mediawiki/custommessages

MediaWiki extension to print custom messages via tooltips or other JavaScript enabled methods

dev-master 2026-06-15 21:00 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• composer/installers: ^1.0|^2.0

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Toni Hermoso Pulido

• extension
• messages
• mediawiki
• parserhook

README

Extension for allowing easy input of JavaScript messages that can be mantained in an easy way

Requires MediaWiki 1.43 or later.

Installation

Place the extension in extensions/CustomMessages and add to LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadExtension( 'CustomMessages' );

Configuration

// Namespaces to be used for storing information
$wgCustomMessagesNamespaces = array( NS_HELP );

// Namespace type. Default is ini style. Only one available so far.
$wgCustomMessagesNamespacesTypes = array( NS_HELP  => "ini" );

Examples

In Help:Event

;add=Clicking here adds new features
;properties=This option allows the acquisition of new properties

The two examples above are available via

• data-cm-help-event-add
• data-cm-help-event-properties