Extension:RecentActivity
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 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Parser function |
| Description | Adds parser functions for listing recently created and edited articles. |
| Author(s) | Aran Dunkley (Nadtalk) |
| Latest version | 1.1.1 (2012-05-25) |
| MediaWiki | all versions |
| Database changes | No |
| License | GPL |
| Download | GitHub |
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The RecentActivity extension allows the generation of lists of recently created articles or recent edits either by anyone, or by a specific user. By default it will give five results ordered by most recent first in a bullet list format.
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Show the last five articles that have been edited
{{RecentActivity:type=edits}}
- Show the last five articles that have been created
{{RecentActivity:type=new}}
- Show the last five articles that have been created by user Foo
{{RecentActivity:type=new|user=Foo}}
- Show the last ten articles that have been edited
{{RecentActivity:type=edits|count=10}}
- Show the last five articles that have been edited, each preceded by two asterisks (useful for putting in treeviews)
{{RecentActivity:type=edits|format=**}}
Installation[edit | edit source]
- Copy the code into a file and extract the tarball in your
extensions/folder. It should generate a new folder calledRecentActivitydirectly inside yourextensions/folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
require_once "$IP/extensions/RecentActivity/RecentActivity.php";
- If necessary configure at your convenience
- Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration[edit | edit source]
- Exclusions
Articles that are members of the Excluded from RecentActivity category will not be shown in the list. The category used to exclude articles can be set in the $wgRecentActivityExclusionsCat configuration variable.
