Extension:ThrottleOverride

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced.svg ThrottleOverride Release status: beta
Implementation	User rights , Special page
Description	Allows administrative overriding of IP-address throttles (editing, page moves, account creation, etc.)
Author(s)	Tyler Romeo (Parent5446talk)
Latest version	0.6.0 (2016-10-05)
MediaWiki	1.25+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	Yes
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
Parameters $wgThrottleOverrideTypes $wgThrottleOverrideCentralWiki $wgThrottleOverrideCIDRLimit
Added rights throttleoverride
Hooks used ExemptFromAccountCreationThrottle LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates PingLimiter SetupAfterCache SpecialPage_initList
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using
Translate the ThrottleOverride extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The ThrottleOverride extensions provides an interface for overriding certain rate limits in MediaWiki for temporary or indefinite amounts of time. Throttle exemptions are applied to IP addresses or IP address ranges, and can affect the page edit, page move, account creation, password recovery, and user email throttles. This is useful if a wiki administrator is expecting and authorizes a large number of edits, account creations, etc. from a single IP address.

Download

<translate> The extension can be retrieved directly from Git</translate> ^[?]:

• <translate> Browse code</translate>
• <translate> Some extensions have tags for stable releases.</translate>
  • <translate> Browse tags</translate>
  • <translate> Select the tag</translate>
  • <translate> Click "snapshot"</translate>
• <translate> Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release.</translate> <translate> There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).</translate>
  • <translate> Browse branches</translate>
  • <translate> Select a branch name</translate>
  • <translate> Click "<tvar name=1>⧼extdist-submit-version⧽</tvar>"</translate>

<translate> Extract the snapshot and place it in the <tvar name=name>extensions/ThrottleOverride/</tvar> directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows: </translate>

cd extensions/ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ThrottleOverride.git

Installation

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/ThrottleOverride</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>ThrottleOverride</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ThrottleOverride
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'ThrottleOverride' );
  // Who can use Special:OverrideThrottle ?
  // If you want that sysops can use it:
  $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['throttleoverride'] = true;
  

• <translate> Run the [[<tvar name=update>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php</tvar>|update script]] which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</translate>
• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Usage

The user-facing part of the extension are the special pages Special:OverrideThrottle and Special:ThrottleOverrideList. On the former, throttles can be overridden and existing throttles can be changed. On the latter, a list of all throttle exemptions that are currently active is shown.