Extension:RestrictUserPageCreation

MediaWiki extensions manual

RestrictUserPageCreation Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface, Skin
Description	A MediaWiki extension that prevents users from creating user pages unless they have a specified number of edits.
Author(s)	Derf Jaggedtalk
Latest version	1.0 (2025-6-1)
MediaWiki	1.35+
PHP	5.5+
Database changes	No
Hooks used EditFilterMergedContent
Licence	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .

RestrictUserPageCreation is a MediaWiki extension that prevents users from creating user pages unless they have a specified number of edits. If Moderation is installed, only approved edits are counted.

For reporting an issue or a bug, please open a GitHub issue.

Installation

Requires Mediawiki 1.35 or higher.

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'RestrictUserPageCreation' );
  

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

Configuration

Add the following setting to LocalSettings.php with the desired threshold. By default, the threshold is set to 2.

$wgRestrictUserPageCreationEditThreshold = 2;

Example

The following message is displayed if a user tries to create a User page but does not meet the threshold.

See also

• Extension:HideSection