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List of user scripts
User scriptsare powerfulcustomisations,authored by the community, that allow registered Wikipedians to change Wikipedia's interface beyond the options available inpreferences.This page provides a list of available scripts and instructions on installing them. User scripts are written inJavaScript.
  • Click hereto skip directly to the script list.
  • Many of the most popular scripts becomegadgets,and are subsequently removed from this page. You can enable them viaPreferences – Gadgets.It is recommended that you check there first for any tool you might be looking for, since gadgets have been widely tested and proven useful and reliable.
  • Most scripts are designed and tested primarily with the Vectorskin,Wikipedia's current default.


How to install user scripts:

  1. Check the checkbox atPreferencesGadgetsAdvancedTickInstall scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files (documentation)and click Save.
  2. Come back to this page.
  3. Click "Install" after each script name to install the script. Some scripts may require additional steps, so be sure to visit the documentation if any.

Alternatively, you may usethis linkto temporarily view this page with script-installer enabled.


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Appearance and behavior

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior (UI/UX) of the site. Any script that does nothing other than add a link to a page to a menu, panel or toolbar belongs to§ Shortcuts.Any script that makes an edit to a page (i.e. increases the user's contributions) or changes the appearance or behavior of the edit form (action=edit/submit) belongs to§ Editing.

Site-wide

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of the site across namespaces.

Name Description Users
Total Active
6 Tabs Vector(source)Shows edit and history tabs for both main and talk pages while viewing either one.N/AN/A
accesskey(source)Display correspondingaccess keysbesides links.N/AN/A
accessKeysCheatSheet(source)AddsAlt+⇧ Shift+?as anaccess keyto show thelist of all assigned access keys.165
AutoMobileRedirect(source)Automatically redirects to desktop site when mobile links are opened on desktop. It does not change the behavior on mobile devices (unless desktop mode is enabled).3612
anonymize(source)Removes your username from the top of the screen.237
Attribute(source)Easily get HTML attribution for a pageN/AN/A
browserStorageManager(source)Managecookieandweb storageitems.N/AN/A
Chocolate(source)A multipurpose userscript, forked fromAnpang01's script of the same name, comes with many features.N/AN/A
Confirm Logout(source)Removes MediaWiki code that causes users to be unceremoniously booted out if they touch the "log out" link in their personal navigation, thereby allowing the default confirmation process to unfold naturally. Only tested with the Vector (legacy and 2022) skin.5423
Confirm Logout(source)Interrupts logout with a customizable HTML confirmation prompt. Likely to work with all skins and browsers. If it doesn't, let the author know!4120
defconIndicator(source)Shows a colored icon next to notification icons based on current vandalism level set onUser:EnterpriseyBot/defcon.Fork ofEnterprisey's Watchlist-notice.139
Float Head(source)Makes the Wikipedia head navigation floating.N/AN/A
Motivational Quotes(source)Creates a header on top of the screen with a motivational qoute.N/AN/A
Float Side(source)Makes the Wikipedia side panel floating.N/AN/A
GoToTitle(source)Navigate to other pages by "editing" the page title at the top of pages as if it were an input box. Press↵ Enterto navigate to the page entered.155
goToTop(source)(Handy for phones) Adds a small button to the bottom left of the page which moves to the top of the page when tapped.8616
goToTop(source)Modified version that prevents the button from covering the toolbar.3412
goToTopFast(source)Modified version to speed up the animation.N/AN/A
Header Icons(source)Adds the Vector 22 icons (not text) from user dropdown to the header (Static & sticky) for 1 click navigation and stop the need to open the dropdown.N/AN/A
Header HeaderTextLinks(source)Adds the Vector 22 links text (not icons) from user dropdown to the header (Static & sticky) for 1 click navigation and stop the need to open the dropdown. This will give the same links previously available with vector legacy while maintaining V22 header styling.N/AN/A
Hide Vector Sidebar(source)Hides the left sidebar in Vector. Can access the sidebar anytime by alt-shift-a.23511
Invert(source)Adds a link to invert the colour of all Wikipedia pages.N/AN/A
Live notifications(source)Displays notification alerts and messages in a little popup box, live as they happen (or soon thereafter).5124
Making user scripts load fasterForces userscipt loading to cache in the current browser, thus hopefully improving loading times.N/AN/A
media timer(source)This gadget shows a timer with three modes and an interactive progress bar with a blue buffer indicator at the bottom of the window if a media element exists on the page. It can be used to play and pause and navigate a media file without having to scroll back to the on-page media controls. Currently, playback controls only work on audio files.N/AN/A
NeverUseMobileVersion(source)Redirects to the desktop version when Google sends you to the mobile version.11447
unmobilePlus(source)Redirects you back to desktop whenever you get to a mobile link. Also replaces all links to mobile with direct links to desktop, so it should only be links you click on from outside Wikipedia that give you the mobile flash.1711
nightpedia(source)A dark mode for WMF wikis.6414
noeditredlinks(source)Stops the opening of the editor when clicking on red links.3419
Notepad(source)Shows a notepad panel that allows you to save arbitrary text.4222
quickNavigate(source)Typing "\\" will open an input; type in a page name, and you will be redirected there.105
RedirectNotification(source)Get notified when you are redirected, allowing you to view the redirect page.237
RetroLogoReplace the top-left Wikipedia logo.N/AN/A
Safemode Shortcut(source)Adds a keyboard shortcut to easily activatesafemodeon the current page.N/AN/A
scriptManager(source)Selectively run your scripts on the fly.4910
scriptManager(source)Modified version with support for all skins (except Minerva).N/AN/A
Seven Tabs(source)Designed for compactness and the Modern skin, Seven Tabs shows edit and history tabs as above, but also includes an optional section 0 tab. Should work on Monobook as well.N/AN/A
simple-notifs(source)Another notification panel.102
SkinSwitcher(source)Allows users to view pages in any of the seven available skins (Vector, MonoBook, Modern, Minerva, MinervaNeue, and ApiOutput).224
SkinSwitcher(source)Allows users to view pages in the Vector, Timeless, MonoBook, and ApiOutput skins.N/AN/A
snowflake(source)Make snowflakes fall from your screen throughout Wikipedia!N/AN/A
specialRandomPage(source)Finds a random page based on user's preferred options.135
superjump(source)Custom keyboard shortcuts to jump to any page, and more!203
Talk to Wiki(source)In-beta script that enables voice-activated functionality for navigation of Wikipedia.N/AN/A
To Bottom(source)Adds a link to the bottom of the page in the right navigation menu.229
To Top(source)Adds a link to the top of the page in the footer.124
To Top Button(source)Adds a button to go to the top of the page to the bottom right corner of the page.217
TodoList(source)Adds a todo list link to the head. The link will open a popup that allows you to view, add to, and modify your todo list. The todo list is stored in your user options, so it's private.6127
ToggleSidebar(source)Adds a link to toggle the sidebar (only testing for Vector).N/AN/A
Unslashifier(source)Redirects accidental navigation to a nonexistent page ending in a slash ( "Foo/" ) to the normal page ( "Foo" ).N/AN/A
up-one-lvl-kbd(source)The "U" keyboard shortcut now goes up one subpage level.586
Update Notifications(source)Updates the alert and notification counts every few seconds.2710
User JavaScript and Stylesheet Manager(source)Creates a discretegraphical user interfaceutilizing intuitivedrag and dropto manage your user resources (scripts and stylesheets). Only tested with the Vector (legacy 2010) skin;will not display correctly on Vector 2022.
  • Add/remove resources quickly and easily.
  • Switch resources on/off with zero page editing.
  • Temporarily include resources with a simpleclick and confirm.
214
UTCclock(source)Adds a clock displaying the current UTC time174
V22(source)Fork ofUser:Jonesey95/common.cssthat narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and accounts for more client configurations. Features it has inherited from upstream include a wider width, padding reductions, and faster animations.N/AN/A
Vector 2022 Condensed(source)Elminates a ton of padding from Vector 2022 and introduces a lot of miscellaneous tweaks, such as unfurling the ToC.N/AN/A
Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu(source)Moves the Tools menu in the Vector 2022 skin, from the right hand side of the screen to the left hand side of the screen.N/AN/A
VectorButtons(source)Give those boring gray standard buttons a Vector-like appearance.N/AN/A
VisualEditorEverywhere(source)Displays the Visual Editor "Edit" tab and "Edit" section link on pages that don't normally have them: templates, talk pages, Wikipedia namespace.7642
Watchlist Notifier(source)Notification of changes to watched pages. Changes are checked on each page load, with notifications appearing at the top of the page under its title.18917
Watchlyst Greybar Unsin(source)Rewrite of Watchlist Notifier with modern APIs that won't display watchlist items marked as seen, has a dismiss button, and will display the rendered edit summary for any kind of watchlist item, including non-edits.N/AN/A
Watchlist scout(source)Polls your watchlist when you open any Wikipedia page, and then once a minute after that. When it discovers a new, unread page in your watchlist, creates a user-message informing you of the change, and stops polling. The message contains links to your watchlist, to the changed pages, and to their history page.N/AN/A
Watchlist-notice(source)Adds a toolbar notice (like the "You have new talk page messages" one) when there are unread changes on your watchlist.339
Watchlist-watcher(source)Similar to Watchlist-notice, but instead of green bar which links to watchlist page, adds a box similar to "your alerts" and "your messages", with the number of unread pages in your watchlist (grey if 0, blue otherwise), click opens a popup with your watchlist content.112
Wide Skin(source)Hides the sidebar and transfers its links to menus and the footer. Tested with the Vector skin.252
Wikischedule(source)Prevents you from editing Wikipedia outside of a chosen schedule.N/AN/A

Body

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of the part that reflects wikitext (#bodyContent) across namespaces.

Name Description Users
Total Active
CopyCodeBlock(source)Adds a button to copy the content of each code block (<pre>).146
CopyCodeBlock (2)(source)Allows for copying of code blocks. Originally developed on Fandom but merges laterUser:Nardog/CopyCodeBlock.Adds a few enhancements including double copy prevention to avoid redundant entries in a clipboard manager. Requires browser clipboard permissions to use.N/AN/A
EditRedirect(source)Adds aafter redirects, allowing the user to edit the redirect.117
DetectSNG(source)Detects keywords on unreviewed new articles that commonly call for the invocation of asubject-specific notabilityguideline.4630
fragmentAnchors(source)Visualizes fragment anchors and checks for duplicates.N/AN/A
Highlight recently added text(source)Highlights text that has been recently added or added since you last visited the page.5819
highlightSearch(source)Highlights the search key word in the selected article from the search page.235
Readability.js(source)Highlights sentences by their reading difficulty with different colors.5230
Show Templates(source)Add a link to view what template calls are producing what parts of the page.N/AN/A
Source Verification AI Assistant(source)Script to help editors verify whether a reliable source supports a claim.118
ToggleSmall(source)Enables small and big text to be made default size, as well as unstriking text.N/AN/A
VectorMaxWidth(source)Allows for a less narrow page while using the Vector 2022 layout.367
Vectron(source)Automatically toggles between wide and narrowVector 2022,depending on the type of the page.N/AN/A
veditLinks(source)Adds anedit betalink to{{Lx}}style toolbars.166
WikiChatbot(source)Chatbot to help editors improve articles and drafts. It usesOpenAI'sGPT-4o.3215
wiktLookup(source)Double-click a word, and go to its definition onWiktionary.246

Images

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Scripts that change the appearance of behavior of images within the wikitext.

Name Description Users
Total Active
Picture Popups(source)Enlarge images without leaving the page and without disabling the page content. Doesn't work with the Modern skin.6010
ProblemImages(source)Marks images (which are either at Commons or on Wikipedia) staying for deletion or maintenance.N/AN/A
SimpleLightbox(source)Simplelightboxwhich enlarges images without leaving the page, faster and easier thanMedia Viewer.370
svgReplace(source)Replaces all PNG thumbnails for SVG files with their actual SVGs. Downloads SVG files in addition to PNGs, so shouldn't be used by the bandwidth-conscious.125
RealSVG(source)Fork of svgReplace with an improved regex.N/AN/A
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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of links within the wikitext.

