Extension:Extension Installer

MediaWiki extensions manual

Extension Installer Release status: stable
Implementation	MyWiki
Description	Allows installing extensions and PHP libraries via Composer
Author(s)	Jeroen De Dauwtalk
Latest version	0.2.2 (2013-12-06)
MediaWiki	1.19.x - 1.21.x
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
License	GPLv2
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . README

The Extension Installer extension allows installing extensions and PHP libraries via Composer starting with MW 1.22.x which is required for this process to work. Extensive documentation is available in the README file.

This extension is only useful for MW 1.19.x to MW 1.21.x since MW 1.22+ has built in support for Composer.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called ExtensionInstaller in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/ExtensionInstaller/ExtensionInstaller.php";
  

• You additionally need to install Composer for this extension to work.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Supported extensions

Supported extensions are listed on Packagist.