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Source Repo: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/TextExtracts

Description

NOTE: This extension is under code stewardship review and not actively maintained (T256505). No new feature requests will be considered during this period. For security-related fixes please tag tasks with Web-Team

Provides API with plain-text or limited HTML extracts of page content (Homepage). The Hovercards (Popups) extension and mobile Link preview features use this.

The extension is in maintenance mode and we are not planning to implement any new features. See also T258964: HtmlFormatter library: Code stewardship review.

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Tue, Jul 14

Maintenance_bot removed a project from T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec: Patch-For-Review.

Tue, Jul 14, 12:32 PM · Connection-Team, MediaWiki-extensions-UserMerge, MediaWiki-extensions-TitleKey, Thanks, TextExtracts, TemplateStyles, MediaWiki-extensions-Sudo, PageImages, MediaWiki-extensions-MyVariables, MediaWiki-extensions-Loops, MediaWiki-extensions-Lockdown, MediaWiki-extensions-LabeledSectionTransclusion, DismissableSiteNotice, MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror

neriah removed a project from T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec: MediaWiki-extensions-DeleteBatch.

Tue, Jul 14, 12:09 PM · Connection-Team, MediaWiki-extensions-UserMerge, MediaWiki-extensions-TitleKey, Thanks, TextExtracts, TemplateStyles, MediaWiki-extensions-Sudo, PageImages, MediaWiki-extensions-MyVariables, MediaWiki-extensions-Loops, MediaWiki-extensions-Lockdown, MediaWiki-extensions-LabeledSectionTransclusion, DismissableSiteNotice, MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror

gerritbot added a comment to T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec.

Change #1308045 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/DeleteBatch@master] Add lines to composer.json to make it valid

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1308045

Tue, Jul 7

neriah moved T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec from Backlog to Working on on the MediaWiki-extensions-DeleteBatch board.

Tue, Jul 7, 2:29 PM · Connection-Team, MediaWiki-extensions-UserMerge, MediaWiki-extensions-TitleKey, Thanks, TextExtracts, TemplateStyles, MediaWiki-extensions-Sudo, PageImages, MediaWiki-extensions-MyVariables, MediaWiki-extensions-Loops, MediaWiki-extensions-Lockdown, MediaWiki-extensions-LabeledSectionTransclusion, DismissableSiteNotice, MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror

gerritbot added a project to T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec: Patch-For-Review.

Tue, Jul 7, 9:08 AM · Connection-Team, MediaWiki-extensions-UserMerge, MediaWiki-extensions-TitleKey, Thanks, TextExtracts, TemplateStyles, MediaWiki-extensions-Sudo, PageImages, MediaWiki-extensions-MyVariables, MediaWiki-extensions-Loops, MediaWiki-extensions-Lockdown, MediaWiki-extensions-LabeledSectionTransclusion, DismissableSiteNotice, MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror

gerritbot added a comment to T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec.

Change #1308045 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):

[mediawiki/extensions/DeleteBatch@master] Add lines to composer.json to make it valid

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1308045

May 6 2026

matmarex added a comment to T317255: PHP's getElementsByTagName is slow prior to PHP 8.3.

In T317255#11863456, @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:

The whole point of this task was indeed to migrate back to native calls. Otherwise it'd have been closed in 2022?

May 6 2026, 12:45 AM · PHP 8.2 support, PHP 8.1 support, MW-1.39-notes, Upstream, MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.1; 2022-09-12), MediaWiki-Codesniffer, Commons, TextExtracts, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface

Apr 27 2026

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment to T317255: PHP's getElementsByTagName is slow prior to PHP 8.3.

In T317255#11863444, @matmarex wrote:

Since we are now dropping support for PHP 8.2, and this is no longer an issue on PHP 8.3 and later, I think this task is done.

I don't think it's worth the effort to migrate all calls back to native getElementsByTagName. (Many have been replaced with querySelector, which is IMO more readable.) If anyone wants to consider that, it should happen in a different task.

Apr 27 2026, 10:17 PM · PHP 8.2 support, PHP 8.1 support, MW-1.39-notes, Upstream, MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.1; 2022-09-12), MediaWiki-Codesniffer, Commons, TextExtracts, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface

matmarex closed T317255: PHP's getElementsByTagName is slow prior to PHP 8.3 as Resolved.

Since we are now dropping support for PHP 8.2, and this is no longer an issue on PHP 8.3 and later, I think this task is done.

Apr 27 2026, 10:13 PM · PHP 8.2 support, PHP 8.1 support, MW-1.39-notes, Upstream, MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.1; 2022-09-12), MediaWiki-Codesniffer, Commons, TextExtracts, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface

Jdforrester-WMF closed T358667: Drop PHP 8.2 support from MediaWiki, a subtask of T317255: PHP's getElementsByTagName is slow prior to PHP 8.3, as Resolved.

Apr 27 2026, 2:52 PM · PHP 8.2 support, PHP 8.1 support, MW-1.39-notes, Upstream, MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.1; 2022-09-12), MediaWiki-Codesniffer, Commons, TextExtracts, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface

Mar 25 2026

thiemowmde closed T291333: Parser function for TextExtracts as Declined.

I find this ticket underspecified and not actionable, sorry. What would be the motivation to include the introduction from one article in another article?

Mar 25 2026, 9:26 AM · Patch-Needs-Improvement, TextExtracts

gerritbot added a comment to T291333: Parser function for TextExtracts.

