Growth/Communities/How to use code snippets

The Growth team develops a set of features in order to help newcomers making better first edits at the wikis.

During the development process, we have to make some tests to be sure that the features are working properly. This also allows communities to test the features in advance, to see how they work, how they can be integrated to their workflows or if the translations are correct.

The concerned features are deployed at some wikis in "dark mode". It means that the features aren't available for users in their regular editing experience. Instead, they are only available to users who have a "key", a small bit of code we call a "code snippet". This page explains how to use a code snippet.

Step 1: Be sure that the Growth features are turned on at your wiki
To turn the features on, you have to go to your preferences.

Step 2: In your browser, create a new bookmark

 * 1) Give this bookmark a name.
 * 2) Copy-paste the snippet you want to use (see the snippets table).
 * 3) At the beginning of the snippet, add
 * 4) * Example: will become.
 * 5) Save this bookmark.

Step 3: Go the Special:Homepage
You can access the homepage by either:
 * typing in your wiki's search bar
 * going to your userpage and click on the " " tab

Step 4: Click on the bookmark
The page reloads, you now have access to the feature.

Alternative path
This path works on desktop computers only, not on mobile devices.

Step 1: Be sure that the Growth features are turned on at your wiki
To turn the features on, you have to go to your preferences.

Step 2: Go the Special:Homepage
You can access the homepage by either:
 * typing in your wiki's search bar
 * going to your userpage and click on the " " tab

Step 3: Open the inspector
Do a right click on the page, and click on "Inspect".

Step 4: On the inspector, locate the "Console" menu
Click on the console menu.

Some browsers will ask you a confirmation step there. Please carefully read the instructions.

You may see some error messages being displayed. You can ignore them.

Step 5: In the console, paste the snippet you want to use
The snippets are available in the snippets table.

Step 6: Press enter
The page reloads, you now have access to the feature.

Currently available snippets
Last update: 2021