MediaWiki 1.27/es

MediaWiki 1.27 is the current release of MediaWiki. Consult the file for the full list of changes. It was deployed on Wikimedia Foundation wikis through incremental "1.27.0-wmf.NN" branches from 29 September 2015 to March 2016 (see details of each branch). The 1.27.0 stable release came out on 28 June 2016, and will be a Long Term Support release (LTS) which will be supported for three years. Download it or checkout the  branch in Git to follow this release.

InstantCommons made easier and cheaper
will now truly work out of the box, as long as your users can connect to upload.wikimedia.org: thumbnails will be served from that domain instead of requiring local generation (251556).

More documentation translation
Works continues on the migration to the Translate extension, now used by about 3000 pages. El tamaño de las traducciones ha aumentado en varios megabytes. Thanks go to our tireless translation administrators and translators but also to Google Code-in 2015 students, in particular IoannisKydonis who migrated thousands of translations including the entire Manual:FAQ.

Breaking changes

 * MediaWiki now requires at least PHP 5.5.9. This corresponds with HHVM 3.1.
 * If the  and   PHP extensions are both unavailable, secure session storage (used for login) will raise an exception. This exception may be bypassed by setting  . Note that this bypass is not recommended. It is insecure. You should not use it.
 * The RandomRootPage extension has been merged into MediaWiki core. If you have it installed, you should uninstall it.
 * The ApiSandbox extension has been merged into MediaWiki core. If you have it installed, you should uninstall it.
 * AuthManager. If you're writing a new extension, you should definitely follow Manual:SessionManager and AuthManager and then upgrade to 1.27 to use it. If you are making sure an existing extension is compatible with 1.27, see the updating tips. and then upgrade to 1.27 to use it. If you are making sure an existing extension is compatible with 1.27, see the updating tips .  and then upgrade to 1.27 to use it. If you are making sure an existing extension is compatible with 1.27, see the updating tips .  and then upgrade to 1.27 to use it. If you are making sure an existing extension is compatible with 1.27, see the updating tips.

Release schedule
The dates for point releases for 1.27 were as follows: