Managing a private wiki/Extensions

Vanilla MediaWiki is quite limited in comparison to the wikis run by the Wikimedia Foundation. We use many extensions to get enhanced functionality; here are some you may wish to consider using:
 * Extension:CategoryTree
 * Dynamically navigate the category structure


 * Extension:CrossNamespaceLinks
 * Lists links across namespaces that should not exist on Wikiversity


 * Extension:ExpandTemplates
 * Expands templates, parser functions and variables to show expanded wikitext and preview rendered page


 * Extension:Renameuser
 * Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right)


 * DynamicPageList
 * Outputs a bulleted list of the most recent items residing in a category, or an intersection of several categories
 * This one is really useful!


 * Extension:ImageMap
 * Allows client-side clickable image maps using tag


 * Extension:ParserFunctions
 * Enhance parser with logical functions
 * This one is really useful!


 * SyntaxHighlight
 * Provides syntax highlighting using GeSHi Highlighter


 * mw:Extension:OggHandler
 * Handler for Ogg Theora and Vorbis files, with JavaScript player


 * Extension:AntiSpoof
 * Blocks the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames


 * Extension:ConfirmEdit & FancyCaptcha
 * Simple captcha implementation


 * Extension:Gadgets
 * Lets users select custom CSS and JavaScript gadgets in their preferences


 * Extension:MWSearch
 * MWSearch extension is a MediaWiki backend to fetch search results from MediaWiki Lucene-based search engine.


 * Extension:SpamBlacklist
 * Regex-based anti-spam tool
 * Can be quite difficult to use effectively; requires knowledge of regex


 * Extension:Title Blacklist
 * Allows administrators to forbid creation of pages (including uploads) and user accounts