and upgrade tasks.

Requesting scripts to be run

To have a script run, reach out to your wiki's manager with the name of wiki and script to be run.

Available scripts

• rebuildrecentchanges.php: Run Rebuild Recent Changes (note that this can take over 24 hours on a very large wiki)
• refreshLinks.php: Run a Link Refresh
• refreshLinksChunked.php: Run a link Refresh with Chunking (a Wrapper around refreshLinks.php that is more successful on large wikis)
• updateArticleCount.php --update: Attempt to fix Special:Statistics reporting incorrect info.
• updateSpecialPages.php: Force update active users, wanted pages, and other similar special pages.
• autoPatrolAll.php --confirm: Set all edits as patrolled.
• userOptions.php skin --old "hydradark" --new "hydra": If you add HydraDark to $wgSkipSkins then use this to force orphaned users to use Hydra.
• userOptions.php skin --old "hydra" --new "hydradark": If you add Hydra to $wgSkipSkins then use this to force orphaned users to use HydraDark.
• debugLongRunJob.php: Run a short, predictable job to test output.

Extension scripts

See: Mw:Extension:Cargo/Storing data#Storing page data

• approveAllPages.php: Approve all pages (ApprovedRevs)
• setCargoPageData.php: Set Cargo Page Data (Cargo)
• setCargoPageData.php --delete: Set Cargo Page Data with Delete Flag (Cargo)
• cargoRecreateData.php: Run Cargo Recreate Data (Cargo)

Additional scripts

If there are scripts that should be added to this list, please reach out to a Wiki Manager with the name of the script, what wiki it's needed on, and the use case for it.