 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Special page |
| Description | Adds a special page that redirects to an article based on the given base36-encoded ID |
| Author(s) | Yuvi Panda |
| Latest version | 1.2.0 (2015-01-29) |
| MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
| Database changes | Yes |
| Tables | shorturls |
| License | BSD 3-clause "Modified" License |
| Download | Download extension Git [?]: |
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| Quarterly downloads | 45 (Ranked 125th) |
| Translate the ShortUrl extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
ShortUrl is a special page extension that helps create shortened URLs for wiki pages, using their base36 encoded IDs. Adds a 'Short URL' link to the Toolbox. Primarily developed for use in the Indic Language Wikipedias.
Installation
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
ShortUrlin yourextensions/folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'ShortUrl' );
- Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:
The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension().
If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'ShortUrl' );, you need to use:
require_once "$IP/extensions/ShortUrl/ShortUrl.php";
Usage
- When installed redirects are available under Special:ShortUrl/<base36>.
- Links to redirects can be found in the Toolbox and under the heading (JavaScript only)
Configuration
- (Optional) Run
populateShortUrlTable.phpmaintenance script. Fills the shorturl database table with entries for all namespace/title parts of all currently existing articles.
- Set
$wgShortUrlTemplateto the template of the path for generating short URLs. $1 is replaced with the actual short URL ID.
See also
- Extension:UrlShortener
 | 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. |
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