Change #722040 abandoned by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE):

[mediawiki/extensions/TextExtracts@master] TextExtracts: add parser function

Reason:

4 years old with no response.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/722040

Mar 25 2026, 9:24 AM · Patch-Needs-Improvement, TextExtracts

Feb 8 2026

Sicarov added a watcher for TextExtracts: Sicarov.

Feb 8 2026, 2:09 PM

Jan 24 2026

TheDJ added a subtask for T317255: PHP's getElementsByTagName is slow prior to PHP 8.3: T358667: Drop PHP 8.2 support from MediaWiki.

Jan 24 2026, 3:06 PM · PHP 8.2 support, PHP 8.1 support, MW-1.39-notes, Upstream, MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.1; 2022-09-12), MediaWiki-Codesniffer, Commons, TextExtracts, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface

Jan 14 2026

Jdlrobson-WMF moved T311321: In many extensions, composer.json doesn't validate to spec from Backlog to Tracking on the PageImages board.

Jan 14 2026, 4:07 PM · Connection-Team, MediaWiki-extensions-UserMerge, MediaWiki-extensions-TitleKey, Thanks, TextExtracts, TemplateStyles, MediaWiki-extensions-Sudo, PageImages, MediaWiki-extensions-MyVariables, MediaWiki-extensions-Loops, MediaWiki-extensions-Lockdown, MediaWiki-extensions-LabeledSectionTransclusion, DismissableSiteNotice, MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror

Dec 9 2025

Sokratees9 added a comment to T412106: Missing Extract info for Manhattan articles on Wikivoyage.

Thanks for finding the source of that. Probably a reasonable concern back in 2012 - maybe less so now. Maybe someone will see this and think it could be updated (or reverted! ;) ). As I said earlier, I'll give it a couple of days, then implement some logic using continue if it looks like it will stay as is.

Dec 9 2025, 7:39 PM · TextExtracts

A_smart_kitten added a comment to T412106: Missing Extract info for Manhattan articles on Wikivoyage.

In T412106#11444978, @Sokratees9 wrote:

But I can only assume that there must be a good reason to stop at 20.

Dec 9 2025, 6:39 PM · TextExtracts

Sokratees9 added a comment to T412106: Missing Extract info for Manhattan articles on Wikivoyage.

Thanks for the reply. It does seem consistent, and I noticed that for London too (another big city with 33 articles) there were a few missing too. It's a little unfortunate that it doesn't continue to load the extract for the rest of them, as it is already loading plenty of other useful data for me. But I can only assume that there must be a good reason to stop at 20.

Dec 9 2025, 6:17 PM · TextExtracts

A_smart_kitten edited projects for T412106: Missing Extract info for Manhattan articles on Wikivoyage, added: TextExtracts; removed Page Content Service.

As far as I can see, it looks like your first-linked API request includes extracts for the first 20 results. The second-linked API request has less than 20 results in total, and includes an extract for all of them.

Dec 9 2025, 5:19 PM · TextExtracts

Aug 28 2025

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment to T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

In T255586#11129422, @Jdlrobson-WMF wrote:

Addressed by https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/1156787

Aug 28 2025, 4:38 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Jdlrobson-WMF added a project to T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex: Reader Growth Team.

Addressed by https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/1156787

Aug 28 2025, 4:31 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Aug 14 2025

Jdlrobson-WMF removed a project from T399353: TextExtracts exintro=true Action API cannot properly handle h2 h3 headings generated inside aside from PortableInfobox: Page-Previews.

Not related to page previews itself but an issue with the API.

Aug 14 2025, 8:29 PM · affects-Miraheze, TextExtracts

Aug 11 2025

EBernhardson removed a project from T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex: Discovery-Search.

Aug 11 2025, 3:18 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Aug 2 2025

matmarex closed T258964: HtmlFormatter library: Code stewardship review as Resolved.

We've replaced all of the uses of this library in T255586, and the discussion here so far makes it clear that no one wants to step up to maintain it. Since there's no current process for Code-Stewardship-Reviews, I will be bold and just close this task, and I filed a separate one for deprecating the library: T401028: Deprecate the HtmlFormatter library and drop it from MediaWiki core.

Aug 2 2025, 12:17 AM · RemexHtml, HtmlFormatter, TextExtracts, Code-Stewardship-Reviews

matmarex closed T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex as Resolved.

I think we can resolve this, since we've replaced all of its uses. Thanks for contributing, everyone.

Aug 2 2025, 12:16 AM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Jul 31 2025

matmarex added a comment to T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

In T255586#11052147, @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:

Is there a practical way in which we can emit deprecation warnings on access to HtmlFormatter, other than doing a "don't use me" release of the library?

Jul 31 2025, 11:15 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

matmarex updated the task description for T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

Jul 31 2025, 10:50 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects for T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex, added: MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05); removed MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.12; 2025-07-29).

Jul 31 2025, 10:01 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

gerritbot added a comment to T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

Change #1174812 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] WikiTextStructure: Replace HtmlFormatter with Parsoid DOMUtils

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1174812

Jul 31 2025, 9:47 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description for T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

Jul 31 2025, 9:29 PM · Reader Growth Team, MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.13; 2025-08-05), Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Cannoli (July 7 - July 25)), Patch-For-Review, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-extensions-LinkTarget, TextExtracts, IP Info, CirrusSearch, MobileFrontend, MW-1.43-notes (1.43.0-wmf.21; 2024-09-03), MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06), HtmlFormatter

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment to T255586: Replace HTMLFormatter by Remex.

There's now no uses left in code search, beyond vendor/core's dependency. Is there a practical way in which we can emit deprecation warnings on access to HtmlFormatter, other than doing a "don't use me" release of the library? Otherwise, we could just declare it deprecated now and drop it in 1.46?