Skin:MediaWikiBootstrap5

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MediaWikiBootStrap5 Release status: stable
Description	A MediaWiki skin using Bootstrap 5
Author(s)	JLTRY
Latest version	1.1.1 (2025-02-4)
MediaWiki	1.39+
License	Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Download	GitHub release V1.1.1 GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
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The MediaWikiBootstrap5 skin provides a skin using Bootstrap 5.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called MediaWikiBootstrap5 in your skins/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadSkin( 'MediaWikiBootstrap5' );
  define('NS_MEDIAWIKIBOOTSTRAP', 1001);
  $wgExtraNamespaces[NS_MEDIAWIKIBOOTSTRAP] = "MediaWikiBootstrap";
  $wgDefaultSkin = 'mediawikibootstrap5'; // This line makes this skin the default skin.
  

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

In the composer.local.json file set:

{
	"require": {        
		"twbs/bootstrap": "5.1.3",
		"components/jquery": "3.6.0"
	}
}

Then run:

composer update no-dev

See also

Other skins and extensions related to the Bootstrap framework:

• Skins based on Bootstrap – Overview of skins based on the Bootstrap framework

• Extension:Bootstrap – Provides the Bootstrap framework to MediaWiki

• Extension:BootstrapComponents – Provides further components to the Bootstrap framework for MediaWiki