CustomNameSpaceSidebar

A MediaWiki extension that automatically adds a custom sidebar menu to any namespace by reading a designated wiki page.

Requirements

• MediaWiki 1.42 or later
• Vector or Vector 2022 skin

Installation

1. Clone or extract the extension into your extensions/ directory as CustomNameSpaceSidebar.
2. Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadExtension( 'CustomNameSpaceSidebar' );
$wgCustomNameSpaceSidebar = true;

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
$wgCustomNameSpaceSidebar	false	Set to true to enable the extension

Usage

Create a wiki page named WebLeftBar in any namespace to define the sidebar for that namespace. For a page in the Foo: namespace, create Foo:WebLeftBar. For the main namespace, create WebLeftBar.

WebLeftBar Format

Sections are defined with **Section Title** and list items with * . Both internal and external links are supported.

**Section One**
* [[Some Page]]
* [[Some Page|Custom Label]]

**Section Two**
* [https://example.com External Site]

Each section renders as a collapsible block in the sidebar.

License

MIT