Manual:Account creation

Account creation is done through Special:CreateAccount. There are three types of account creation, each with a separate log event action type:

• create — a new user creates their own account.
• create2 — another user account is created by an existing user.
• autocreate (up until MediaWiki 1.26) — a new account is autocreated using AuthPlugin . AuthPlugin has been superseded by AuthManager .

It is possible, through the configuration setting $wgGroupPermissions , to disable account creation or to limit it to sysops; see Manual:Preventing access (which describes how a sysop may create another user's account).

Constraints

There are many components which can limit account creation, including:

• $wgPasswordPolicy
• $wgAccountCreationThrottle
• Extension:TitleBlacklist - in this case, a "title" can be a user name
• Extension:AbuseFilter
• Captchas - provided by Extension:ConfirmEdit

See also

• Manual:CreateAndPromote.php
• Manual:Installation/Creating system accounts
• API:Account creation
• Help:Mass account creation