Name Description Users
Total Active
externals(source)Replaces the external link icon with the correspondingfaviconfor some sites.N/AN/A
Green Redirects(source)Makes redirects green.N/AN/A
Pipe Highlighter(source)Colorspiped linkswith the colorIrresistibleor a custom color set by the user. It is compatible with BrandonXLF's Green Redirects and the gadget for highlighting disambig links.169
Link Classifier(source)Colors links on the page to indicate redirects, broken redirects, disambiguation pages, and XfDsby default.743264
NoRedirect(source)Adds a ( "no redirect" ) link to all links to redirects that links directly to the page, skipping the redirect.2812
Old link colors(source)Restores the link colors present in Vector 2010N/AN/A
preview(source)Holding shift and pressing a link will open a preview, instead of going to that page.138
RedirectID(source)Modifies wikilinks to redirects to include the target name in the title attribute (which is visible when hovering over the link), e.g.WP:USL → Wikipedia:User scripts/List.N/AN/A
Subdue Links(source)Adds options to the tools menu to make contenthyperlinktext colourationturn-off-and-on-able.Doesn't affectUIlinks.N/AN/A

Sections

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of sections within the wikitext.

Name Description Users
Total Active
alwaysEditSectionLink(source)Should add section links to pages where there are sections but no editsection links. (For example, archive pages with__NOEDITSECTION__).1910
CollapseSections(source)Adds a button to collapse sections like on mobile.5012
copy-section-link(source)Displays a hidden pilcrow (¶) after editable section titles. When you mouse-over the section heading, the pilcrow will appear as a link to that section. Allows the user to to copy wikilinks syntax as well as external links.4119
copy-section-link(source)

copy-section-linkis auser scriptthat adds apilcrow(¶ symbol) to sectionheadingsthat, when clicked, shows a popup with an appropriate wikilink and external link.

N/AN/A
CopySectLink(source)Adds a button to copy the unencoded page title or section path next to each heading.2420
hideSectionDesktop(source)Enables level 2 sections to be collapsed in the desktop view, like in mobile. Adds a [toggle visibility] link to each section header.N/AN/A
hover-edit-section(source)A keyboard shortcut to edit the section you're hovering over.110
Section Footers(source)Adds subtle clones of all section headings (including[edit]links) to the end of their respective sections; allows section editing from the bottom of all sections.Glitchy (working on it)N/AN/A
section-redir-note(source)When you get redirected to a section, the "Redirected from" note now shows below the section heading.4725
SectionEditing(source)Provides tab to toggle section editing links.N/AN/A

Table of contents

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Scripts that change the appearance of behavior of the tables of contents of pages.

Name Description Users
Total Active
Classical TOC (Vector 2022)(source)Restores the classical table of contents used in the Vector 2010 legacy skin.127
FloatingTOC(source)Collapsible floatingTable of Contents.143
FloatingTOC(source)Collapsible floatingTable of Contents,with formatting closer to standard TOC.N/AN/A
tocExpandAll(source)Adds an expand/collapse all button to the top of the Vector 2022 table of contents.N/AN/A
Unfolded and numbered TOC for Vector 2022(source)Modifies how the table of contents is displayed under the Vector 2022 skin by unfolding and numbering the sections.189
untoclimit(source)Undoes the effects of{{TOC limit}}.N/AN/A

Namespace-specific

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Articles

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Scripts primarily designed to change the appearance or behavior of encyclopedic content (though they may be useful on other pages too).

Name Description Users
Total Active
Article Quality (AQ) Fetcher(source)Stylizes article links according to the grade of the target article as based on theassessment team's quality scale.12334
ArticleQuality(source)Adds ORES-based article quality predictions to the article byline, the article history page, and to certain article links that are wrapped in a "ores-wp10-prediction" class.9136
ArticleQuality(source)Adds ORES-based article quality predictionsonlyto the article byline and to article links that are wrapped in a "ores-wp10-prediction" class.3329
Backlinks from title(source)WhatLinksHere functionality on headline like in original Wiki.N/AN/A
checkTranslationAttribution(source)Checks if a page is a potential unattributed translation, has suspicious access dates, or was created using the ContentTranslation tool.1414
Client-side MathJax(source)EnablesMathJaxrendering of mathematical notation within <math> tags. You will never have to see grainy images in place of math again! Preferences → Appearance → Math must be set to "LaTeX source". Fast once cached in your browser.285
collapse infoboxes(source)Collapses infoboxes.N/AN/A
Copyvio-check(source)Runs a check inside the NPP reviewer toolset and display the % copyvio violation.18191
Custom GeoHack replacement(source)Use your own custom page with only links you choose, and with whatever formatting you want, instead of the regular GeoHack.N/AN/A
Deletion Finder(source)Adds links to the deletion log and any AfD discussions next to an article's title (only if there are any).22086
div.GoogleMap(source)Block control that allows to display theGoogle Mapsin Wikipedia, as well as to draw markers and tracks on maps.N/AN/A
Duplinks-alt(source)Highlights links that occur more than once in an article (separate for lead and body).736400
Duplinks(source)Fork of duplinks-alt that adds an option to automatically highlight all duplicate links on load of any page in the namespaces Duplinks would have its portlet link appear in.N/AN/A
Extra-unreliable(source)Highlights possibly promotional wording in articles.158
FindSources(source)Adds a bar below the page title to find sources using{{Find sources mainspace}}.3719
GeoHack replacement script(source)Replace coordinates' external links toGeoHackwith direct links to a single mapping provider.154
idResolver(source)Pops up multiple links for ISBN, DOI, etc.N/AN/A
Imperial First(source)When metric units are listed first, this script re-orders the units to put Imperial first. Opposite ofMetric First.N/AN/A
ipareader(source)Adds a button beside allInternational Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) pronunciations to play the text with a speech synthesizer (text-to-speech).7232
Lacmus(source)Highlights blue links that do not have an interlanguage link in a selected language edition, helping identify articles in need of translation. When used on copied text from a particular language edition, substitutes the wikilinks with the appropriate article titles in the language edition that is being edited.N/AN/A
leadcaps(source)Highlight incorrectly-capitalized title in the leadN/AN/A
Metric First(source)When Imperial units are listed first, this script re-orders the units to put metric first. Opposite ofImperial First.283
parent-cats(source)Highlights when a page is in both a category and a parent of that category.158
ProperDisplay(source)Addsrendering supportfor multiple Unicode characters.
You may not seequestion marks, boxes, or other symbolsin wikipages again.
N/AN/A
refspace(source)Highlights violations ofMOS:REFSPACEin red.3221
retroambox(source)Circa-2006 styles for templates using theambox metatemplate.N/AN/A
Serendipity(source)Inserts alphabetically adjacent article content to distract you the way traditional print encyclopedias used to. Also disables newfangled hypertext features.173
showKanji(source)Shows the corresponding Japanesekanjiandfuriganaof a page under the title if any is found.203
Smaller Templates(source)Makes maintenance templates appear smaller, both horizontally and vertically.169
Smart quotes(source)Convert dumb quotes intotypographically correctcurly quotation marksfor reading.141
Subject's Age From Year(source)Roll over any year in an article about a dated subject and see the age of that subject that year.4115
Toggle VF(source)Creates a voice-friendly PDF version of any Wikipedia article that can be read aloud by text-to-speech applications such as Voice Dream, TextAloud, etc.9429
VitalTopicon(source)Shows atopiconwhen viewing avital article.2514
References
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Name Description Users
Total Active
CitationStyleMarker(source)Show the citation style of a citation beside the citation.4123
Cite Unseen(source)Adds icons to citations based on the source's attributes, such as if the source is a news article, an opinion piece, or government-controlled.404212
CiteHighlighter(source)Highlight citations green, yellow, or red depending on their reliability. Pulls from a very large list, includingWP:RSPandWP:NPPSG.467253
DuplicateReferences(source)Detects and displays all references with the same link along with a button to add the{{duplicated citations}}tag4539
HarvErrors(source)Displays errors when using Harv templates.454157
Highlight unreferenced passages(source)Uses a red background color to highlight each passage that lacks references.5135
List Unreferenced Paragraphs(source)Goes through a list of articles and determines how many paragraphs lack references.148
RefToggle(source)Enables removal of reference numbers in square brackets.5416
ToggleReferences(source)Adds a button to toggle inline references to footnotes.N/AN/A
Unreliable/Predatory Source Detector(source)Identify unreliable and questionable sources used on Wikipedia.981509

Discussions

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AFD age detector(source)Adds a line in the formatPage created: 1 wks 0days 0hrs 0mins 1secs ago by Username.to the top of an AFD discussion.2510
Old AfD(source)Adds a line in the formatPage created: 1 wks 0days 0hrs 0mins 1secs ago by Username.to the top of an AFD discussion.1810
collapseBots(source)Autocollapse talk pages comments made by bots.104
Comment Highlighter(source)Highlightsyourdiscussion comments.9828
Comments in local time(source)Displays signature timestamps in your local time, relative to the current time. A replacement forWikipedia:Comments in Local Timewith better language and timezone support.4014
Commentlinks(source)Adds a [link] button after the [reply] button from thereply tool.N/AN/A
Copy comment link to clipboard(source)Provides a way to copy link wikitext to the clipboard that links to a specific discussion comment, or to a heading.N/AN/A
Fold Archives(source)Collapses archived talk page threads to reduce taken screen space.N/AN/A
generate pings(source)Generates the wikitext needed to ping all members of a category.N/AN/A
GraphicReplyLink(source)Replaces the rather dull reply link text – [ Reply ] – with a better-looking graphic – the Speech balloon emoji 💬.N/AN/A
Nominations Viewer(source)Collapses the nominations on pages likeWP:FACandWP:PRinto expandable headers with basic information on the nomination, significantly decluttering the pages.214119
strike-archived(source)Strikes out sections where discussions have been closed.2612
TalkHelper(source)Improves readability of long talk pages, highlighting posts from yesterday and today.N/AN/A
TalkHelper2(source)Improves readability of long talk pages, highlighting posts from yesterday and today and also builds a table of contents for the posts.N/AN/A
TimestampDiffs(source)Adds a link at the end of every comment, from the timestamp to the diff in which it was added.3617
timestamps(source)Timestamps on talk pages will be changed into "x minutes/hours/etc ago".N/AN/A
Unclutter(source)Hides excessive warnings, makes some of the interface collapsible and minimises signatures.4916
UserBlind(source)Hides usernames to reduce bias.N/AN/A
Vote Symbols(source)Adds graphical icons to users'!votes in discussions.25242
Vote Symbols Plus(source)Modified version of Ais523's Vote Symbols with new keywords and icons, plus a few bugfixes from the original script.8540
VoteVisualizer(source)An improved version ofUser:Pythoncoder/Scripts/voteSymbols.N/AN/A
Watching Indicator(source)Adds an indication to your signature of whether you are watching the page.N/AN/A

Templates

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Name Description Users
Total Active
WatchDoc(source)Automatically watch/unwatch the documentation page of a template (and its talk page) when you watch/unwatch a template.2512

Modules, scripts and stylesheets

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AceForLuaDebugConsole(source)Adds Ace editor to the debug console shown when editing Scribunto pages.N/AN/A
code-link(source)Adds internal and external links to JS, CSS and Scribunto pages.145
CodeLinks(source)Adds internal and external links to JS, CSS and Scribunto pages, as well as template titles and module names in module invocations; only links http and https URLs.N/AN/A
userscriptInterwikiLink(source)If the user is viewing user script, it will show the link that can be copied to other projects.153

Files

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Name Description Users
Total Active
file-toggle-transparency(source)Changes the transparent color fill on file description pages.N/AN/A
imageres(source)Provides statistics for files and their sizes.3823
MegapixelDisplay(source)Displays the number of megapixels (106pixels) on the image page.2110
warnOnLargeFile(source)Triggers a warning popup if you're about to open a file that is above a certain threshold. The default thresholds are dimensions over 10,000 pixels, or file sizes over 100 MB.N/AN/A

Drafts

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Name Description Users
Total Active
edits-since-decline(source)Show an [edits since this decline] link on the latest decline banner on an AfC draft.3015

Page-specific

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Find Unpatrolled New Pages by Subject(source)Creates buttons onUser:AlexNewArtBotand its subpages that begin relevant searches to determine which new pages listed remain unpatrolled and highlight those references/page-links. Requires thepatroluser right.4010
Gadgets definition(source)Pretty-prints and adds links toMediaWiki:Gadgets-definition.106
hideUnwantedCategories(source)Hidesstruck throughpages onSpecial:WantedCategoriesi.e. either categories that no longer have members, or categories that now exist.N/AN/A
share ExpandTemplates url(source)Generates URLs for easy sharing ofSpecial:ExpandTemplatesinputs.N/AN/A

Page information

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Scripts that show information about the page you're viewing.

