Extension:ProtectSite

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ProtectSite Release status:Extension status stable
ImplementationTemplate:Extension#type	Special page
DescriptionTemplate:Extension#description	Allows a site administrator to temporarily block various site modifications
Author(s)Template:Extension#username	Eric Johnston Chris Stafford Jack Phoenix
Latest versionTemplate:Extension#version	0.5.0 (2015-11-20 (2015-11-20))
MediaWikiTemplate:Extension#mediawiki	1.28+
Database changesTemplate:Extension#needs-updatephp	No
LicenseTemplate:Extension#license	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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ParametersTemplate:Extension#parameters $wgProtectSiteLimit $wgProtectSiteDefaultTimeout $wgProtectSiteExempt
Added rightsTemplate:Extension#rights protectsite
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ProtectSite extension adds a new special page, Special:ProtectSite, where users with the protectsite user right can block various site modifications.

When the ProtectSite extension is used, it will show up in the protection log (Special:Log/protect) as a protection of Special:AllPages.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called ProtectSite in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadExtension( 'ProtectSite' );

• Y 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( 'ProtectSite' );, you need to use:

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

User rights

By default, bureaucrat and staff groups have the protectsite right, which is required to access the special page.

Parameters

• $wgProtectSiteLimit — maximum time allowed for protection of the site
• $wgProtectSiteDefaultTimeout — default timeout, 1 hour by default
• $wgProtectSiteExempt — array of non-sysop user groups to be not affected by rights changes