Extension:Minimum Name Length

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Minimum Name Length Release status: stable
Implementation	User identity
Description	Allows to enforce a minimum username length during account creation
Author(s)	Rob Church (Robchurchtalk)
Latest version	2.0.1 (2017-07-05)
MediaWiki	1.27+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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Parameters $wgMinimumUsernameLength
Hooks used AbortNewAccount
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The Minimum Name Length extension allows to set a minimum length for user names which will be enforced during account creation.

Installation

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

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'MinimumNameLength' );
  

• Configure as required
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.27 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 1.27 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'MinimumNameLength' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/MinimumNameLength/MinimumNameLength.php";

Configuration

To configure the minimum name length for a username, set $wgMinimumUsernameLength in the "LocalSettings.php" file, after the call to include the extension as described in the installation section, e.g.

$wgMinimumUsernameLength = 8;

10 is the default setting. In case you are fine with this you do not need to do anything.