Extension:Link Attributes

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**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Link Attributes Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser function
Description	Adds support for the `rel`, `rev` and `class` attributes on links
Author(s)	Toby Inkster, Dennis Roczek, Sam Wilson
Latest version	1.1
MediaWiki	>= 1.35.0
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git ^[?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
Hooks used HtmlPageLinkRendererEnd LinkerMakeExternalLink
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This extension adds support for the rel, rev and class attributes on external links:

rel – The relationship of the linked URL as space-separated link types.
rev – Specified a reverse link; the opposite of the rel attribute. Deprecated for being very confusing.
class – A space-separated list of the classes of the element. Classes allows CSS and JavaScript to select and access specific elements.

Usage

The syntax is a little unorthodox. To set the rel attribute, place one or more tokens in double-parentheses at the end of the link title. e.g.:

 [http://tobyinkster.co.uk/ My website((me home))]

The above would be converted to the following link:

 <a href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/" rel="me home" class="external">My website</a>

To set the class attribute, the same syntax is used, but tokens which represent classes are prefixed with a dot:

 [http://tobyinkster.co.uk/ My website((me .class1 home .class2))]

Becomes:

 <a href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/" rel="me home" class="external class1 class2">My website</a>

Similarly, prefixing with a tilde (~) sets the rev attribute.

Tokens may be prefixed by a minus sign (-) to indicate that you don't want to add the token, but remove it. For example:

 [http://tobyinkster.co.uk/ My website((me -.external home))]

Becomes:

 <a href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/" rel="me home">My website</a>

The "nofollow" rel token is considered untouchable though.

Download and move the extracted Link_Attributes folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cdextensions/
gitclonehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Link_Attributes
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'Link_Attributes' );
```
Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.