Useful Extensions

This page will catalog all the useful extensions recommended for beginners to MediaWiki.

All of these extensions are either recommended for making MediaWiki easier to use, or they add extremely useful functions that would be of great benefit to a beginning MediaWiki installation user.

Absolutely Essential Extensions

 * Gadgets
 * ParserFunctions
 * Renameuser

Extensions That Make Editing Much Easier

 * CategorySuggest
 * WikiEditor
 * Cite

Extensions That Make Edit Formatting Easier

 * Poem
 * Story Paragraph

Extensions That Ease Content Addition

 * MsUpload
 * MultiUpload

Extensions That Make Mass Edits Easier

 * Replace Text
 * MassEditRegex

Not "Essential", But Can Be Useful

 * PostEdit
 * WikiHiero