Springboard is an extension to MediaWiki that allows user to manage, install, enable and disable MediaWiki extensions and skins.
- Download the extension and place it in the
extensions/directory. - Add the following lines in LocalSettings.php
wfLoadExtension( 'Springboard' );
require_once(__DIR__ . '/extensions/Springboard/includes/CustomLoader.php');
- ✅ Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Instead of downloading the zip archive you may also check this extension out via Git:
git clone https://github.com/sanjay-thiyagarajan/Springboard.git
REQUIRED: Make sure to have the right permissions over the extension directory Springboard
chmod -R a+rxw *
$SBDistributionListURL = "https://your-custom-list-url";
Defaults to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Recommended_revisions/1.43 (can be taken as an example too)
Allows users to use the "Springboard" page action in order to manage extensions and skins for the wiki. Defaults to:
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['springboard'] = true;