How do I configure mediawiki to show heading numbering/lettering in the document?

Question

When the table of contents is generated, it numbers sections based upon their heading:

1. section 1  
2. section 2  
2.1 section 2.1  
2.2 section 2.2  
3. section 3

I would like these section numbers to appear at the paragraph level as well:

1. (section 1 header text)
... section 1 content ...

2. (section 2 header text)
... section 2 content ....

Any tips?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '10 at 21:14

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There is a user-preference to make all headings use outline numbering, but no way to make that a default for all users. Here's a few lines of code which can be added to your LocalSettings.php file which do that.

$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'wfNumberHeadings';
function wfNumberHeadings() {
    global $wgUser;
    $wgUser->setOption('numberheadings', true);
}

answered Apr 14 '10 at 21:14

two7s_clash

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It's been 6 years since the answer. Is there a new way how to make the extentions working globally? – Amio.io Aug 22 '16 at 06:27
This works great for permanently disabling header numbering on pages (while maintaining TOC numbering). However the User Preference "Auto number headings" is now useless. Can we remove that user-pref option somehow? Or is it possible to just edit all existing and new user's prefs to set `numberheadings = false` but then they can still reenable it if desired? – Demis Nov 28 '17 at 20:53

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '12 at 16:05

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According to this page, you can also change in LocalSettings.php to make this behavior the default.

$wgDefaultUserOptions['numberheadings'] = 1;

answered Jul 04 '12 at 16:05

Satri

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This didn't make any visible difference on my wiki. Perhaps this only works for users created after you add this line - then their 'default' setting will be to not show numbers - ok if you have a brand new wiki. Would also need a command to apply the setting to all existing users (eg. via MySQL?). – Demis Nov 28 '17 at 20:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '19 at 06:06

I found that this extension was the best way to go: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NumberedHeadings

Also, the OP wants to number your paragraph levels as well - I'd say just make all paragraphs actually SubHeading#5 and use CSS to make it look ho

How do I configure mediawiki to show heading numbering/lettering in the document?

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