Customization

MediaWiki can be customized in several ways. It is distributed as GPL. You may thus contribute your own skins, extensions and patches.

Configuration

 * are defined in the file.


 * Interface messages can be modified by editing their corresponding wiki page.


 * Many community-provided extensions are available. They generally fall into one of these categories:


 * Extensions defining a new wiki tag (see also: Write your own MediaWiki extension)


 * Extensions defining a new special page (see also: Writing a new special page)


 * MediaWiki is multilingual, and fully so with the extension.


 * The FAQ contains additional customization info.

Skins
Look and feel can be modified by using different skins. There are various third-party skins, which allow radically changing the look and feel of the site.