[[!template id=plugin name=autoindex core=0 author="[[Joey]]"]]
-[[!tag type/useful]]
+[[!tag type/special-purpose]]
This plugin searches for [[SubPages|ikiwiki/subpage]] with a missing parent
-page, and generates a parent page for them. The generated page content is
-controlled by the autoindex [[template|wikitemplates]], which by default,
-uses a [[map]] to list the SubPages.
+page, and generates the parent pages. The generated page content is
+controlled by the `autoindex.tmpl` [[template|templates]], which by
+default, uses a [[map]] to list the SubPages.
+
+The `autoindex_commit` setting is enabled by default, and causes
+pages generated by autoindex to be checked into version control.