Extension:Page Approvals

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Page Approvals; Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface, Special page, User rights, API
Description	Allows users to approve pages and automatically revoke them in case of content changes
Author(s)	Jeroen De Dauwtalk
Maintainer(s)	Professional Wiki
Latest version	2.1.1 (2025-08-25)
MediaWiki	1.43+
PHP	8.1+
Database changes	No
Composer	professional-wiki/page-approvals
License	BSD 3-clause "Modified" License
Download	GitHub: project page; git repository URL [help]; commit history; ; ; README; CHANGELOG
	Added rights manage-approvers
	Hooks used OutputPageParserOutput; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates; OutputPageBeforeHTML;

PW

The Professional Wiki team maintains this extension professionally.

Professional Wiki provides official support for MediaWiki LTS releases only. It may work with other MediaWiki releases.

The Page Approvals extension enables the approval of wiki pages with the following key features:

Approval UI: Displays the approval status on regular wiki pages and allows authorized users to change it.
Content Change Detection: Monitors changes in displayed content, including embedded constructs like templates or SMW queries.
Automatic Unapproval: Automatically unapproves pages when changes are detected in their displayed content.
Personalized Approval List: Offers a personalized list of pending approvals, accessible through "Special:PendingApprovals."
Approver Management: Includes a management page and the associated "manage-approvers" permission via "Special:ManageApprovers."
API Endpoints: Provides API endpoints to approve and unapprove pages programmatically.

Documentation

Unapproved page

Approved page