Extension:MigrateMyLinks

MediaWiki extensions manual

MigrateMyLinks Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Rewrites external links pointing to your wiki after moving a wiki to another host
Author(s)	Jesús Martínez (Ciencia Al Podertalk)
Latest version	1.0.0
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Parameters $wgMigrateMyLinksDomain $wgMigrateMyLinksMaxRevisionId
Hooks used InternalParseBeforeLinks LinkerMakeExternalLink ParserAfterParse

The MigrateMyLinks extension rewrites external links pointing to your wiki after moving a wiki to another host.

When a page contains external links pointing to a defined host, it rewrites them (only when viewing the page, not when editing) so they point to the current URL of the wiki instead.

This is useful when people post external links pointing to the own wiki on talk pages and such, and then you move your wiki to another URL. Without this extension, those links would be pointing to an old URL, often not accessible or outdated. This extensions rewrites those links to point to the current wiki URL.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'MigrateMyLinks' );
  # RevisionID to stop rewriting URLs.
  # Set to -1 (the default) to rewrite all links
  # Page revisions after this revision won't have the links rewritten
  $wgMigrateMyLinksMaxRevisionId = -1;
  # Domain to rewrite links from, don't include protocol nor slashes
  $wgMigrateMyLinksDomain = 'www.oldwikisite.com';
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.