Help:DynamicPageList/Conversion cheat sheet

This is a work in progress! We plan to document common issues converting from DynamicPageList (third party) to DynamicPageList3.

Frequently asked questions
/* "Temporary" fix for */ /* Credit and thanks go to MarkusRost */ $( function {	/* Make the confirmation on action=purge keep DPL arguments */	if ( mw.config.get('wgAction') === 'purge' ) {	    var purgeForm = $('#mw-content-text form.mw-htmlform');	     var purgeParams = purgeForm.find('input[name="redirectparams"]').val.split('&').filter( function (param) { return param.startsWith('DPL_'); } );	    if ( purgeParams.length ) {	         purgeForm.attr('action', purgeForm.attr('action') + '&' + purgeParams.join('&') );	     }	 }	/* Avoid the purge confirmation all together, restoring legacy behaviour until extension is fixed */	 $('.DPL-purge a.external').on( 'click', function( e ) { var $form = $( ' ' ).attr( {			method: 'POST',			action: this.href,		} ).appendTo( document.body ); $form.submit; e.preventDefault; } ); } );
 * Why are my previously sorted tables no longer sorted?
 * The older version of DPL defaulted to sorting by title if no sort order was specified, but the newer version requires that you specify the sort order using the following:
 * Why does geturlargs no longer work?
 * All DPL variables passed through the URL must be prefixed with  as the first four characters of the variable name.
 * How do I get the purge confirmation page to remember the URL arguments?
 * Until this is fixed, it requires the following JavaScript to be added to the wiki's  page:

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