Extension:ExternalLinkConfirm
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 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Description | Requires the user to confirm that they want to be sent to the external site, after clicking an external link. |
| Author(s) | Pastakhov |
| Latest version | 1.0 |
| Compatibility policy | For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension. |
| MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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| Quarterly downloads | 0 |
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| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The ExternalLinkConfirm extension requires users to confirm after clicking an external link, before being sent to the external site.
This extension was created for WikiWorks.
Installation
- Download and move the extracted
ExternalLinkConfirmfolder to yourextensions/directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ExternalLinkConfirm - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'ExternalLinkConfirm' );
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
This extension has 2 configuration parameters which can be modified in LocalSettings.php.
$wgExternalLinkConfirmWhitelist
- List of the sites that do not require confirmation before visiting.
- Per default, no domains are whitelisted.
- The domains in the whitelist can include wildcard characters (
*) in place of any of the domain levels, e.g.'*.flickr.com'or'upload.*.gov.uk'.
- Example:
$wgExternalLinkConfirmWhitelist = [ '*.flickr.com', 'upload.*.gov.uk' ];
$wgExternalLinkConfirmTarget- For determining what the target will be for the external site.
- Works similarly to $wgExternalLinkTarget.
- Default:
_self