Extension:MessageCommons

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
MessageCommons Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface, Database
Description	Allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database.
Author(s)	Daniel Friesen Nathaniel Herman Jack Phoenix
Latest version	2.0 (2020-05-26)
MediaWiki	1.25+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Example	ShoutWiki & Interface Messages Wiki (ShoutWiki's MessageCommons wiki)
Parameters $wgMessageCommonsLang $wgMessageCommonsIsCommons $wgMessageCommonsDatabase
Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial MessagesPreLoad
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The MessageCommons extension allows MediaWiki messages to be shared from a central database.

Installation[edit]

Download and place the file(s) in a directory called MessageCommons in your extensions/ folder.

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'MessageCommons' );
```
Set $wgMessageCommonsIsCommons to true for the wiki where messages should be fetched from and set $wgMessageCommonsLang and $wgMessageCommonsDatabase in the wiki farm's GlobalSettings.php/CommonSettings.php
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Set this to true for the wiki which "hosts" MessageCommons

Set this to the language code ($wgLanguageCode) of the MessageCommons wiki

Set this to the database name of the MessageCommons wiki