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wikifab/simple-language-selector
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Mediawiki extension to automatically set page language at page creation with current user language.

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SimpleLanguageSelector
----------------------

[](#simplelanguageselector)

SimpleLanguageSelector is a mediawiki extension add an icone with a language chooser. It is optimized for chameleon and Wikifab.

To be used with Translate extension.

This uses Flags to select Languages. Note that this is not a good way to select languages (flags represents countries, not languages) But you may still want to use flags...

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

It requires wikifab chameleon skin.

Extract extension and place it in the 'extensions' directory of your installation. (the directory namme must be 'SimpleLanguageSelector')

Load extension and enable setting page Language in DB in file LocalSetting.php, et configure UniversalLanguageExtension to be enable, and not displayd :

```
wfLoadExtension( 'SimpleLanguageSelector' );

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Set the languages to use with $wgSimpleLangageSelectionLangList:

```
$wgSimpleLangageSelectionLangList = ['fr', 'en', 'es'];

```

availables lang :

- de
- en
- es
- fr
- it
- pt
- sv

To add link to translate wikifab, add this config in LocalSettings.php :

```
$wgSimpleLangageSelectionShowTranslateLink = true;

```

How to add an available lang :
------------------------------

[](#how-to-add-an-available-lang-)

- add flag png to flags dir (use one from flags/countries)
- add css : (example for FR ) #pt-language .sls-trigger.lang-fr { /\* @embed \*/ background-image: url('flags/fr.png') }

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% of commits — single point of failure

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**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.

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Total

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Last Release

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