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MediaWiki extension (type: parserhook) that provides two parser functions for rendering raw HTML <a> and <img> tags with full attribute control.

• Version: 0.3.0
• License: GPL-3.0-or-later
• Requires: MediaWiki >= 1.35.0, PHP >= 7.2
• Repository: https://github.com/SimilisTools/mediawiki-alink

Installation

1. Clone or extract into extensions/Alink/.
2. Add to LocalSettings.php:

   wfLoadExtension( 'Alink' );

Parser functions

#alink — anchor tag

{{#alink: href=<url or wiki page> | <attributes> | <flags> | link text }}

Allowed attributes: href, rel, target, class, id, content, name, itemprop, and any data-* attribute.

Flags (no = sign):

Link text is the bare argument (no =). If omitted, falls back to the href value; with noprefix, falls back to the page title without namespace.

Internal vs external links: if href starts with http://, https://, or ftp://, the value is used as-is. Otherwise it is treated as a wiki page name and resolved through $wgArticlePath.

Examples

External link:

{{#alink: href=https://www.mediawiki.org | target=_blank | rel=nofollow | MediaWiki }}

Internal wiki page:

{{#alink: href=Example_page | target=_blank | Example page }}

Internal link with special characters in query string (skip URL encoding):

{{#alink: href=Special:FormEdit/Myform/Mypage?MyTemplate[Myparam]=Acción | nourlencode | Trigger action }}

Internal link, display title without namespace:

{{#alink: href=User:John_Smith | noprefix }}

With data-* attribute:

{{#alink: href=Main_Page | data-tracking=nav | Home }}

#aimg — image tag

{{#aimg: src=<url or file name> | <attributes> }}

Allowed attributes: src, rel, title, alt, class, id, content, itemprop, and any data-* attribute.

If src does not start with a recognized protocol, it is treated as a MediaWiki file name and resolved to its full URL via wfFindFile(). If the file does not exist in the wiki, src is left unchanged.

Examples

External image:

{{#aimg: src=https://example.com/logo.png | alt=Logo | class=site-logo }}

Wiki-hosted file:

{{#aimg: src=Example.png | alt=Example image | title=An example }}

Development

Install dependencies:

composer install

Lint (syntax check + executable-bit check):

composer test

Fix executable bits:

composer fix

PHP CodeSniffer (requires mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer installed separately):

vendor/bin/phpcs

There are no automated unit tests. Manual testing requires a running MediaWiki instance with the extension loaded.

Notes

• Output is passed through $parser->insertStripItem() to prevent further wiki parsing of the raw HTML.
• Using raw <a> tags bypasses MediaWiki's link tracking (incoming/outgoing links are not recorded in the database). Use standard wikitext links when link tracking matters.