Title: Pencil Wiki Author: grosbouff Published: Gener 28, 2013 Last modified: Febrer 3, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pencil-wiki/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=661510) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/pencil-wiki_fbfefe.svg) # Pencil Wiki By [grosbouff](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grosbouff/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pencil-wiki.zip) * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/#description) * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/#reviews) * [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/#installation) * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/) ## Description Pencil Wiki is a simple wiki solution for your WordPress. Basically, it adds new roles & capabilities that allow your users to add/edit wiki pages (custom post type). It comes with several widgets and custom templates (that you can override) fully integrated with the _Twenty Twelve_ theme. Pages are edited backend, but there is a menu on every wiki page with the necessary links; and a wiki index / search input. Only Administrators and Editors can create new wikis (top-level pages); and Wiki Authors can add pages to it. Administrators and Editors can also LOCK some wiki pages (for any reason) or branches; which means they will not be editable anymore by other users. I voluntarily made the plugin quite simple to avoid making it intrusive (javascript, css, …) and put too many features. I recommend to run it with those plugins : * [Members](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/member)Members by Justin Tadlock, to manage roles and capabilities * [Breadcrumb NavXT](http://mtekk.us/code/breadcrumb-navxt) by John Havlik, to generate breadcrumbs * [Simple Footnotes](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-footnotes) by Andrew Nacin, to put footnotes in your wiki pages. WordPress has a revision system, which is perfect for a wiki. Unfortunately, I didn’t find a way to customize it (add revision messages, etc). ## Installation 1. Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the _wp-content/plugins/_ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page. 2. Copy the content from the plugin’s _/theme_ directory to your current theme directory. 3. In the Administration Panel > Settings > General, change the default role from _Subscriber_ to _Wiki Author_; or give the required capabilities to your users. ## FAQ How can I customize the templates ? Copy the templates from pencil-wiki/_inc/theme-default to your current theme (override the existing ones if any) and edit them. What are the capabilities used in this plugin ? * edit_root_wiki_pages – allows to create top level wiki pages * lock_wiki_pages – allows to lock a wiki page * read_private_wiki_pages * edit_private_wiki_pages * delete_published_wiki_pages * delete_others_wiki_pages * delete_private_wiki_pages * edit_wiki_pages * edit_others_wiki_pages * edit_published_wiki_pages * delete_wiki_pages * publish_wiki_pages How can I change the users capabilities ? With a plugin made for that ! I suggest you the [Members](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/) by Justin Tadlock. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c101d8c196ebbb3a33d62d4cefb77ac66851f2894731fd8f536106a8f68ff73e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Answer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/answer-2/)󠁿 [noix07](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noix07/) Setembre 3, 2016 I was exactly in the same situation until a few minutes ago… although I have almost no knowledge with computers and codes… I actually wanted to delete this plugin and clicked on edit, then pencil-wiki/readme.txt and there it says something slightly different as the message (which was slightly different for me): 2. Copy the content from the plugin’s */theme* directory to your current theme directory. 3. In the Administration Panel > Settings > General, change the default role from *Subscriber* to *Wiki Author*; or give the required capabilities to your users. I just did step two and don’t have the message anymore, but I think I have some other problems with my posts, none of which appear weather wiki or not. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Pencil Wiki” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ grosbouff ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grosbouff/) [Translate “Pencil Wiki” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pencil-wiki) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pencil-wiki/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pencil-wiki/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pencil-wiki/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pencil-wiki/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.7 * Localization #### 1.0.6 * Some bug fixes #### 1.0.5 * Template bug fix * Added a way to add a reason for Revisions and to list them in the Revisions meta box ! #### 1.0.1 * Added custom walker (Pencil_Wiki_Walker_Page) for the wiki menu, allowing customisation of the selected item and its ancestors. * Added a filter on “the_content” to add a message if a page is empty (so it’s no more a problem to have an empty page & subpages under it) * New function pwiki_has_children() to check if a wiki page has children. * Added Tree Widget to display a list of Wiki Pages #### 1.0.0 * First release ## Meta * Version **1.0.7** * Last updated **13 anys ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.5.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/) * Tags * [documentation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/documentation/)[wiki](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wiki/) * [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/pencil-wiki/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ grosbouff ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grosbouff/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pencil-wiki/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://bit.ly/gbreant)