Extension:GetUserName
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Variable |
Description | Allows the current user's name to be put in a page |
Author(s) | Antoine Mercier-Linteau, Ejcaputo |
Latest version | 2.1 (2022-01-02) |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 |
Download | GitHub: Note: README |
The GetUserName extension allows to obtain the current user's name from wgUser
and insert it on a page.
Usage[edit]
When {{#USERNAME:}}
is found in the page, it will replace it with the current user name.
The cache is invalidated for pages using this extension.
In the visual editor,
{{#USERNAME}}
will evaluate to your current IP address because session information is not preserved when Parsoid parses pages. This also mean template substitution does not work with this tag.Installation[edit]
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
GetUserName
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your
LocalSettings.php
:wfLoadExtension( 'GetUserName' );
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:
The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension()
.
If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'GetUserName' );
, you need to use:
require_once "$IP/extensions/GetUserName/GetUserName.php";