This PowerShell Core (PS 6+) Module provides helper cmdlets helping you to upgrade MediaWiki extensions (including skins). (Sorry, no support for updating MediaWiki itself, for now.)
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You need to install PowerShell Core (pwsh) to use this module. See Installing various versions of PowerShell#PowerShell Core.
Install/Update this module with
PS> Install-Module -Name PSMWUpdater
# OR
PS> Update-Module -Name PSMWUpdaterThen import the module
PS> Import-Module PSMWUpdaterIf there is no further error shown, you are now good to go.
You can always use the following command to explore the module and its cmdlets. It provides the most detailed explanations and samples.
# Show all cmdlets
PS> Get-Command -Module PSMWUpdater
# Show help for a cmdlet
PS> Help Get-MwExtensionIf you just want to get started downloading all the latest extensions really fast, try out the following one-liners:
# Donwload tar file for Vector skin and Echo extension on latest REL branch
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch Vector, Echo | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the latest REL branch of extensions (and skins) referred in LocalSettings.php
PS> Get-MwExtension -LocalSettingsPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\LocalSettings.php -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the MASTER branch of extensions (and skins) that exist in the MediaWiki installation directory
PS> Get-MwExtension -InstallationPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\ -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch -Branch master | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the REL1_34 branch of extensions (excluding skins) that exist in the MediaWiki installation directory
PS> Get-MwExtension -InstallationPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\ -Type Extension -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch -Branch REL1_34 | % { wget $_.Url }Then you can just extract the tar files and place them in the suitable folders. Don't forget to run update.php after updating the extensions.
You may query for your current installed extension and skins with Get-MwExtension. For extensions downloaded from MediaWiki Special:ExtensionDistributor, you can see the branch and (SVC) revision information.
PS> Get-MwExtension /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/
Name Branch Version Revision RevisionTime LocalPath
---- ------ ------- -------- ------------ ---------
Extension:CategoryTree /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CategoryTree
Extension:Cite 1.0.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Cite
Extension:CiteThisPage /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CiteThisPage
Extension:CodeEditor /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CodeEditor
Extension:ConfirmEdit 1.6.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ConfirmEdit
Extension:Gadgets /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Gadgets
Extension:ImageMap /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ImageMap
Extension:InputBox 0.3.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/InputBox
Extension:intersection REL1_33 1.7.0 05edc37 2019/6/17 PM7:24:11 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/intersection
Extension:Interwiki 3.1 201… /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Interwiki
Extension:LocalisationUpdate 1.4.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/LocalisationUpdate
Extension:MultimediaViewer /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/MultimediaViewer
Extension:Nuke 1.3.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Nuke
Extension:OATHAuth 0.2.2 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/OATHAuth
Extension:ParserFunctions 1.6.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ParserFunctions
Extension:PdfHandler /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/PdfHandler
Extension:Poem /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Poem
Extension:Renameuser /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Renameuser
Extension:Replace Text 1.4.1 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ReplaceText
Extension:SpamBlacklist /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/SpamBlacklist
Extension:SyntaxHighlight 2.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi
Extension:TitleBlacklist 1.5.0 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/TitleBlacklist
Extension:WikiEditor 0.5.2 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/WikiEditor
Skin:MonoBook /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/MonoBook
Skin:Timeless 0.8.1 /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/Timeless
Skin:Vector /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/VectorYou may also query for a list of known extensions from WMF MediaWiki site.
PS> Get-MwExtension
Name
----
Extension:3D
Extension:AJAXPoll
Extension:AbsenteeLandlord
Extension:AbuseFilter
Extension:AbuseFilterBypass
Extension:AccessControl
Extension:AccountInfo
Extension:ActiveAbstract
Extension:AdManager
Extension:AddHTMLMetaAndTitle
Extension:AddMessages
Extension:AddPersonalUrls
Extension:AddThis
Extension:AdminLinks
Extension:AdvancedMeta
Extension:AdvancedSearch
Extension:AkismetKlik
Extension:AllTimeZones
...You can append -Type Extension or -Type Skin to filter for the extensions or skins only.
You can query for the extension branches to retreive their download URL. Note that extension names are case-sensitive.
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo
ExtensionName BranchName Url
------------- ---------- ---
Extension:Echo REL1_33 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_33-f106596.tar.gz
Skin:Vector REL1_33 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_33-878c1e8.tar.gzIf there is ambiguity on whether the extension is a skin, prefix the name in -Name parameter with Extension: or Skin:.
You can ask for a specific branch instead of latest REL branch.
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo -Branch master
ExtensionName BranchName Url
------------- ---------- ---
Extension:Echo master https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-master-4c991af.tar.gz
Skin:Vector master https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-master-bf365aa.tar.gzYou can also ask for all the known branches.
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo -AllBranches
ExtensionName BranchName Url
------------- ---------- ---
Extension:Echo REL1_31 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_31-b56ec9b.tar.gz
Extension:Echo REL1_32 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_32-335389f.tar.gz
Extension:Echo REL1_33 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_33-f106596.tar.gz
Extension:Echo master https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-master-4c991af.tar.gz
Extension:Echo source https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Echo.git
Skin:Vector REL1_31 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_31-f0327dc.tar.gz
Skin:Vector REL1_32 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_32-d3ed21a.tar.gz
Skin:Vector REL1_33 https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_33-878c1e8.tar.gz
Skin:Vector master https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-master-bf365aa.tar.gz
Skin:Vector source https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/skins/Vector.gitThen you can use Invoke-WebRequest or wget to download the tar.gz files.
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo | % { wget $_.Url }Or use the following expression to download all the latest REL extensions for your local MediaWiki installation.
PS> Get-MwExtension ./mediawiki-1.33.0/ -NoEmpty -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch