how to configure short URLs on MediaWiki

Please follow the steps below to configure short URLs on your Mediawiki site.

1. Edit the appropriate path configurations in your LocalSettings.php file:
  $wgScriptPath = "";
$wgScriptExtension  = ".php";
$wgArticlePath = "{$wgScriptPath}/$1";
$wgUsePathInfo = true;
2. put below URL rewrite rules to web.config under your domain root folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="MediaWiki Routes" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url=".*" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="/index.php" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

3. Test your Mediawiki site with your domain name.