- createAndPromote.php: creates a new user or modifies an existing user. For the corresponding user, the script can then grant additional rights (e.g. sysop, bureaucrat or bot rights) and change the user's password.
- dumpBackup.php: creates an XML dump which contains the content of the wiki (wiki pages with all their revisions), without the site-related data.
- importDump.php: imports XML dump files produced from Special:Export or dumpBackup.php and saves them into the current wiki.
- importImages.php: uploads images to MediaWiki from the same computer where the wiki is configured. It does a remote upload if configuration parameter $wgForeignFileRepos is configured correctly:
- executeTransfer
- contentStabilization