Name Description Users
Total Active
ArticleInfo(source)Alternative to XTools gadget with user links on userpages as well.135
DetectProtectionLevels(source)Shows protection icons on all protected pages, including those missing{{pp-protected}}.Also "unlocks" protection icons on pages where one has permission to edit.1611
DYK Check(source)Tool for checkingDid You Knoweligibility. Also known as DYKcheck.2359903
EditWarChecker(source)Adds a traffic-light symbol to the top right of articles that displays the approximate number of reverts and users reverting within the last 24 hours.12945
lastEdit(source)Shows the last person to edit the page and the relative time of the edit under the page title.3511
LastEditor(source)Provides links to user, talk and contribs pages of page's last editor, and additionally provides a "diff" link, minor edit marker, and summary of the edit in question.189
lintHint(source)DisplaysLint errors.14371
MoveTop(source)Adds a topicon onmove-protectedpages that changes depending on the move-protection level.1512
PageCreator(source)Displays information about a page's creator and links to the first revision of the page.2310
ReviewStatus(source)Displays whether or not a mainspace page is marked as reviewed.6238
Show number of active watchers & monthly views on every page(source)3814
Superlinks(source)Quickly view information related to the page.17688
talk-tab-count(source)Shows number of level-2 headings on the talk page tab.8120
talkCount(source)Shows the number of talk discussions for the current page inside the "Talk" tab.138
talklink(source)Colorizes the "talk" tab link to indicate when it is empty or a redirect.279
Wikidata Q numbers(source)Adds Wikidata Q numbers to the article title.298
Word Count(source)Adds a link to the sidebar's toolbox to view various page size statistics. A variant onProse Sizethat offers actual counting of words rather than countingwhitespace characters,and handles separate counting of references.13747

Search form

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior ofSpecial:Searchor the search box on each page.

Name Description Users
Total Active
EnhancedSearchPage(source)Adds: 1) "Show 5000 results" into the two "Show x results" menus, 2) shortened results list and four copy buttons to quickly copy the results to the clipboard, 3) buttons to quickly scroll up and down, 4) "x results shown on the page" next to the results infoN/AN/A
Open search in new tab automatically(source)Open search results list or suggestions in new tab automatically.N/AN/A
Search autocomplete(source)Autocompletes searches in the search box based on prior searches.N/AN/A
Search Engine(source)Adds buttons to search Wikipedia using Google and Bing.125
Search Suite(source)List-friendly search results enhancer. On/off features include sort, single-line results, wikilink formatting, etc.4420
search-links(source)Adds edit links to the search suggestions box.N/AN/A
search-shortcuts(source)Expand some common shortcuts while typing in the search bar.1710
search-shortcuts(source)Fork ofEnterprisey/search-shortcutsthat is customisable (users specify their shortcuts in their owncommon.jsorskin.js), can handle namespace shortcuts, and in addition to translating{{template}}toTemplate:template,translates{{#invoke:module(...)}}toModule:moduletoo.N/AN/A
SearchEditLink(source)Adds an [edit] link next to each search result.N/AN/A
SearchNamespace(source)Adds a pulldown menu next to the quick search bar allowing selection of namespace to search in.375
TemplateSearch(source)Allows using "TP:" and "{{" as shortcuts for "Template:" in the search box.2820

Diffs

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Name Description Users
Total Active
CleanDiffURLs(source)Converts long diff URLs to the shortSpecial:Diff/form which can be linked in edit summaries.5722
CompareRevisions(source)Adds a button to the diff page to compare the two revisions side-by-side.179
diff arrow keys(source)Navigate revisions conveniently withCtrl+andCtrl+.If you prefer using arrow keys only, usediff_arrow_keys_without_CTRL.js.N/AN/A
Diff Time(source)Adds time between diffs and time since each revision.283
diff-context(source)Click a button in diffs to show more lines of context.3615
diff-permalink(source)Shows a text field at the top of diff pages and oldids that contains the shortSpecial:Diff/(orSpecial:Permalink/) format.16473
diff-permalink-2(source)Shows a text field at the top of diff pages and oldids that contains the shortSpecial:Diff/(orSpecial:Permalink/) format with square brackets[[]]around the page name.2313
diffcur(source)Adds a "Cur →" link next to the "Next edit →" link in diffs.178
DiffOnly(source)Adds "diff only" links to diff pages, and optionally to history pages, recent changes, the watchlist, and contributions. Diff-only pages load quickly, so are useful for tasks that involve trawling through lots of diffs.1812
fancy-diffs(source)Links in diffs are now clickable, including template names and external links, and images have expandable previews.6228
Link Intermediate Revisions(source)Links the "intermediate revisions" message so it can be clicked to see a history listing of those revisions.154
MoreDiffInfo(source)Adds more information to diff pages such as revision ID, size, and ORES score.3112
offset-history-link(source)On diff page, links to the history/contribs starting at that diff.146
SmartDiff(source)Makes links and template calls in diffs clickable (supports red links, avoidsWP:SEAOFBLUE).139
TextDiff(source)Adds a button to diff pages that shows a simpler, text-only diff. It is often difficult to see the actual changes to the text amongst the templates and other markup.3012

Listings

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Multiple

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of multiple types of listings.

Name Description Users
Total Active
12HourFormat(source)Changes occurrences of 24-hour times to 12-hour (AM/PM) times. Works in logs, page histories, file history tables, etc.5014
AjaxLoader(source)Loads next/previous links in history, contributions, WhatLinksHere, categories and tens of listing special pages in-place.N/AN/A
Autolink(source)Makes plaintext [[wikilinks]], {{transclusions}}, and URLs clickable where they normally aren't (i.e. in the History tab and on.js pages).9920
clickDivertimento(source)Open certain links in new tabs.N/AN/A
Contribs ranger(source)

Contribs rangeris auser scriptfor generating links to a limited set (range) ofuser contributions(akacontribs), a user'slogged actions,or ofedits of particular page.This is useful when you want to link to a result of using mass-edit tools, likeJWB,Cat-a-lot,massMover,etc.

N/AN/A
Convert from 24-hour(source)Changes times in user contributions and history pages to use 12-hour AM/PM clock.376
infiniscroll(source)Adds infinite scrolling to contributions, page histories, and log pages.195
live-reload(source)Show history/log entries live as they come in, and update the tab name to indicate new entries.279
pageTeaserHint(source)Displays opening paragraph snippets in search results, categories, etc.N/AN/A
RemoveMarkAll(source)Completely disables the recent Watchlist and History page changes that highlight updates to pages since your last visit.104
Show Revision ID(source)Adds the revision ID to each revision on history, contribution, and watchlist pages.2010
show tag names(source)Shows the real names of tags next to their display names in places such as page revision histories or the watchlist.N/AN/A
Watchlist mark(source)Bolds watched pages in Category and "User Contributions" listings. Also adds a "Show watchlist controls" link to enable watching and unwatching directly from these listings.103
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Name Description Users
Total Active
Consecudiff(source)Adds links to diffs of consecutive edits by the same user on watchlist, history, etc.179
diff-link(source)Shows links on history and contributions pages to copy aSpecial:Diff/link to each diff1510
ExpandDiffs(source)Loads diffs inline on history, contributions, and recent changes pages.3116
In-place diffs(source)Adds buttons to each line on the Recent Changes screen, the watchlist, the contributions screen, and article history screens, allowing one to load (and show/hide after loading) an individual diff without moving to another page and view multiple diffs at once.
  • informationNote:not compatible with AJAX watchlist. It will still work if both are used, but on the watchlist page it will be overridden by the first Ajax refresh (by default, after 20 seconds).
22050
User History with in-place diffs(source)Modification of Ale jrb's originalUserHist script,which allows filtering of an article's edit history by author name, to add the inline diff functionality, as with the "In-place diffs" script above. (Note that the "In-place diffs" script is notrequiredto use this one, but there is no overlap between the two; this one does not replace the general "In-place diffs" functionality).309
inline-diff-inline-patrol(source)Shows diffsinlineon Recent Changes, Watchlist, Page History, and User Contributions pages. On wikis withPatrolled editsfeature enabled, sysops and patrollers can mark the revisions as patrolled without leaving or scrolling the page.N/AN/A
LiveDiffLink(source)Show a live-updated diff link at the top of History pages while you select revisions, so you don't need to actually load the diff to get a diff link.4514
LiveDiffLink(source)A globalized version of Equazcion's LiveDiffLink, which shows a wikilink and a copy button instead.N/AN/A
QuickDiff(source)Quickly view any diff link on a wiki (only work if the diff was also made on the same wiki).N/AN/A

Watchlist and recent changes

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of both watchlist and recent changes pages.

