Extension:LockAuthor
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | User rights |
Description | Prevents users from editing pages they haven't created |
Author(s) | Vedmakatalk |
Maintainer(s) | WikiTeq team |
Latest version | 1.0 |
Compatibility policy | For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension. |
MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
PHP | 7.1+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | README |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
LockAuthor is a MediaWiki extension that prevents users from editing pages they have not created.
It does not itself allow users to edit pages that they have created; for that, you will have to make sure the standard "edit" right is correctly set.
This extension is a drop-in replacement for the EditOwn extension, which was archived in 2018.
This extension was created for WikiWorks.
Installation[edit]
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
LockAuthor
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
wfLoadExtension( 'LockAuthor' );
- Configure as required
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration[edit]
$wgLockAuthorExcludedNamespaces
- array of namespaces to be excluded from checks$wgLockAuthorActions
- array of actions to be checked (Default:[ 'edit', 'create' ]
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Rights:
editall
- grant this right to a group to allow bypassing extension's restrictions
Example setup[edit]
# Prevent anonymous editing
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;
# Allow regular users to edit pages
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpage'] = true;
wfLoadExtension( 'LockAuthor' );
// LockAuthor will limit users edit right only to pages created by them
# Allow sysop to edit all pages
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editall'] = true;
See also[edit]

![]() | This extension is included in the following packages and/or wiki farms: |