Extension:Cite

This page documents the extension. For how to use it, seehelp on citing.

This extensioncomes with MediaWiki 1.21and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

MediaWiki extensions manual

Cite Release status:stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Allows footnotes for citing sources and helps for correctly citing content in offline media
Author(s)	Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmasontalk
Latest version	Continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.34+
PHP	7.0+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git[?]: Download Git master browse repository(Phabricator·GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:Extension:Cite
Example	Wikipedia:Footnotes
Parameters $wgCiteReferencePreviewsConflictingNavPopupsGadgetName $wgCiteVisualEditorOtherGroup $wgCiteReferencePreviews $wgCiteResponsiveReferences $wgCiteBookReferencing $wgCiteReferencePreviewsConflictingRefTooltipsGadgetName
Hooks used APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo ContentHandlerDefaultModelFor EditPage::showEditForm:initial MakeGlobalVariablesScript ParserAfterParse ParserClearState ParserCloned ParserFirstCallInit ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars ResourceLoaderRegisterModules
Quarterly downloads	278 (Ranked 17th)
Public wikis using	14,146 (Ranked 6th)
Translate the Cite extensionif it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues	Open tasks·Report a bug

TheCiteextension allows a user to create references as footnotes on a page. It adds twoparser hooksto MediaWiki,‎<ref>and‎<references/>;these operate together to add citations to pages.

Usage

See the help page forusing the Cite extensionfor further information.

Installation

• Downloadand move the extractedCitefolder to yourextensions/directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extensionfrom Gitinstead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Cite
• Add the following code at the bottom of yourLocalSettings.phpfile:

  wfLoadExtension('Cite');
  

• Configure as required.
• Done– Navigate toSpecial:Versionon your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Vagrant installation:

• If usingVagrant,install withvagrant roles enable cite --provision

Configuration

$wgCiteBookReferencing

Enables an experimental feature for sub-references when set totrue,see thehelp page.Default value:false

$wgCiteResponsiveReferences

Default setting for responsive display of references. When set totrue,the references section will be displayed in multiple columns. See theusage documentation. Default value:true

$wgCiteVisualEditorOtherGroup

When set totrue,the Cite toolbar button can be moved under the Insert menu. This is used on Wikivoyage sites. See theoriginal feature request. Default value:false.

See also

• Help:Cite
• Extension:Semantic Cite
• Extension:CiteThisPage