Name Description Users
Total Active
CatChangeLinker(source)Links "diff" and "hist" for category additions/removals on Watchlist/RecentChanges.N/AN/A
Citation Watchlist(source)Adds visual indicators to watchlist and recent changes entries when unreliable sources are added to articles.4830
Enhanced RC expander(source)Automatically expands watchlist/RecentChanges/RelatedChanges links in enhanced RC mode. Also adds a button to collapse all.N/AN/A
listPageOptions(source)Auxiliary functions: toggle display options; unwatch; mark as visited; hide certain types of pages and edits.104
RCMuter(source)Hides specified users' edits on Watchlist/RecentChanges.N/AN/A
Thanky(source)Addsthanklinks next to diff links on the watchlist, and some other special pages with diff links.5932
Watchlist
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Name Description Users
Total Active
ajaxWatchlist(source)Automatically updates your watchlist by displaying new changes as they come in atSpecial:Watchlist,no reloading necessary.358
Ajax watchlist with in-place diffs(source)Combines Theopolisme's Ajax watchlist script and Writ Keeper's in-place diff script, which are otherwise not compatible.103
Catwatch(source)Shows the addition of pages to specified categories on your watchlist.6415
clear-watchlist.js(source)Clear your entire watchlist over time.N/AN/A
customWatchlists(source)Create and manage your own custom watchlists.6324
Hollis(source)Show a "since last seen" link which gives you the diff of the page since you have last looked at it.228
importWatchlist(source)Import watchlists from other users, provided you have their watchlist token. Useful if you have multiple accounts.N/AN/A
Interwiki Watchlist(source)Adds interwiki watchlists to your watchlist; supports only a few popular wikis.232
LagToMinutes(source)When "High database server lag" message shows up, this script displays the total days/hours/minutes/seconds of the lag, in addition to the default total seconds display.297
ReverseMarked(source)Lets you know which watchlist changes you've already checked by fading out viewed items.3310
Smart Watchlist(source)Watchlist customization and organization.7513
Unwatch deleted(source)Remove recently deleted pages from your watchlist.N/AN/A
W-Ping(source)Set up reminders (pings) for things to do that will appear on your watchlist at the scheduled time in the future.6037
Watchlist Links(source)Adds some useful links to your Watchlist.23953
Watchlist-hideAWB(source)Hide/show option for edits made usingWP:AWB.Options appear in the "More" dropdown (Vector skin) or on a tab next to "Special page" (Monobook skin).3716
Watchlist-openUnread(source)Open multiple unread watchlist pages with a single button. Various options can be set, see documentation.2910
watchlist-update-title(source)Updates the HTML title of the watchlist page with a live count of number of new changes (when in live updates mode), which can be seen while working on another tab.198
Watchlist User Mute(source)Stops an editor from appearing on your watchlist page.N/AN/A
WatchlistCleaner(source)Remove missing pages, redirects, pages you haven't edited recently, and/or pages you've never edited from your watchlist.2616
WatchlistLinksNewTab(source)Open all links in the Watchlist in a new tab, even on a normal click. Useful to prevent accidental taps and the like from exiting the watchlist.N/AN/A
WatchlistResetConfirm(source)Adds a confirmation dialogue to the "Mark all pages as visited" button and resets the watchlist much faster without refreshing the page.N/AN/A
WatchlistSorter(source)Sorts your watchlist by namespace, making it much easier to browse.2211
WatchlistTidy(source)Fixes two errors in the watchlist layout – allows the new changes notification to always be visible, right aligns the Active Filter panel.N/AN/A
WikidataWatchlistLabels(source)Adds labels to P-numbers and Q-numbers (properties and items) for Wikidata edits, e.g. "Created claim:instance of(P31):bus station(Q494829)"instead of"Created claim:Property:P31:Q494829".3416
Recent changes
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Name Description Users
Total Active
AjaxRC(source)Automatically refreshes the Recent Changes every 60 seconds usingAjax.N/AN/A
GlobalRecentChanges(source)Allows you to monitor recent changes across various wikis (*.wikimedia, *.wikipedia, *.wiktionary).N/AN/A
RC Notify(source)Adds in-browser notifications about potentially harmful edits toSpecial:RecentChanges.N/AN/A
RC Patrol(source)Browse through recent changes in browser for easy patrolling and reversion.16180
RC-links-new-tab(source)Make all links in recent changes open in a new tab.136
RCWidget(source)Adds a widget to the sidebar allowing for the patrolling of recent changes.N/AN/A

History

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Name Description Users
Total Active
ActiveWatchers(source)Adds a link to History pages, next to the "Number of watchers" link, to show the number of ActiveUserswatching the page ( "active" defined as users who have logged in within the last 30 days).
  • The button "Active" no longer works.
8626
Compare link(source)Makes the "compare selected versions" button into a link (diffs can be in new windows, tabs, etc.).103
deleted-metadata-link(source)Adds link to deletedrevisions API output on deleted pages.4932
DynaThank(source)Hides "thank" links on History pages until you choose to display them.143
hide-reverted-edits(source)Shows a sanitized version of page history by hiding reverted edits and the reverts themselves. Activated by a button next to "Compare selected revisions".3117
Highlight my username in history(source)Highlights your username in history pagesN/AN/A
HistComb(source)Combines consecutive edits by same editor into a single entry on history pages, replaces size with increment (like in watchlist/recent changes), shortenstalk,contribsandundoto single letter, highlights own edits with light green background, redirects link «Contributors» under heading to toolserver.14826
histFilter(source)Adds a button to filter the page's history to only show revisions of blocked users.N/AN/A
History button links(source)Adds a button to filter the page's history to only show revisions of blocked users. Also works for the sysop revdel links.N/AN/A
historydiffselect(source)Adjusts the radio buttons to select the last viewed revision.N/AN/A
HistoryGraph(source)Generates and displays an SVG line graph of a page's size over time, at 1-month intervals.N/AN/A
HistoryHelper(source)The script adds three UI buttons and a list of checkboxes that wrap around and help to copydiff linkson theHelp:Page historyandHelp:User contributionspages into a formattedSpecial:Diff/or{{diff2|...}}or<table>...</table>wikitext.The resulting wikitext may be may be used on the talk page to refer to changes. (Screenshot).108
HistoryHighlight(source)When clicking on a "hist" link from a user contributions page, the resulting page history has all edits by that user highlighted. Customizable highlight colour! 16,777,216 colours to choose from!124
HistoryView(source)Changes the display of history pages.N/AN/A
MoveHistory(source)Lists the past moves a page has gone through.6853
Remove thanks(source)Removes all "thank" links from History pages.N/AN/A
responsiveHistoryCompare(source)Dynamically movesCompare selected revisionsbuttons next to the selected revisions onaction=historypages.N/AN/A
Undo move(source)Changes the undo link of page moves toSpecial:MovePageto undo the move.2812

Contributions

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Name Description Users
Total Active
ContribsByPage(source)Script to sort contributions by page.107
contribution shortcuts(source)Adds "edit" and "info" shortcuts to each contribution on the user contributions page, as well as "source" to revisions in the page history. (all skins, Minerva in desktop mode only)N/AN/A
CurrentSwitcher(source)Gives you links on the contribs page to hide duplicate entries, current revisions, rollbacks, huggles, twinkles, and redwarns. This allows you to use your contribs page as an easy way to check if people have responded to your comments/questions, or look at which discussions/pages have been active since your last post.N/AN/A
endlesscontribs(source)Provides for endless scrolling of contributions pages.2913
Hide Top Contribs(source)Does the opposite of the "Only show edits that are latest revisions" checkbox. (There is also an it.wikipedia.org-specificversion,which has some "special" problems with some skins, but it still displays somewhere!)9441
Mark Reverted(source)Highlights reverted edits. Also works on histories, recent changes, and other pages.3715
Top Contributions(source)Color-codes lines according to who has the top contribution for a page.8121
ColourContrib(source)Color-codes lines according to who has the top contribution for a page, with lighter, more readable colours. Color-codes lines of user contribution history, so that pages you've edited last are sharply distinguished from pages where another editor was the last to edit.116
user-tabs-on-contribs(source)Adds "User page" and "Talk" tabs to the user contribs page. (Legacy Vector 2010)3515
user-tabs-on-contribs(source)Adds "User page" and "Talk" tabs to the user contribs page. (Vector 2022)N/AN/A
watchUserContribs(source)Highlights pages in a user's contributions which are on your own watchlist and provides the option to watch/unwatch the pages listed directly from the list. Uses session storage for some efficiency.N/AN/A

Categories

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Name Description Users
Total Active
CatChangesViewer(source)Lists recent category additions/removals on a category page.5636
Category Page Links(source)Adds individual Talk, Edit and History links to every article listed in a category, similar to{{pagelinks}}.1812
CategorySortKeys(source)Shows sort keys on category pages.1110
CatListMainTalkLinks(source)Adds a link to each page's associate Talk: or main page.5016
Megawatch(source)Watch or unwatch all pages in a category (for large categories, restricted to the top 50 pages only).1810
Gigawatch(source)Fork of Megawatch. It now allows you to watch up to 500 articles in a category. Requires a modern web browser.N/AN/A
shortdescs-in-category(source)Shows the short descriptions of pages in the category (can be toggled on/off).13689
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Name Description Users
Total Active
SortWhatLinksHere(source)Sorts the links displayed by theWhat links here page.2917
What Links Here link filter(source)Adds an additional filter on What Links Here pages allowing you to, in effect, exclude pages linking to the page through given templates (i.e. only linking pages not having the templates will remain).5117
WhatLinksHere action links(source)Shows edit and history (and delete if user is a sysop) links onSpecial:WhatLinksHere.N/AN/A
WhatLinksHereSnippets(source)Shows snippets of code for transcluded templates where they are used.138

Logs

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Log swap(source)Provides a button onSpecial:Logto swap actions performed by a user with actions performed on that user.2114

User information

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Scripts that show information about users.

Name Description Users
Total Active
Admin Highlighter(source)Highlights administrators in all listings and signatures; a rewrite ofUser:Amalthea/userhighlighter.jsthat was based onUser:Ais523/adminrights.js.14350
Admin Highlighter v3.0(source)Fork that caches the list of admins for faster highlighting, and tries to use a more pleasant highlight.4217
Crat Highlighter(source)Highlights users, with caching and custom ordering and coloring of: bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface admins, arbitrators, and stewards (in addition to admins).5124
Admin Tagger(source)Fork of this script, but it uses emojis to denote the user groups. Multiple usergroups are displayed instead of just the 'highest rank' one.N/AN/A
Highlight Admins(source)Highlight administrators using a single CSS file, avoidingflashes of unstyled content.N/AN/A
User Highlighter v2.0(source)Highlights users by user group.2911
User Highlighter v3.0(source)Combines the highlighting capabilities of the 2 above scripts.136
User Highlighter 4.1(source)All of the above, including mouse hover tooltips in case you forget the color and heavy optimizations to narrow loading times down to a few seconds on first load and a split second on subsequent loads.3718
UserHighlighterSimple(source)Simplified color scheme, bug fixes, userlist updated daily. Also highlights former admins, editors with more than 10,000 edits, WMF staff, and stewards.8658
UserRoleIndicator(source)Fork of UserHighlighterSimple. Displays small user-role labels on userlinks instead of highlighting. These labels can be customised - by default they are emojis (eg. 🐣 for new users, 🧹 for admins, ⚖️ for arbcom members, etc), but users can change these to be custom text labels.N/AN/A
markAdmins(source)A fork of the commons equivalent of the above scripts, this script shows letters (not colors) next to admins, crats, CUs, OSers, stewards,and many more user groups.Very customizable.8657
markAdmins,the iconic version(source)A fork ofMdaniels5757/markAdmins,showing icons (not letters)beforelinks to admins, crats, CUs, OSers, stewards,and many more user groups.Very customizable (too).N/AN/A
Display Contributions(source)Displays your edit count next to Contributions link in the top bar.6022
ip-ext-info(source)Adds an icon next to IP addresses in signatures, links, and page histories, hovering over the icon will show the IP's country, range, and ISP.6731
IPLabeller(source)Set permanent labels and colors to anonymous IP address contributors.N/AN/A
IPtoEmoji(source)Shows an emoji representation of IP addresses for easy visual recognization.2110
MarkBLockedGlobal(source)An extendedmarkblocked.Marks up not only locally blocked users and IPs, but also IPs in locally blocked IP ranges, globally locked users, and globally blocked IPs.N/AN/A
mark-locked(source)Marks globally locked users with a dashed red underline.8252
more-block-info(source)Shows overlapping IP rangeblocks and global lock details on contributions pages.4529
Pages created(source)Lists all the pages created by a user.4916
ShowUserGender(source)Shows the gender of a user beside their name.5429
SortCentralAuthByEditCount(source)Sorts the list of local accounts on CentralAuth by edit count.N/AN/A
Status Check(source)Displays whether a user is on- or offline when viewing their user page, user talk page and contributions.12426
Sysop Detector(source)Shows user rights groups.3913
User identifier(source)Marks, using graphical icons, users with user rights in all listings and signatures.11828
User Info(source)Shows user groups, edit count, and time registered.564193
User Info(source)Tweaked version of the above, also displays on all user subpages as well as special pages like contributions or logs. Option to disable when viewing yourself.5221
userinfo(source)Another tweaked version, abbreviates user group names.3512
User Info Popup(source)Adds aniicon at the top of user-related pages.The color of theiicon(green, orange, or red) represents the amount of time passed since the user last edited. Hovering over theiicon opens a popup withbasic informationabout the user: registration time,number of edits,time elapsed since last edit,rights,latestblocktime,gender,and more.186
usergroups(source)Adds user groups and information about current blocks underneath the username.103

Non-Vector only

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Chouette(source)JS script designed to make it easier to edit Wikipedia using the mobile web interface known as Minerva. It adds links to Wikidata, Reasonator, Whatlinkshere, Move, Infos, Pageviews, etc.219
MobileMoreLinks(source)A more updated version of Chouette. It has more links than it's parent script such as links to Copyvio detector, Page logs, etc.114
editthispage(source)Changes the "edit this page" label of the edit tab used in Monobook to show just "edit".N/AN/A
Just a click away(source)JS script, designed for Timeless, which brings useful links directly accessible in the main page and remove useless links.N/AN/A
mobileUndo(source)Adds an undo button to the mobile diff interface.4614
RC Patroller(source)Adds a portlet to the sidebar that shows a regularly updated list of recent changes.9710
Timeless New Message Highlight(source)Highlights your username in yellow when there are new messages on your user talk page, since the talk page link is hidden in a dropdown inTimeless.This script should only be used with the Timeless skin: add it toyour timeless.js,notyour common.js!N/AN/A

Shortcuts

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Scripts that do nothing other than add a link to a page (internal or external) to a menu, panel or toolbar. Any script that does anything more belongs to another section.

