Wikibase/Extension

MediaWiki extensions manual

Wikibase Release status: stable
Implementation	Database
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Author(s)	Wikimedia Germany
Latest version	Continuous updates
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Wikibase is a collection of software (applications and libraries) for creating, managing and sharing structured data.

This page specifically talks about the Wikibase MediaWiki extension.

Releasing

The Wikibase MediaWiki extension receives continuous updates as it is deployed on Wikimedia hosted sites.

Wikimedia Germany makes periodic releases of this extension as part of Wikibase/Suite, mostly in the form of container images.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted Wikibase folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone --recurse-submodules https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  # Load Wikibase Repository
  wfLoadExtension( 'WikibaseRepository', "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/extension-repo.json" );
  require_once "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/repo/ExampleSettings.php";
  
  # Load Wikibase Client
  wfLoadExtension( 'WikibaseClient', "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/extension-client.json" );
  require_once "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/client/ExampleSettings.php";
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Note: If composer.local.json does not yet exist in your root MediaWiki install folder, copy composer.local.json-sample in the root install folder to composer.local.json. (see Composer#Using_composer-merge-plugin) Then run composer install or composer update.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Advanced

You can find more advanced, but not necessarily up to date configuration below:

• Wikibase/Installation
• Wikibase/Installation/Advanced_configuration
• Wikibase/Configuration
• Wikibase/Programmer's_guide_to_Wikibase