MediaWiki extensions manual

Cite Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Allows footnotes for citing sources and helps for correctly citing content in offline media
Author(s)	Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmasontalk
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.34+
PHP	7.0+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:Extension:Cite
Example	Wikipedia:Footnotes
Parameters $wgCiteResponsiveReferences $wgCiteBookReferencing $wgCiteVisualEditorOtherGroup
Hooks used APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo ContentHandlerDefaultModelFor EditPage::showEditForm:initial ParserAfterParse ParserClearState ParserCloned ParserFirstCallInit ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars
Quarterly downloads	929 (Ranked 8th)
Public wikis using	14,146 (Ranked 6th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Cite extension allows a user to create references as footnotes on a page. It adds two parser hooks to MediaWiki, ‎<ref> and ‎<references />; these operate together to add citations to pages.

Usage

See the help page for using the Cite extension for further information.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Cite in your extensions/ folder.
• Only when installing from Git, run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing composer install --no-dev in the extension directory. (See task T173141 for potential complications.)
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Cite' );
  

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

Vagrant installation:

• If using Vagrant , install with vagrant roles enable cite --provision

Configuration

$wgCiteBookReferencing

Enables an experimental feature for sub-references when set to true, see the help page. Default value: false

$wgCiteResponsiveReferences

Default setting for responsive display of references. When set to true, the references section will be displayed in multiple columns. See the usage documentation. Default value: true

$wgCiteVisualEditorOtherGroup

When set to true, the Cite toolbar button can be moved under the Insert menu. This is used on Wikivoyage sites. See the original feature request. Default value: false

See also

• Help:Cite
• Extension:Semantic Cite
• Extension:CiteThisPage

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: BlueSpice Canasta Debian Fandom Miraheze MyWikis ProWiki semantic::core ShoutWiki Telepedia wiki.gg WikiForge WikiTide This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.