MediaWiki 1.35

MediaWiki 1.35 is the current stable long-term support release of MediaWiki. Consult the  file for the full list of changes. It was deployed on Wikimedia Foundation wikis through incremental ""-branches starting 1 October 2019. The 1.35.0 stable release came out on 25 September 2020. Download  or checkout the   branch 3>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git|in Git to follow this release. It will go end-of-life in September 2023.

New features

 * Special pages Special:EditPage, Special:PageHistory, Special:PageInfo, and Special:Purge have been created as shortcuts for each action. Special:EditPage/Foo redirects to title=foo&action=edit, with PageHistory, PageInfo, and Purge corresponding to &action= history, info, and purge respectively. When linked to, its subpage is used as the target. Otherwise, it displays a basic interface to allow the end user to specify the target manually (see ).


 * The form at "?action=watch" has a new dropdown list to support expiry dates for watchlist items (if is  ).

New bundled extensions
MediaWiki 1.35 bundled the extension, which provides a visual editing experience as an alternative to the traditional source editor. It will not be necessary to setup a separate instance of Parsoid, as it is built into MediaWiki core.

In addition and  are bundled. They force https on your wiki, and add a tag and an api to allow editors to specify how templates should be invoked.