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1.41.1 – 2024-03-28
1.40.3 – 2024-03-28

MediaWiki is a free and open source software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including this website, the home of MediaWiki.

Use the links below to explore the site contents. You'll find some content translated into other languages, but the primary documentation language is English.

For general questions about MediaWiki see the communication page or ask at the support desk.

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News
2024-05-03 to 2024-05-05
Maintenance update Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia.
2024-04-17 to 2024-04-19
Maintenance update MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference 2024 in Portland, OR (USA).
2024-03-28
Security MediaWiki 1.39.7, 1.40.3 and 1.41.1 security releases are now available.
2023-12-21
Release MediaWiki 1.41.0 is now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.35.x versions are now end of life.
Security MediaWiki 1.35.14, 1.39.6 and 1.40.2 security releases are now available.

Older news

2024-02-03 to 2024-02-04
Maintenance update FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium (Europe).
2024-01-05
Maintenance update Scholarship application deadline for Wikimedia Hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia (Europe).
2023-12-11 to 2023-12-13
Maintenance update SMWCon Fall 2023 (hybrid event)
2023-09-29
Maintenance update Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.35.13
2023-09-28
Security MediaWiki 1.35.12, 1.39.5 and 1.40.1 security releases are now available.
2023-06-30
Release MediaWiki 1.40.0 is now available.
Security MediaWiki 1.35.11, 1.38.7 and 1.39.4 security releases are now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.38.x versions are now end of life.
2023-08-16 to 2023-08-19
Maintenance update Wikimania 2023 conference in Singapore.
2023-08-15 to 2023-08-19
Maintenance update Chaos Communication Camp near Berlin, Germany (Europe).
2023-05-19 to 2023-05-21
Maintenance update Wikimedia Hackathon in Athens, Greece (Europe).
2023-06-09
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.40.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2023-04-19 to 2023-04-21
Maintenance update EMWCon in Austin, Texas, United States. View livestream.
2023-03-30
Security MediaWiki 1.35.10, 1.38.6 and 1.39.3 security releases are now available.
2023-03-11
Maintenance update MediaWiki is now on Mastodon! Follow us for updates at @mediawiki@wikis.world
2023-02-22
Maintenance update Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.39.2
2023-02-04 to 2023-02-05
Maintenance update FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium (Europe).
2022-12-22
Security MediaWiki 1.35.9, 1.38.5 and 1.39.1 security releases are now available.
2022-11-30
Release MediaWiki 1.39.0 is now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.37.x versions are now end of life.
2022-10-07
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.39.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-09-29
Security MediaWiki 1.35.8, 1.37.5 and 1.38.3 security releases are now available.
Maintenance update Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.37.6 and 1.38.4
2022-06-15
Maintenance update The Wikimedia Developer Portal has launched: Discover Wikimedia's technical areas and how to contribute!
2022-06-03
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.36.x versions are now end of life.
2022-10-26 to 2022-10-28
Maintenance update SMWCon Fall 2022 (hybrid event)
2022-09-23
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.39.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-07-08
Maintenance update Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.37.4
2022-06-30
Security MediaWiki 1.35.7, 1.37.3 and 1.38.2 security releases are now available.
2022-06-06
Maintenance update Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.38.1
2022-06-02
Release MediaWiki 1.38.0 is now available.
2022-05-20 to 2022-05-22
Maintenance update Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (hybrid event)
2022-05-20
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-04-20
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-04-06 to 2022-04-08
Maintenance update EMWCon Spring 2022 (Houston, USA)
2022-03-31
Security MediaWiki 1.35.6, 1.36.4 and 1.37.2 security releases are now available.
2021-12-15
Security MediaWiki 1.35.5, 1.36.3 and 1.37.1 security releases are now available.
2021-11-18
Release MediaWiki 1.37.0 is now available.
2021-12-08 to 2021-12-10
Maintenance update SMWCon Fall 2021 (online)
2021-11-10
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.2 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-11-04
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-10-21
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-09-30
Security MediaWiki 1.31.16, 1.35.4 and 1.36.2 security releases are now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.x versions are now end of life.
