Skin:Modern

This skin comes with MediaWiki 1.12 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

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Modern Release status: stable
MediaWikiTemplate:Skin#mediawiki	no longer built in since 1.24+
LicenseTemplate:Skin#license	GPL-2.0+
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ExampleTemplate:Skin#example	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?useskin=modern
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Modern is one of the skins bundled with MediaWiki by default. It was created in 2008 by (commit). It was derived from the MonoBook skin.

Uses

It's been available as user option on Wikimedia wikis since its first version. It was also the default skin for the Toolserver wiki until it was shut down in 2015.

Installation

This skin is included in the MediaWiki download tarball. You only need to install it separately if you installed MediaWiki using a different method.

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

wfLoadSkin( 'Modern' );

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

Bundled

In MediaWiki 1.23 and earlier, the Modern skin was maintained within the MediaWiki core repository. In MediaWiki 1.24MediaWiki 1.24, along with other default skins, it was separated from core to its own repository. It remained bundled with MediaWiki until version 1.30.

Starting from MediaWiki 1.31, the Modern skin has been removed from the bundle.