Extension:Checklists

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Checklists; Release status: stable
Description	This extension defines a checkbox item
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

This extension provides persistent, interactive checklist items on a wiki page.

Features

Checklist items are embedded directly in the page content and edited using standard wiki markup.
Changes to checklist states are recorded in the page history if they were made in view-mode.
Modification of checklist states can be restricted using a dedicated user right.

Usage

As checklist item will be considered:

A line that starts with [] (or [x] for checked items) and ends with a new line. Therefore, the text of the checkbox item is everything after [] until the new line.

Compatibility with other extensions

This extension is used in combination with Extension:AtMentions and Extension:DateTimeTools in Extension:SimpleTasks to add task assignment and due date functionality.

Checklist items
Checklist bundled as SimpleTasks

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Checklists.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/Checklists) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Checklists.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/Checklists": "dev-REL1_43"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'Checklists' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice pro.

BlueSpice:

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages:

BlueSpice