Customizable

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Bookmarks(source)Adds a bookmarks section underneath the tools section on the right navigation panel.185
Cat next(source)Adds a button to go to a random page in a category.236
MoreMenu(source)Extends the "More" menu by adding two more drop-down menus to your menubar.N/AN/A
PortletLinks(source)A script to manage and create custom portlet links (links in the toolbar, sidebar etc.) without knowledge of JavaScript.2811

Feeds

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Name Description Users
Total Active
admindash(source)Adds a link toTemplate:Admin dashboardto the toolbar.386
Common.js.js(source)Fork ofUser:Lourdes/PageCuration.js,and adds a link to your common.js in the top toolbar.117
Dashboard(source)Adds a link tothe dashboard.2612
Did You Know(source)Adds a Did You Know link in to the top toolbar.106
EditRequestLinks(source)Adds links to tables of unanswered edit requests.136
errors(source)Adds a link toWP:ERRORSon the main page and associated pages.N/AN/A
GlobalWatchlistLink(source)A simple portlet link toSpecial:GlobalWatchlistnext toWatchlistin the upper right corner, similar toBrandonXLF/GlobalPrefs.N/AN/A
New Pages(source)Adds a link "Patrol New Pages" link in the toolbox.248
New pages link(source)Adds an easy link to the new pages feed, directly below the "recent changes" link in Vector.229
No Vandalism(source)Catches edits with Repeating characters filter on them.243
NPPLinks(source)AddsWP:BEFORE,copyvio check, duplicate article check, and other usefulNew Page Patrollinks to the left menu.6740
Page Curation(source)Adds a "Page Curation" link (that points toSpecial:NewPagesFeed) to the top toolbar, primarily designed fornew page reviewers.818271
Pending changes(source)Same thing asUser:Omni Flames/PendingChangesLink.js,except on the toolbar.193
Pending changes link(source)Adds an easy link toSpecial:PendingChanges,directly above the "recent changes" link in Vector.3313
Pending Changes Link(source)Adds a "Pending Changes" link on the top toolbar, primarily designed forPending Changes Reviewers.5019
Recent Changes Link(source)Adds a recent changes link to your toolbar when logged in.N/AN/A
Special:NewPages(source)Adds a "Special:NewPages" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed fornew page reviewersused to theSpecial:Newpagesold feed.418
TFA History Link(source)Adds a "TFA History" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forfeatured article contributorsandrecent changes patrollersto view recent changes totoday's featured article.114

Discussions

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AfC Today(source)Adds an "AfC Today" link to the top toolbar that opens a random AfC submission opened 0 days ago.N/AN/A
AfDs All(source)Adds an "AfDs All" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forAfDregulars who wish to directly view all deletion discussions.3911
AfDs Closing(source)Adds an "AfDs Closing" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forAfDregulars who wish to directly view deletion discussions closing today.3412
AfDs Started(source)Adds an "AfDs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forAfDregulars who wish to directly view deletion discussions opened today.3113
CfD Started(source)Adds a "CfDs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forCfDregulars who wish to directly view category discussions opened today.N/AN/A
DRV Started(source)Adds a "DRVs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forDRVregulars who wish to directly view deletion reviews opened today.N/AN/A
FfD Started(source)Adds an "FfDs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forFfDregulars who wish to directly view file discussions opened today.N/AN/A
MyCSD(source)Adds a link to the toolbar for your CSD log.4821
MyXfD(source)Adds a link to the toolbar for your XfD log.N/AN/A
Page Info(source)Adds options to the 'Tools' section to see things about the article e.g. subpages, FA nominations, RFA (on user pages) etc.238
RfD Started(source)Adds an "RfDs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forRfDregulars who wish to directly view redirect discussions opened today.N/AN/A
TeahouseSidebar(source)This tool adds a link toTeahousein toolbox.164
TfD Started(source)Adds a "TfDs Started" link to the top toolbar, primarily designed forTfDregulars who wish to directly view template discussions opened today.N/AN/A
VPpanel(source)This script adds links to different sections ofVillage pumpin toolbox.N/AN/A

Page information

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Name Description Users
Total Active
CopyvioChecker(source)Add a tab that will submit a query to copyvios.toolforge when triggered to p-cactions menu. Vector only.174
Logs link(source)Adds an easy link to a page's logs, to check for previous deletions, move-to-drafts, etc.3514
Mobile View(source)Adds a link to view mobile version of page.157
Raw Source Link(source)Adds a portlet that links to the raw source of a js/css page.N/AN/A
SandTab(source)Adds a link to the sandbox subpage of a template (only tested in Vector). Currently disabled.N/AN/A
Sidebar History Tools(source)Brings the History page's Toolserver links (plus the Page logs link) to the sidebar, so you don't need to navigate to the History page first to see them.6818
Subpages(source)Add a "Subpages" link to the toolbox, which shows subpages of the current page.5118
Subpages(source)Adds a sub pages link in the personal toolbar.247
SubPages(source)Adds a button to the page menu to list the subpages of the current page.N/AN/A
Transclusion count(source)Adds a "Transclusion count" link to the Tools menu. This shows how many times the current page has beentranscludedin another page.N/AN/A
View it!(source)Generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizingStructured Data on Commons.N/AN/A
What Links Here(source)Adds a WhatLinksHere link in the personal toolbar (Note: There's one in the left toolbar already).N/AN/A
WhatLinksHere(source)Adds a direct link toSpecial:WhatLinksHereunder "More" tools in every page with page title pre-filled.N/AN/A
WhatRedirectsHere(source)Adds aWhat redirects herelink to show only redirects under theWhat links herelink on the left Toolbar panel.137
What Redirects Here(source)Fork that adds support for any MediaWiki wiki, fixes the position and class name of the link, and adds the access key ofi.N/AN/A
WikiStats(source)Adds statistics links to the bottom of the page.N/AN/A

Searches

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Category source(source)Adds "Source-added" and "Template-added" links under "Tools" in the sidebar on category pages. "Source-added" searches category members which were added with category code in the source. "Template-added" shows all category members not found by "Source-added".N/AN/A
FlickrSearch(source)Adds a toolbox link to search for images of an article's subject on Flickr with licenses compatible with Commons.N/AN/A
Google Title(source)Adds a link next to an article's title to search Google for that title in a new tab.7317
SearchHelper(source)A fork of Writ's script, and it adds links next to an article's title to Google (web, image, news, book), Yahoo, Creative Commons, Wikidata etc, and also to an Indian newspapers custom search.2311
OpenverseSearch(source)Adds a toolbox link to search for images of an article's subject on Openverse.N/AN/A
Possible backlinks(source)Adds a link titled "Possible backlinks" to the left-menu toolbar; clicking on the link searches out articles where possible backlinks may be created for the current page.11960
quick-before(source)BEFOREsearches, for arbitrary pages.3213
Search sort(source)Adds ten "Sort by"links under" Tools "to repeat a search with the given sorting1311
Search in The Wikipedia Library(source)Adds a link to search inThe Wikipedia Librarynext toVector 2022,Vectory LegacyandSpecial:Searchsearch forms.N/AN/A
Source links(source)Like "What Links Here" but only searches for links in a page's source and not from a transcluded template.9262
WRStitle(source)Adds a link next to an article's title to open aWikipedia Reference Searchfor that title in a new tab.188

User information

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Name Description Users
Total Active
addUploadsLink(source)Adds a "User file uploads" link to the toolbox, under "User contributions", providing access to a thumbnailed listing of files uploaded by the user whose userspace, talkspace or contributions list you are viewing (as is available at Commons).2010
addUserContribsEditSummaryCountLink(source)Adds a link toxtools.wmflabs.org/editsummary/en.wikipedia.org/<user-name>in the user contributions' footer; use to easily ascertain the statistics regarding usage of edit summaries by the contributor.N/AN/A
centralAuthLink(source)Adds links to the Central Auth for a user from in their: userspace, contributions, or logs.175
Contribs Tab(source)Adds a contributions "More" entry on user and user talk pages. For a Vector tab, tryUser:Equazcion/ContribsTabVector.js.6213
ContribsTabVector(source)Adds contribs and stats tabs to user and user talk pages.8124
ContribsTabVector(source)Adds contribs and stats tabs to user and user talk pages with configurable keyboard shortcuts.N/AN/A
ContribsTabVector(source)Adds contribs, stats and CentralAuth tabs to user and user talk.N/AN/A
Edit Count(source)Adds a quick link in thetoolbarfor checking one's edit count. (Especially for those who have editcountitis!)4913
moremenu-proxy(source)Extra links forMoreMenuto help with proxy hunting.189
ToollinkTweaks(source)Extend toollinks attached to user links to the script user's liking.N/AN/A
UserLogToolbar(source)Replaces the Logs link on user page with Logged actions (like the old Logs link) and Target logs (logs where the user or main user page is the target).N/AN/A
Whois Sidebar(source)Add a "Whois" link to the toolbox, which shows a whois lookup from whois.domaintools.com.145

Userspace

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Common Links(source)Adds links to your common.js and common.css pages.194
My Links(source)Allows the use of WikiText to put links (and other text) into the sidebar.159
My subpages(source)Adds a "My subpages" link, next to your "Preferences" link in the personal toolbar.16542
Personal Dashboard Link(source)Adds a link to a dashboard of your choice (default: User:YourUserName/Dashboard).N/AN/A
Quick Links(source)Adds a "Quick links" link on the top toolbar that links to a personal page containing links.N/AN/A
Sandbox 2(source)This adds a link to an extra sandbox, if you want more.136
Tasks(source)Adds a "Tasks" link on the top toolbar that links to a page containing your tasks.155

Miscellaneous

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Name Description Users
Total Active
BetterTwinklePrefs(source)Adds a link to the Twinkle preferences page in the personal toolbar.296
Global Preferences(source)Adds a link to edit global preferences.209
GOCE(source)Adds a link to theGuild of Copy Editorsto the "Navigation" menu. Check the docs for other options.N/AN/A
MMSLink(source)Adds a "Send mass message" link to the toolbox. Does not give non-mass message senders the ability to send mass messages.N/AN/A
OAbotLink(source)Adds a link to the More menu to launchWP:OABOTon the current page.N/AN/A
PageDetails(source)Adds useful links to the side bar (list here).N/AN/A
QuickLinks(source)Adds links to the toolbar for the following pages: Articles for deletion, Pending changes, New pages, and Random AFC.218
Random in this category(source)Adds a "random in this category" link to the sidebar of category pages, which opens a random page from the current category in a new tab.N/AN/A
Random Rootpage(source)Adds a link toSpecial:RandomRootpage.N/AN/A
RandomRedirect(source)Adds a "Random redirect" link below the "Random article" link.N/AN/A
SNA(source)A new article or draft can be started easily from navigation bar.N/AN/A
Wikimap(source)Adds links to other wikis in your navigation bar. Also is smart and doesn't show the link for the current wiki.N/AN/A

Editing

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Scripts that make edits to pages (i.e. increase the user's contributions) or changes the appearance or behavior of the edit form (action=edit/submit). Other scripts belong to other sections, even if they are for editors.

