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title: "Editing the Footer in MediaWiki"
description: "Important: The Footer Manager extension for MediaWiki no longer exists and has been archived. MediaWiki has default links at the bottom of the page as well as a Powered by MediaWiki logo. These can..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/mediawiki/edit-footer-mediawiki/
date: 2013-01-03
modified: 2023-02-03
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["MediaWiki"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Editing the Footer in MediaWiki

**Important:** The Footer Manager extension for MediaWiki no longer exists and has been archived.

MediaWiki has default links at the bottom of the page as well as a Powered by MediaWiki logo. These can be added and removed from the site to suit your needs. To remove and add the links at the bottom, you will need an extension called FooterManager. The following can be added or removed from the footer using the FooterManager extension.

- lastmod
- viewcount
- numberofwatchingusers
- credits
- copyright

- privacy
- about
- disclaimer
- tagline

 
The Powered by MediaWiki image, also, can be hidden using CSS. This article will explain how to edit the footer links and remove the Powered by MediaWIki image from the footer.

## Download and install the Footer Manager

The following 2 sections will explain how to download and install the FooterManager Extension.

### Download Extension:FooterManager

First you will need to download the free Footer Manager. The Extension FooterManager can be downloaded at the following url:

[Extension:FooterManager](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FooterManager)

[![Footer Manager link mediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-1-download.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-1-download.gif)

 
You will want the 0.0.1 version of the extension. Click the FooterManager-v0.0.1-r39.zip link.

[![Download MediaWiki FooterManager](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-2-footer-manager.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-2-footer-manager.gif)

 
Click the current Date/Time link to initiate the download. Once you have downloaded the file you should have a .zip file with the following name on your computer.

FooterManager-v0.0.1-r39.zip

### Upload the Footer Manager to your Mediawiki

Now that your have the files required, follow the next steps to install the Footer Manager to your MediaWiki site.

1. [Login into your cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)
2. [Go to the File Manager](/support/edu/cpanel/using-file-manager-in-cpanel/). Select your Mediawiki location and click Go. Upload the FooterManager-v0.0.1-r39.zip file to the following directory. public_html/your-mediawiki-folder/extensions
3. [![Upload the FooterManagr Extension MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-3-upload.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-3-upload.png)   [**Extract the .zip file**](/support/edu/cpanel/compressing-uncompressing-files/) so the extension folder has the Footermanager folder like the snapshot to the right.
4. [![Edit LocalSettings.php MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-4-edit-localsettings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-4-edit-localsettings.png)   Navigate to the LocalSettings.php file in the following location. /public_html/your-mediawiki-folder/LocalSettings.php Open the LocalSettings.php in the code editor.  
5. [![Add the require_once code MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-4-require-once.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-4-require-once.gif)   Add the require_once script to the LocalSettings.php. require_once('extensions/FooterManager/FooterManager.php');  

## Removing Links from the footer

1. [Login into your cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)
2. [Go to the File Manager](/support/edu/cpanel/using-file-manager-in-cpanel/). Select your Mediawiki location and click Go.
3. [![Add php code to LocalSettings.php MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-5-add-php-code.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-5-add-php-code.gif)   Navigate to the LocalSettings.php file in the following location. /public_html/your-mediawiki-folder/LocalSettings.php Add the following lines of code to the bottom of the page and save the page. $wgFooterManagerLinks['numberofwatchingusers']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['credits']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['copyright']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['tagline']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['privacy']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['about']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['disclaimer']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['viewcount']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['lastmod']=false;   [![MediaWiki footer with no links](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-6-without-links.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-6-without-links.gif)   Check your mediawiki site. Setting these to false will hide them all from the footer of your site.

## Adding links to the Footer

1. Repeat the previous steps for finding the LocalSettings.php file. Edit the LocalSettings.php with the code editor.
2. [![Set code to true MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-7-true.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-7-true.gif)   Change the following settings to true and save the page. $wgFooterManagerLinks['privacy']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['about']=false; $wgFooterManagerLinks['disclaimer']=false;   [![MediaWiki Footer with links](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-8-with-links.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-8-with-links.gif)   Check your mediawiki site and you will see the links you set to true are now visible.

## Removing the powered by mediawiki image

1. [Login into your cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)
2. [Go to the File Manager](/support/edu/cpanel/using-file-manager-in-cpanel/). Select your mediawiki location and click Go. Find the following .CSS file. /public_html/your-mediawiki-folder/skins/common/commonContent.css
3. [![Set CSS to display none MediaWiki](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-10-display-none.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-10-display-none.gif)   Open the commonContent.css file with the code editor and add the following code to the bottom of the page. #footer-poweredbyico { display: none; }  
4. [![MediaWiki image removed](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-11-logo-gone.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_mediawiki_102_edit-footer_change-footer-11-logo-gone.gif)   Save the file and visit your MediaWiki site. You should see the Powered by MediaWiki logo gone now.