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

 * CheckUser
 * Gadgets
 * ParserFunctions
 * Nuke
 * Renameuser

Extensions That Make Wiki Administration Easier

 * Admin Links
 * RefreshSpecial

Extensions That Make Editing Much Easier

 * CategorySuggest
 * WikiEditor
 * Cite

Extensions That Make Edit Formatting Easier

 * Poem
 * Story Paragraph
 * Tabber

Extensions That Ease Content Addition

 * MsUpload
 * MultiUpload

Extensions That Make Page Creation Easier

 * CreateBox
 * MultiBoilerplate

Extensions That Make Searches Easier

 * OpenSearchXml

Extensions That Make Mass Edits Easier

 * Replace Text
 * MassEditRegex

Extensions That Make MediaWiki Work Better

 * Vector

Extensions That Expand MediaWiki's Features

 * NewSignupPage
 * User Merge And Delete
 * EditPageTrick

Not "Essential", But Can Be Useful

 * Editcount
 * PostEdit
 * WikiHiero