Edit form

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Scripts that change the appearance or behavior of the edit form (action=edit/submit), e.g. modify an unsaved source.

Name Description Users
Total Active
aceEditorOptions(source)Provides a form (toggle show; top right) to set theAce code editoroptions (e.g. use a dark theme or enable live autocompletion) on js, css, json and lua pages. Changes can be saved tomw.user.options.Also consider the more mature alternativeCodeEditorAssistbyNardog(below)N/AN/A
addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole(source)Adds anotherClearbutton above the Scribunto console.N/AN/A
Advisor(source)Fixes common formatting and stylistic issues.6528
Advisor (by PC-XT)(source)Fixes common formatting and stylistic issues.3513
auto-watchlist-expiry(source)Automatically watchlist a page for a customisable duration when editing a page that is not yet watchlisted.113
autoBackup(source)Backs up the editing source at a regular interval.N/AN/A
Autocomplete(source)Offers a popup suggestions menu whenever you start typing a link or template in the main edit box.8326
autocompleter(source)Tab-based, context-sensitive autocompletion of usernames, page titles, and more, directly in the edit window.477
autoFormatter(source)Semi-automatically fixes more than 200 common errors in wiki markup.N/AN/A
BulletSort(source)While editing, allows lexicographical sorting of bulleted (unordered) lists.2512
Charinsert names(source)Show tooltips with the names of the characters in the Charinsert box below the editing area.N/AN/A
CodeEditorAssist(source)Allows customizing thecode editor,e.g. changing the color theme and enabling live autocompletion.105
codeEditWindowSize(source)Allows you to change the starting size of the code editor.N/AN/A
deCapitalizer(source)Decapitalizes the selected text when the button is pressed.2917
DiffPreviewFindLine(source)Enables clicking on any affected line on the diff preview ( "show changes" ) screen to quickly find that line in the editing textbox.N/AN/A
DiffUndo(source)Adds an undo button to each line on the diff while editing.N/AN/A
DisableDragDrop(source)Clicking and dragging on selected text will only modify the selection, rather than accidentally moving the selected text to a different position.N/AN/A
Edit Box Expander(source)Removes left navigation menu and makes the edit area bigger so there are fewer distractions when editing.102
Edit Keeper(source)Pop up a prompt to remind you to save the edits and refresh the page if someone else edits the page first.119
editorContent(source)Turns on/off advanced text editor depending on page content model and user preference.N/AN/A
Force summary & preview(source)Forces you to preview your changes first, then asks for an edit summary.N/AN/A
InsertAnyChar(source)Insert any character by searching in the entire Unicode chart.N/AN/A
InsertShortcuts(source)Inserts user-defined text with keyboard shortcuts.N/AN/A
intropreload(source)Shows links next to page title to the edit intro and preloaded content (if they exist).N/AN/A
linkThings(source)Adds Ctrl+click opening of wikilinks and template links in theCodeMirroreditor and the visual source editor.105
Math editor(source)Adds math editor for enhanced editing toolbar, which provides online preview while typing equations.184
readonly.js(source)Adds aForced view sourcelink to the personal toolbar which allows a user to view the source code of a page without the risk of accidentally clickingPublish Changes.159
RETF(source)Applies typo-fixingRegExfromWP:REGEX.2316
s&r persistence(source)Teaches "Search and Replace"box in" Advanced "edit toolbar to remember its content.187
SafetyEdit for all pages(source)Adds a check box forallpages during editing, which must be clicked before saving is enabled.N/AN/A
Save Draft(source)Adds a button that saves a draft of the page you are currently editing to your computer browser's storage so you can return to editing later.1710
Simple Keyboard Layout Changer(source)Change just a few characters on your keyboard or set up complete keyboard layouts for typing in other languages (works in both the editing area and the search box).N/AN/A
Smart Linking(source)Helps linking to the correct articles by letting you preview the linked articles while editing (see the screenshots).6719
SuppressEnterInForm(source)Prevents unintentional submission of a form by pressing Enter in a textbox.N/AN/A
Table Editor(source)Add table editing helpers to the toolbar.6922
ToggleEditNotices(source)Allows toggling ofedit notices.143

Previewing

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Preview: Template Last Modified(source)When previewing changes, sorts list of called templates by date last modified and displays the latest edit summary for each; useful for debugging complex templates.4416
previewAndDiff(source)Adds a button to the edit form to show preview and changes (diff) at the same time.2810
Private sandbox(source)Creates a sandbox for wikitext with a preview option. Stores it in mw.user.options, which allows for access on multiple devices.144
PrivateSandbox(source)Creates a private sandbox on a designated special page. This version includes support for WikiEditor, multiple profiles, and real-time preview.N/AN/A
TestWikitext(source)Adds a page that quickly parses/previews, loads, edits, and saves wikitext. Good as a quick page to test some code. Uses the browser storage.125

Edit summary

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AutoSectionLink(source)Adds or refines the/* section link */as you edit so only the modified section will be linked in the summary.2116
Custom Summary Presets(source)Adds a menu below the edit summary line where you can choose from your own preset edit summaries. 5218
EasySummary(source)Use the last summary you used or load and save a summary.2411
NewSectionSummary(source)Allows for a custom edit summary when using the "New Section" tab.N/AN/A
NoEditSummary(source)Warn if you are about to save an edit with no summary text.135
NoSubmitSummary(source)Prevent the form from being submitted when hitting enter in the edit summary box.2610
enterInSummaryPreviews(source)(unmaintained) Prevents the form from being submitted when hitting enter in the edit summary box.N/AN/A
Split Edit Summary Box(source)Creates a separate edit summary box for the name of the edited section, making the browser's autocomplete function more useful. Also plays nice with wikEd.N/AN/A

Automated editing

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Name Description Users
Total Active
JavaScript Wiki Browser(source)Has similar functionality tothe downloadable AutoWikiBrowser,but loaded within the web browser.543271

In-place editing

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Name Description Users
Total Active
CodeAjaxEditor(source)Allow editing JS/CSS/Lua pages in place.N/AN/A
diffedit(source)Enables editing directly from viewing a diff.N/AN/A
DisamAssist(source)Assists in quickly fixing ambiguous links.921439
Heading editor(source)Allows for one-click editing of section headings while reading an article.8232
MiniEdit(source)A tool for quickly editing content without leaving the page.N/AN/A
quickcreate(source)Create pages in-place without leaving the page. Useful for creating multiple pages from a special page list or from the categories list on a page.116
QuickEdit(source)Edit a section of a page without leaving the page.11849
Edit Here(source)Edit sections of a page without leaving the article.N/AN/A
SectionRemover(source)Removes selected section(s) from a page.5830
Wikignome gadget(source)For minor edits to individual sentences.429
WikiplusEdit a page's source code in a popup window.N/AN/A

Copy editing

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AutoEd(source)Cleanup various problems with markup, headlines, templates, and ISBNs.N/AN/A
Common Terms(source)Delink common terms.387159
dashes(source)Fixes hyphens, dashes, and minus signs perMOS:DASH.335203
DraftCleaner(source)Fixes formatting of new articles.10376
Dumb quotes(source)Replaces curly "smart" quotes with straight "dumb" quotes perWP:Smart quotes.10358
Curlies(source)Replaces curly "smart" quotes with straight "dumb" quotes perWP:Smart quotes.4628
Curly Quotes(source)Replaces curly quotes ( “” ‘’) with straight quotes ( "') perMOS:CURLY(fork of above script)N/AN/A
EN-IN(source)Indian Englishspelling consistencies perWP:ENGVAR.289
EngvarB(source)American, British, Canadian, and Oxford spelling consistency perWP:ENGVAR.451173
ExpandContractions(source)Expands contractions.1915
flagcruft(source)Strips out flag icons that may be in violation ofMOS:FLAG.8137
formatgeneral(source)Formatting fixes perWP:MOS,MOSCAPS, etc.443162
Geolink(source)Unlink countries perMOS:GEOLINK.N/AN/A
Line breaks to lists(source)Replaces entries separated by line breaks with an actual unbulleted list, as mandated byMOS:NOBR.N/AN/A
ListSorter(source)Adds a link to sort all bullet lists on a page alphabetically.3317
MOSNUM Dates(source)Cleanup dates perWP:MOSNUM.1329573
sectionLinks(source)Converts bare section links to use{{Section link}}.N/AN/A
Tometric(source)Add convert template to non-metric units of measure.N/AN/A
Unpipe(source)Converts each piped link to a non-piped one if both lead to the same article.5342
Words to watch finder(source)Scans article forwords to watchwhen editing.5722

Articles

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AttributeTranslation(source)A tool that adds attribution to articles with non-attributed translations of other Wikipedias (useful for NPP reviewing).1514
AutoShortDesc(source)Quickly addsshort descriptionsto articles.198
redlinks(source)Removes red links from an article.6127
SDlinkBuilder(source)Extracts all of the links from a page and builds a list of them with theirShort descriptions.2310
Wiki Translation Tools(source)Helps you find categories, automatically fills the {{Translated page}} template, etc., based on an article in another Wikipedia. You have to install it in the Wikipedia you are translating from.283
Zeusmode(source)Somewhat deprecated tool which is still useful for fixing links to disambiguation pages from within an article, without going through the edit page.N/AN/A

References

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Automatic Referencing Assistant(source)Aids users in correcting referencing errors.13658
Autoref(source)Allows for the inserting of auto generating refersuing usingwp:Citoidin the 2010 wikitext editor, like you can in the visual editor.2815
BooksToSfn(source)Converts a{{cite book}}to use{{Sfn}}.2012
Citoid(source)Generates references from URL's and doi's using themw:citoidserver. This server is normally used by the Visual Editor and this script adds a toolbook link which allow the same server to be accessed from the normal wikitext editor. When installed, this tool can be accessed from the "Tools" section in the sidebar.20166
editRefs(source)Adds a link to the toolbox which, when clicked, searches the article references and presents them in textboxes for ease of editing. More basic but faster and less intrusive alternative to ProveIt.16444
Footnote Cleanup(source)Moves references, footnotes, and citation needed tags after punctuation.3310
Format Citations(source)Add a link (accessible in the drop-down menu in Vector and as a tab in Monobook) to harmonize whitespace in citation templates, and another to convert them to the vertical format.2513
Tidy Citations(source)Fork of Format Citations, with slight tweaks. Links appear in the toolbox upon editing, with a choice between vertical tidying and 3 variants of horizontal tidying (crammed, tidy, and roomy).8937
Tidy Citations(source)Standardise ref whitespace, hyphenate parameters, remove url-status from non-archived refs (Fork of above script that fixes issues with the Syntax Highlighter and WikiEd)3725
RefCruncher(source)While editing, allows 'crunching' of<ref>s into cute, unobtrusive tags. Useful for prose editors who should probably be using the visual editor.127
Reference Organizer(source)Presents all references in graphical user interface, where you can choose whether the references should be defined in the body of article or in the reference list template(s) (list-defined format). You can also sort references in various ways (and optionally keep the sort order), and rename references. When installed, this tool can be accessed from the "More" menu.N/AN/A
ReferenceEditor(source)Adds an edit button next to references that can be accessed without directly editing a page.128
RefMan(source)Allows you to edit andmergereferences.3919
RefRenamer(source)Replaces reference names like ":0" with descriptive ones like "Smith-2015".223179
ReviewSourceCheck(source)Simplifies source reviews by flagging 16 types of errors when using Harv templates. Display can be toggled on/off.3220
SnipManager(source)Toolbar with forms to fill in references.9914
Sources(source)Aims for compliance withHelp:Citation Style 1,WP:ITALICS:ensures consistency of source names, and general tidying within the reference section.308110
TitleCaseConverter(source)Converts all reference titles in an article to title case3226
Web2Cit(source)Collaboratively improved automatic citation results9552

