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[Localization & i18n](/categories/localization) 4. / 5. mediawiki/translate ActiveMediawiki-extension[Localization & i18n](/categories/localization) mediawiki/translate =================== The only standard solution to translate any kind of text with an avant-garde web interface within MediaWiki, including your documentation and software 2026.02(3mo ago)458.2k↑585.7%17GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP Since Feb 28Pushed 2w ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Translate)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/translate)[ Docs](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate)[ RSS](/packages/mediawiki-translate/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelogDependencies (16)Versions (457)Used By (0) ``` The Translate extension makes MediaWiki a powerful tool to translate every kind of text. It's used especially to translate software user interfaces and to manage multilingual wikis in a sensible way. ## Copying See ## Installation For a very very quick start add the following to LocalSettings.php: ```php wfLoadExtension( 'Translate' ); $wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate-messagereview'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['pagetranslation'] = true; ``` More documentation is at * * * ## Contributing To translate this extension go to https://translatewiki.net and sign up. To contribute features, fixes and code maintenance, please see * * * There is also a dedicated Translate and translatewiki.net development environment, see * Known bugs and feature requests are collected and reported at * You can chat with the developers at #wikimedia-language on Libera Chat IRC. ``` ### Health Score 62 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance90 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity37 Limited adoption so far Community26 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity83 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor3 3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~65 days Recently: every ~150 days Total 74 Last Release 109d ago Major Versions 2021.12 → 2022.012022-01-27 2022.10 → 2023.012023-01-25 2023.12 → 2024.012024-01-31 2024.07 → 2025.032025-03-25 2025.07 → 2026.022026-03-16 PHP version history (5 changes)2013.11PHP >=5.3.0 2017.07PHP >=5.4 2019.10PHP >=5.6.99 2020.01PHP >=7.2 2023.01PHP >=7.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9732a3e672726694dc83efdc70835016fb1a8d67f9abfce5b9cae1e11204822d?d=identicon)[Nikerabbit](/maintainers/Nikerabbit) --- Top Contributors [![translatewiki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24829418?v=4)](https://github.com/translatewiki "translatewiki (3402 commits)")[![Nikerabbit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1109395?v=4)](https://github.com/Nikerabbit "Nikerabbit (3218 commits)")[![siebrand](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/210297?v=4)](https://github.com/siebrand "siebrand (2882 commits)")[![raymondde](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4243486?v=4)](https://github.com/raymondde "raymondde (1270 commits)")[![Abijeet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1685517?v=4)](https://github.com/Abijeet "Abijeet (962 commits)")[![santhoshtr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/161672?v=4)](https://github.com/santhoshtr "santhoshtr (325 commits)")[![amire80](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/346271?v=4)](https://github.com/amire80 "amire80 (274 commits)")[![umherirrender](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1174884?v=4)](https://github.com/umherirrender "umherirrender (248 commits)")[![reedy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67615?v=4)](https://github.com/reedy "reedy (138 commits)")[![thiemowmde](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6576639?v=4)](https://github.com/thiemowmde "thiemowmde (95 commits)")[![nemobis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/901528?v=4)](https://github.com/nemobis "nemobis (64 commits)")[![Krinkle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/156867?v=4)](https://github.com/Krinkle "Krinkle (53 commits)")[![jhsoby](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1954097?v=4)](https://github.com/jhsoby "jhsoby (52 commits)")[![kartikm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/164317?v=4)](https://github.com/kartikm "kartikm (51 commits)")[![Glaisher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8582355?v=4)](https://github.com/Glaisher "Glaisher (44 commits)")[![AaronSchulz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1020708?v=4)](https://github.com/AaronSchulz "AaronSchulz (43 commits)")[![pauginer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2035153?v=4)](https://github.com/pauginer "pauginer (42 commits)")[![pppery](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26449113?v=4)](https://github.com/pppery "pppery (41 commits)")[![zeljkofilipin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23927?v=4)](https://github.com/zeljkofilipin "zeljkofilipin (40 commits)")[![tacsipacsi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14368924?v=4)](https://github.com/tacsipacsi "tacsipacsi (40 commits)") --- Tags localizationinternationalizationi18nl10ntranslationmediawikig11ntranslatewiki.netm17n ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/mediawiki-translate/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/mediawiki-translate/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/mediawiki-translate) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/intl Provides access to the localization data of the ICU library 2.6k213.6M1.4k](/packages/symfony-intl)[aura/intl The Aura Intl package provides internationalization tools, specifically message translation. 938.5M4](/packages/aura-intl)[gettext/languages gettext languages with plural rules 7832.7M12](/packages/gettext-languages)[inpsyde/multilingual-press Simply THE multisite-based free open source plugin for your multilingual websites. 2414.0k1](/packages/inpsyde-multilingual-press)[delight-im/i18n Internationalization and localization for PHP 595.4k3](/packages/delight-im-i18n)[jrmajor/fluent Fluent localization system for PHP 2918.2k7](/packages/jrmajor-fluent) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)