2021-05-20
Maintenance update #mediawiki IRC support channel is moving from Freenode to Libera Chat.
2021-06-23
Security MediaWiki 1.31.15, 1.35.3 and 1.36.1 security releases are now available.
2021-05-28
Release MediaWiki 1.36.0 is now available.
2021-05-21 to 2021-05-23
Maintenance update Wikimedia Remote Hackathon 2021 (online)
2021-04-08
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.14 maintenance release is now available.
Security MediaWiki 1.31.13 and 1.35.2 security releases are now available.
2021-04-01
Maintenance update MediaWiki has a new logo.
2020-12-18
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.12 maintenance release is now available.
2020-12-17
Security MediaWiki 1.31.11 and 1.35.1 security releases are now available.
2020-11-30
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.34.x versions are now end of life.
2020-09-25
Release MediaWiki 1.35.0 is now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.10 and 1.34.4 maintenance releases are now available.
2020-09-24
Security MediaWiki 1.31.9 and 1.34.3 security releases are now available.
2020-09-15
Maintenance update A proposal to explore GitLab for code review to supersede Gerrit welcomes your developer feedback.
2020-11-24 to 2020-11-26
Maintenance update SMWCon Fall 2020 (online)
2020-09-04
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.3 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-08-21
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.2 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-08-07
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-07-31
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-06-24
Security MediaWiki 1.31.8, 1.33.4 and 1.34.2 security releases are now available.
2020-06-24
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.33.x versions are now end of life.
2020-05-09 to 2020-05-10
Wikimedia Remote Hackathon 2020 (online)
2020-03-30
Maintenance update The Wikimedia Technical blog has been launched.
2020-04-01 to 2020-04-03
Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (online)
2020-03-26
Security MediaWiki 1.31.7, 1.33.3 and 1.34.1 security releases are now available.
2020-01-24
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.32.x versions are now end of life.
2019-12-19
Release MediaWiki 1.34.0 is now available.
Security MediaWiki 1.31.6, 1.32.6 and 1.33.2 security releases are now available.
2019-11-05
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2019-10-15
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.5 and 1.32.5 maintenance releases are now available.
Release candidate MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2019-10-07
Security MediaWiki 1.31.4, 1.32.4 and 1.33.1 security releases are now available.
2019-09-25 to 2019-09-27
SMWCon Fall 2019 in Paris, France. A live stream is available.
2019-07-02
Release MediaWiki 1.33.0 is now available.
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.31.3 and 1.32.3 are now available.
2019-06-07
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.27.7 is now available.
2019-06-06
Security MediaWiki 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, and 1.32.2 security releases are now available.
2019-05-17 to 2019-05-19
European Wikimedia Hackathon in Prague, Czech Republic.
2019-04-30
Maintenance update MediaWiki 1.32.1 is now available.
2019-04-03 to 2019-04-05
2019-01-11
Release MediaWiki 1.32.0 is now available.
2018-10-23 to 2018-12-13
  • A Wikimedia/MediaWiki development contest for 13-17 year old students is taking place. See Google Code-in/2018 for more information.
2018-09-20
Security MediaWiki 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3, 1.27.5 security releases are now available.
2018-06-13
2017-12-12
2017-11-14
2017-08-23
2017-07-13
2017-04-30
2017-04-11
2017-04-06
2016-11-28
2016-08-22
2016-08-02
2016-06-28
2016-05-20
2015-12-21
2015-12-17
2015-11-25
2015-10-16
2015-08-10
2015-06-30
2015-06-12
2015-05-25
2015-03-31
2015-02-11
2014-12-17
2014-11-26
2014-10-29
2014-10-01
2014-09-24
2014-08-27
2014-07-30
2014-06-25
2014-06-05
2014-05-29
2014-04-24
2014-04-02
2014-03-27
2014-03-11
2014-02-27
2014-01-28
2014-01-13
2013-12-06
2013-12-03
2013-11-17
2013-11-14
2013-09-12
2013-09-03
2013-05-29
2013-05-25
2013-05-21
2013-05-09
2013-04-30
2013-04-17
2013-04-15
2013-04-09
2013-04-08
2013-04-04
2013-03-13
2013-03-11
2013-03-08
2013-03-06
2013-03-04
2013-02-22
2013-02-21
2013-02-20
2013-02-11
2013-02-08
2013-02-05
2013-02-04
2013-01-31
2013-01-30
2013-01-29
2013-01-26
2013-01-25
2013-01-23
2013-01-19
2013-01-18
2013-01-17
2013-01-16
2013-01-14
2013-01-11
2013-01-10
2013-01-09
2013-01-08
2013-01-07
2013-01-05
2013-01-03
2013-01-01
2012-12-04
1.20.2 released
2012-11-30
1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released
2012-11-07
1.20.0 released
2012-08-31
1.19.2, 1.18.5 released
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