Rollback/reverting

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Ajax Rollback(source)Turns rollback links into AJAX rollback links.N/AN/A
Ajax Rollback(source)Turns rollback links into AJAX rollback links, also works after RecentChanges or similar pages auto-reload.N/AN/A
Ajax Rollback with summary(source)Changes the [rollback] link to Ajax rollback links, prompts for edit summary.N/AN/A
Ajax Rollback, with summary(source)Adds AJAX rollback links next to the ordinary, offers edit summaries.126
AJAXUndo(source)Adds an Ajax undo link next to the normal undo link on page histories and on diff pages, and reloads the page after undoing.N/AN/A
ajax-undo(source)Adds an AJAX undo link next to normal undo links on history and diff pages, allowing for custom edit summaries and auto-reloading.117
confirmationRollback-mobile(source)Requires confirmation before performing rollback on mobile devices.N/AN/A
ConfirmRollback(source)Adjust rollback link behaviour by page and device type.8437
confirmwatchlistrollback(source)Pops up a confirmation dialog when rollback link is clicked from Watchlist.2211
Kill-It-With-Fire(source)Activates on a user's contributions page. Allows for mass-undoing edits.4027
Mass Rollback controlled(source)Rollback selected contributions of a user or all contribs of a user.7323
Remove Rollback(source)Disables the rollback feature.N/AN/A
Restorer(source)Adds a link beside the undo link in page history to restore a revision of an page.9238
Rollback "in place"(source)Changes the behavior of "rollback" link: instead of jumping to the diff page, leaves you in the same page. Together with Gadget popup, this can make vandalism-fighting slightly more efficient. In addition, right-clicking the "rollback" link will let you enter a summary, instead of the standard rollback summary.165
Rollback All(source)Revert all contributions of a user.343175
Rollback No Leave(source)Revert edits made by users, but without navigating to the page where the rollback diff is shown.N/AN/A
rollbackSum(source)Rollback summary.328
rollbackTouch(source)Hides all rollback links on mobile devices.2011
Selective Rollback(source)Adds a bunch of useful features for rollback: in-situ rollback (resolves rollback links without page transition), rollback summary, selective rollback (resolves multiple rollback links of the user's choice at once), mass rollback (resolves all rollback links on the page at once), along with some useful configurations.N/AN/A
steamroller(source)Requires confirmation before performing arollback,and then automatically opens the user's contributions page after performing the rollback (similar to the global gadget, but prefills the Article field in Twinkle when warning the user from the user's contributions page).N/AN/A
undo-last-edit(source)Adds an option to the "More" menu that undoes the last edit made to the page.10115

Anti-vandalism and user warning

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AlertAssistant(source)Easily alert users aboutcontentious topics.Supports{{Alert}}and{{Alert/first}}.1311
AntiVandal(source)Diff viewer similar toHugglein design, which reverts vandalism and warns users automatically.275147
Arbritration Requests Buddy(source)Adds a Twinkle menu for discretionary sanction notices, as well as more Arbcom-themed functions.6330
quicknote(source)Adds a "quick note" button to diffs that allows for leaving personal messages to editors regarding an edit that an editor has made.168
RBK-assist(source)Combined version of different anti-vandalism user scripts. Asks for rollback summary, shows the details of page creator, last editor, add links to anti vandalism noticeboards in toolbar, etc.N/AN/A
RedWarn(source)The user friendly JavaScript anti-vandalism and recent changes revert tool.1254369
SRGL(source)Adds a link to request user accounts be globally locked.N/AN/A
TwinkleMobile(source)Enables Twinkle on mobile view (Minerva skin).N/AN/A
Vandal Cleaner(source)This tool makes it easier to handletrollsand massivevandalism.It allows you to quicklyblockthe vandal,rollbackall edits,deleteall pages andhideall edits – all at the touch of a button.Administratorsmay use this tool to perform all of the above actions (block, rollback, delete and hide), whilerollbackerswho are not administrators can use the rollback functionality only.N/AN/A
Vandal warning toolbox(source)Quick links to standard warning messages in the Toolbox when editing a user talk page.18227
XReport(source)Allows you to report users on the administrators noticeboard of several wikis.N/AN/A

Tagging and flagging

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Adiutor(source)A tool to assist users with various operations to help with maintenance tasks on Wikipedia.125
cv-revdel(source)Quickly add{{copyvio-revdel}}to a page.518272
cv revdel(source)Additionally link a CopyPatrol report in{{copyvio-revdel}}.1110
De-Stub.js(source)Remove stub templates from pages.4425
deOrphan.js(source)Remove orphan tags from pages.6328
Infringement Assistant(source)Tag pages with suspected or possible copyright violations and report them to theWikipedia:Copyright problemsnoticeboard. Part ofDeputy.N/AN/A
Not around(source)Tag talk pages of inactive users with template{{Not around}}.N/AN/A
One Click Deletion Script(source)Allows for nominating articles for deletion more quickly with only two clicks.179
Patrol Link Highlighter(source)Highlights the "Mark this page as patrolled" link and blinks it animatedly every seconds.N/AN/A
Rater(source)Provides a dialog interface to add, remove, or modify WikiProject banners, including class and importance assessment. Accessible from either the page itself or its talk page.1623745
UnassessedArticleLinks(source)Rater extension for assessing articles from WikiProjects' unassessed article categories faster.2514
Stub search(source)Adds a stub search button to tag articles as stubs, supports searching and a hierarchy.14758
Stub tag tab(source)Adds a link accessible in the drop-down menu in Vector and as a tab in Monobook that adds{{stub}}tags perWP:Stub sorting.12824
StubSorter(source)Add or remove stub tags from articles. Provides a simple search field that dynamically fetches stub template names (like in HotCat) when the user types.440207
TagsManager.js(source)Manage the tags in an article (add or remove tags).238
User not around(source)This script tag user talk pages of inactive users with template{{Not around}}.N/AN/A

Moving and merging

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AddCopied(source)Tool that adds{{Copied}}to the source and target talk pages whencopying content within Wikipedia.N/AN/A
easy-merge(source)Automates the auxiliary steps associated with merging articles: the script redirects the page to the merge target, adds the merge attribution templates to both the talk pages, and resets WikiProject banner parameters.9663
LuckyRename(source)Streamlines requesting file moves and moving files.4933
Mass Move(source)Allows batch adding and removing prefixes and suffixes from page names.2317
MassCFD(source)Can create mass CfD nominations, as well as tag categories in already-started nomminations. Notifies category creators as well.1713
MassCFDS(source)Creates mass nominations atWP:CFDS.1211
MassMover(source)Allows batch renaming of pages usingregexesN/AN/A
MassXFD(source)Can create mass CfD and RfD nominations, as well as tag pagesin already-started nomminations. Notifies creators as well.4640
pageswap(source)Allows administrators andpage moverstoswap the historiesof two pages, also known as ahistory swaporround-robin move.19495
Pageswap GUI(source)Modified version with a form-based interface and additional features for easier usage in answeringrequested moves.191122
rmtr-helper(source)Allows easier handling of requests atWP:RM/TR(technical move requests).7559
submitRMTR(source)Adds a button toSpecial:MovePageto submit the move as a technical request atWikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests.2013
SubpageMover(source)Adds a button to move a page and its subpages toSpecial:MovePage.2614

Template insertion

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Scripts that assist in editing templatetransclusions.

Name Description Users
Total Active
Aligner(source)Automatically aligns infobox parameters.4129
Auto CSS image crop(source)Tool to make the{{CSS image crop}}template easier to use.N/AN/A
Coordinator(source)Quickly add and edit{{coord}}and{{coord missing}}templates.N/AN/A
coordInserter(source)Fetches coordinates from Wikidata, prepares{{coord}}template syntax with values filled and inserts the template inside|coord=parameter on infobox. Activated onmissing coordinates category.N/AN/A
CSSImageCrop(source)A utility to visually useTemplate:CSS image crop.2315
EasyTemplates(source)Adds a menu to quickly add commonly used templatesN/AN/A
Family Tree Editor(source)Creates Family Trees with Chart Template.6822
findargdups(source)Finds duplicate template arguments.372181
IllWill.js(source)Searches wikidata.org for foreign-language sitelinks, to populate{{ill}}and replace plain red links.2111
infoboxJournal(source)Adds/standardizes{{infobox journal}}.106
IPAInput(source)Type in IPA symbols by directly looking at an IPA key likeHelp:IPA/Englishand clicking on the symbols.128
KmlToJson(source)Converts KML files into GeoJSON, for use in mapframe maps.3413
Long Commenter(source)Adds a button to quickly add{{long comment}}to the current page.N/AN/A
Medal Fixer(source)Replace instances of deprecated sports medal templates with bad sorting with updated templates.N/AN/A
ParameterSpacing(source)A utility to manage the spacing around the=for parameters of a template.157
SpeciesHelper(source)Tries to add the correct speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template to species articles.4328
Template parameters wizard(source)Helps fill parameters of templates.6614
TrackSum(source)Lets you automatically sum the lengths of tracks in templates like{{track listing}}and get total runtimes.4529
VisualEditor Citation Needed(source)Adds a button (under "Insert" ) in VisualEditor to insert a citation needed tag.2511

Template editing

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Scripts that assist in editing templates themselves.

Name Description Users
Total Active
addcheckforunknownparameters(source)AddsModule:Check for unknown parameters.N/AN/A
advancedtemplatesandbox(source)Enables TemplateSandbox on all pages, and allows previewing with a template other than the current page being edited (e.g. preview as Template:Foo when actually editing Template:Foo/sandbox).3117
AliasPam(source)AutoEdmodule to alias a prompted parameter to another parameter.N/AN/A
Attribution Notice Template Editor(source)Graphically edit content attribution notices (e.g.,{{copied}},{{translated page}},{{merged-to}},etc.). Part ofDeputy.N/AN/A
AutoTestcases(source)Autofills "Preview page with this template" with the most relevant /testcases page that exists.N/AN/A
Bracket Match(source)Check matching for template and variable brackets.5511
IncrementParameters(source)Utility to easily increment numbered parameters.N/AN/A
Infobox gap(source)Assists in renumbering infobox parameters.4120
SafetyEdit(source)Adds a check box to template-protected pages during editing, which must be clicked before saving is enabled.114
sync-template-sandbox(source)Adds a link to synchronize template sandboxes with their main versions.2918
TemplateData Editor(source)Adds a link in the toolbox for editing<templatedata>...</templatedata>tags in templates.2110
TemplatePreviewGuard(source)Warns when you try to use "Preview page with this template" with a page that doesn't transclude the template.N/AN/A
UniversalTransclusionPreviews(source)Preview transclusions from any namespace.115

Categories

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Name Description Users
Total Active
Cat-a-lot(source)Extremely powerful category editing tool from Commons. Works with regular articles, as well as files. This is a wrapper that sets the setting variable to enable non-file categorization, and loads the latest Cat-a-lot from Commons.235131
categoriessort(source)Sorts categories in an article alphabetically.3929
CatMan(source)A category manager (similar to HotCat) powered byOOUI.2012
HotCat edit summary warning(source)Removes no summary entered warning forHotCat.169
HotDefaultSort(source)Adds buttons beside the default sort key to add/modify/remove the default sort key.195115
Sort categories(source)Sorts categories alphabetically, with an article's eponymous category listed first. Based onUser:Alex 21/script-categoriessort.js,but does not require any additional scripts to run.4124

Files

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Name Description Users
Total Active
CommonsHelper link(source)Addsc:CommonsHelperto the toolbar to make file moves toWikimedia Commonseasier. The file name is automatically prefilled upon clicking the link.115
Image Size(source)Converts image sizes in pixels to upright (scaling) values, as pixel sizes are officially discouraged byWP:IMGSIZEexcept when absolutely necessary.3415
ImageMapEdit(source)Adds a tool on image pages that allows the user to create and organizeimagemapsmuch more easily.193
PasteToCommons(source)Upload an image to Commons from anywhere on the site by pasting it.N/AN/A
QuickImgDelete(source)Tools to make image patrolling easier.N/AN/A
SVGEditor(source)Adds a button on SVG file pages to view and edit the SVG source code.126
Picture of the Day Helper(source)Assists with creation of Picture of the Day templates and notifications2115

Redirects

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Name Description Users
Total Active
domainRedirect(source)Helps create redirects from domain names to their subjects, such asnytimes.comThe New York Times.Automatically determines a candidate for the domain and links to a pre-filled redirect form.1911
Redirect Creator(source)Allows for the two-click creation of redirects from anysearchpage and allows for the fast creation of multiple redirects.7740
Sagittarius(source)For editing redirects. (Unmaintained)4814
Capricorn(source)A modified version of Sagittarius with more Rcats.303177
Archer(source)A modified version of Sagittarius.185
redirect-helper(source)A more modern, feature-rich script that allows for convenient editing and creation of redirects.9275

Drafts

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AfC time logger(source)Automatically logs any decision atAfCwith the amount of time it took for it to be made (e.g. "Draft:Example- Accepted after 197.0 seconds ").N/AN/A
Draft no cat(source)Convert categories to links in drafts.15367
Draft re cat(source)Convert links back to categories in accepted draft submissions.4219
Draft Sorter(source)Allows easy adding of WikiProject banners to drafts, using both manually entered subjects and subjects suggested bymw:ORES.1412
draft-sort-burst(source)Sort drafts by adding WikiProject tags, has a burst mode to sort drafts quickly one after the other.2010
Draftify(source)Allows you to a move a userspace draft to the draft namespace, tag it with a draft template, and notify the user of your action.15867
MoveToDraft(source)Move problematic (e.g. undersourced, COI or advert) articles to draft space, including cleanup and author notification. Useful forNew Page Reviewers.Has a short list of problems to indicate to the author.538375
SummaryBrute(source)Bypasses "no edit summary" reminder when submitting drafts (helps if draft has no references).N/AN/A

Discussions

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AFCRHS(source)Tool for reviewingWP:AFC/Rrequests.6528
afcrc-helper(source)A more feature-rich user script to help handle requests atWP:AFC/RandWP:AFC/C5445
ANRFC lister(source)Script to list discussions atWP:ANRFC.3026
Answer Edit Requests tool(source)Adds apagewhere you can process and answer edit requests.2812
BDC script (BDCS)(source)Birthday Committeescript assisting in wishing users a happy birthday, first edit day, or adminship anniversary.7333
closedrv(source)Script to close nominations atWP:Deletion review(from the edit box).7423
closemrv(source)Script to close nominations atWP:Move review(from the edit box).2414
closeRM(source)Script to close nominations atWP:Requested moves(from the edit box).4818
COI Request Tool(source)Adds responses toCOI requests,with template responses.11773
communicator.js(source)Allows a person to give feedback to the creator of a page using lesser number of clicks than that which would have been needed to do it manually.N/AN/A
Convenient Discussions(source)Adds a diverse set of features to talk pages: Reddit-like threads, actions with comments and sections (reply, edit, thank, copy link, add, move), auto-update, new comments navigation, desktop notifications, etc.3621
delsort(source)Performsdeletion sorting.432225
Deputy(source)Copyright cleanup toolkit. Provides an interface for editingWikipedia:Contributor copyright investigationspages. Also includes theAttribution Notice Template EditorandInfringement Assistantby default.6240
Discussion Closer(source)Closing discussions easily.6152
DYK claim(source)Tool for "claiming"Did You Knowreviews more easily.123
DYK-helper(source)Tool for easily creating newDYKnominations.405220
easy-brfa(source)Tool for filing newrequests for bot approval.8742
Edit Request Tool(source)Adds responses to alledit requestslevels, with template responses. Allows changing of request protection level and edit request target pages.182124
editProtectedHelper(source)Quickly respond toedit requestswith a form added to the bottom of request banners.527208
Factotum(source)Insert a small reply form without leaving the page, create new (sub)sections, general wikitext editor.2415
FFUHelper(source)Helper script that is designed to work withWikipedia:Files for upload.3318
FormattedEditRequest(source)Helps creating diff-formatted edit requests similar tothis.1814
GAN-helper(source)Tool for easily creating newGANnominations.201135
GAR-helper(source)Tool for easily creating newGARnominations.160118
GANReviewTool(source)Quickly and easily closes good article nominations.365271
Notifier(source)Notifies other talk pages of a discussion on the current page.3412
OneClickArchiver(source)Archives sections in one click, active maintainer.224176
OneClickArchiver (custom version)(source)This is a custom version ofUser:Technical 13/Scripts/OneClickArchiver.The difference is, the original script prepends{{Clear}}to the top of each section on the archive page, which I felt was unnecessary, so that action has been removed in this version.1510
Archy McArchface(source)Similar script allowing archivation of multiple sections at once.21565
archiver(source)A fork of Σ's Archiver with several bugfixes.7536
Archiver(source)A fork of Enterprisey's archiver with support for more skins. This script automatically finds the archive subpage with the highest number.3426
orcp-helper(source)Tool to give ratings atWP:ORCP.2212
PageMoverClosure(source)ClosesRMdiscussion, includes(page movernac)in the closure.4420
PSHAW(source)The Prep Set's Half-Assed Workbench; closesDYKdiscussions and moves the hooks tothe prep sets10683
req-helper(source)Tool forWikipedia:Requested articles.206
rmCloser(source)Helps with closing and relisting requested moves.194140
Move+(source)An expanded version of TheTVExpert's rmCloser script.7063
SetupAutoArchive(source)Adds an option to theMoredrop-down that enables automated archival for talk pages.2018
Signing(source)Automatically underwrites your posts (and some more gimmicks).N/AN/A
sMirC Emoticons(source)Adds an emoticons bar to the WikiEditor.N/AN/A
Source Assess Table Generator(source)Assists users in generating asource assess table.Useful for AfD regulars.226120
Talkback(source)Adds a link for creating talkback notices remotely, and a contributions link.N/AN/A
Unsigned helper(source)Adds{{unsigned}}to the Edit tools box to assist in signing unsigned comments.15261
Unsigned helper(source)

Unsigned helperis auser scriptfor semi-automatically adding templates{{Unsigned}},{{Unsigned IP}},and{{Undated}}.This script is a fork ofUser:Anomie/unsignedhelperwith faster search, an automatic edit summary, and added support for theCodeMirroreditor (syntax highlighting).

1311
UserTalkCleaner(source)Cleans certain automated messages from user talk pages.N/AN/A
XFD Voting tool(source)Makes it easier to vote to keep/delete/comment on XfDs.334177

Userspace

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Name Description Users
Total Active
BlankUserPage(source)Adds a link to blanking userpages that fall underWP:UPNOT.147
Edit counter(source)Adds a link to the toolbox to calculate your edits by namespace and write them to a table in your userspace.N/AN/A
editcounter(source)Completely overhauled version.326
editcounter(source)Same as above script but no annoying alerts when not on userpages.155
Edit Counter v2.0(source)Completely new version compatible with recent API changes, since above scripts stopped working. Does not acceptcustomization parameters.Active maintainer.N/AN/A
Page Collector(source)Buttons to add a link to the current page to predefined "todo" list.233
SimpleStatus(source)Displays user status wherever one may wish with a template, and adds a link to change the status next to preferences.N/AN/A
Status Changer 2(source)Allows a user to quickly change their displayed online status in a couple of clicks.1039
Status updater(source)Click on a status from a list visible to you or everyone to change your status.166
StatusChange (RhinosF1)(source)Modified version of Enterprisey's script designed to work withthis template.N/AN/A
StatusChanger(source)Compatible with the{{UserStatus}}template; allows user to change their displayed status in one click.189
StatusChanger(source)Adds all the available status updates!N/AN/A
StatusChanger (Vukky)(source)Modified version of Enterprisey's script to add a UI. RequiresTwinkleto be enabled.N/AN/A
StatusChangerImproved(source)Modified version of Enterprisey's that adds the link to all of the statuses in a neat submenu.N/AN/A
StatusSetter(source)Modified version of Enterprisey's script. Uses a dropdown menu and supports all statuses.N/AN/A
ToDoLister(source)Links to view or add a page to a personal todo list, and links on that todo list to easily remove items (no need to open the edit window). There are alsovarious options you can setto customise your experience.9939

Purging

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AutoPurge(source)Similar to standard null edit/purge buttons, this script automatically purges certain cache problem pages listed in a user-definedwindow.AutoPurgePagesvariable array.N/AN/A
masspurge(source)Allows you to purge multiple pages at once by listing them atSpecial:MassPurge.2313
NullEdit(source)Adds a link to perform anull editon the current page.148
Purger(source)Purge (with options) or null edit pages.N/AN/A
refresh(source)Makes null edits on all pages in a category, all pages transcluding a template, or all pages linking to a target page.3026

Edit filters

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AbuseFilter analyzer(source)Parses AbuseFilter conditions and evaluates them.N/AN/A
AbuseFilterContribs(source)Shows edits disallowed by an edit filter in Special:Contributions pages.6142
Batch Test Plus(source)Adds an option toSpecial:AbuseFilter/testallowing testing of a pattern against past filter hits.128
EFFP-Helper(source)Helps respond toWikipedia:Edit filter/False positivesreports.7537
ExamineMore(source)Makes navigation links work onSpecial:AbuseFilter/examine.N/AN/A
Filter Highlighter(source)Adds highlighting and tooltips to links to edit filters.2210
FilterDebugger(source)Shows detailed information about AbuseLog entries, and allows batch testing of filters withoutWP:EFHrights.2015
filterDiff(source)Adds a "Show changes" button toSpecial:AbuseFilterpages.1710
filterNotes(source)Makes the "notes" sections ofSpecial:AbuseFilterpages easier to deal with.168
filterTest(source)Adds a button to AbuseFilter pages to test the modified pattern.N/AN/A

For admins

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Name Description Users
Total Active
AjaxBlock(source)Block/unblock users via a dialog, without having to visit the special page. The script also has the functionality of one-click block/unblock.N/AN/A
CSDH (CSD Helper)(source)Allows to easily handle speedy deletion requests, both deleting and declining, with multiple customizing options.26389
cuStaleness(source)Staleness checker for sockpuppet investigations.6738
EasyBlock(source)Adds a "block" tab to user pages, contribs pages, and diff pages. Comes with built-in block rationales and expiry times, as well as a "custom block" option.17558
EasyBlock Modern(source)Same as the above, but tweaked to work properly with the Modern skin.N/AN/A
link-deleted-revs(source)On the error page for deleted revs, links to Special:Undelete so you can view them.5433
massdelete(source)Allows you to delete multiple pages at once by listing them atSpecial:MassDelete.4614
massprotect(source)Allows you to protect multiple pages at once by listing them atSpecial:Massprotect.N/AN/A
quickViewDeleted(source)Shows the last revision of a deleted page.2618
really-quick-block(source)Add any number of user-configurable buttons to page history, recent changes, and watchlist pages to block anonymous users from the revision lists, no questions asked.N/AN/A
responseHelper(source)Adds links to your sidebar to quickly insert administrator notation templates atWP:RFPP,WP:AIV,WP:ANEW,WP:UAAandWP:PERM,and supply an informative edit summary.299155
RFUD-helper(source)Easily process requests atWP:RFUD:automates the undeletion and performs other auxiliary actions.5941
spamublock(source)Expedites the all too common{{uw-spamublock}}andWP:G11user page scenario157
SpamUserPage(source)Deletes a user page, blocks the user, and issues them with a block notice.6332
spihelper(source)Helper script forWikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations.15385
UAABotRemover(source)Select and remove false positive bot-reported usernames atWikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention.1312
undelete-backlink(source)On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, show a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions.N/AN/A
userRightsManager(source)Helper script for closingWikipedia:Requests for permissions.12874

See also

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