Help:Widgets

Widgets are an alternative to templates that allow for inclusion of normally restricted features of HTML and other markup. They are available for use by any editor on a wiki that has the Widgets extension installed, but require special permissions to be edited. This extension is no longer available on request.

User permissions

Once installed, this extension introduces a new user group right editwidgets, which allows users to create and edit Widgets (pages in the "Widget:" namespace), and a new user group Widget editors. Local administrators no longer have access to editing these pages, and must submit edit requests to a member of one of the following groups:

  1. Fandom Staff
  2. Wiki Specialists
  3. submit a ticket.

Examples

The wiki community at large, including some editors from the Gamepedia community, has produced and published a significant variety of useful Widgets for public use.

Facebook

  • Facebook Page Plugin
{{#widget:Facebook Page Plugin|profile=https://www.facebook.com/CurseGamepedia}}
  • Facebook Like Button
{{#widget:Facebook Like Button|profile=https://www.facebook.com/CurseGamepedia}}

Twitter

  • Twitter Follow Button
{{#widget:Twitter Follow Button|user=CurseGamepedia}}

Discord

{{#widget:Discord|id=563020189604773888}}

StrawPoll

  • StrawPoll
{{#widget:StrawPoll|id=3843136}}

Other

  • IRC

Widgets catalog

For a list of publicly available Widgets, and for editors wanting to share Widgets they have built with a larger audience, the MediaWiki Widgets Catalog is a useful resource.

External links