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How to protect MediaWiki so only registered members can post?

Last update: Aug 07, 2025

To restrict new posts to only registered members, apply the following change in your LocalSettings.php accordingly:

$wgGroupPermissions[‘*’][‘edit’] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions[‘*’][‘edit’] = false;

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