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2024-05-03 to 2024-05-05: Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia.
2024-04-17 to 2024-04-19: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference 2024 in Portland, OR (USA). (View livestream)
2024-03-28: MediaWiki 1.39.7, 1.40.3 and 1.41.1 security releases are now available.
2023-12-21: MediaWiki 1.41.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.35.x versions are now end of life.; 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: FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium (Europe).
2024-01-05: Scholarship application deadline for Wikimedia Hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia (Europe).
2023-12-11 to 2023-12-13: SMWCon Fall 2023 (hybrid event)
2023-09-29: Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.35.13
2023-09-28: MediaWiki 1.35.12, 1.39.5 and 1.40.1 security releases are now available.
2023-06-30: MediaWiki 1.40.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.35.11, 1.38.7 and 1.39.4 security releases are now available.; MediaWiki 1.38.x versions are now end of life.
2023-08-16 to 2023-08-19: Wikimania 2023 conference in Singapore.
2023-08-15 to 2023-08-19: Chaos Communication Camp near Berlin, Germany (Europe).
2023-05-19 to 2023-05-21: Wikimedia Hackathon in Athens, Greece (Europe).
2023-06-09: MediaWiki 1.40.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2023-04-19 to 2023-04-21: EMWCon in Austin, Texas, United States. View livestream.
2023-03-30: MediaWiki 1.35.10, 1.38.6 and 1.39.3 security releases are now available.
2023-03-11: MediaWiki is now on Mastodon! Follow us for updates at @mediawiki@wikis.world
2023-02-22: Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.39.2
2023-02-04 to 2023-02-05: FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium (Europe).
2022-12-22: MediaWiki 1.35.9, 1.38.5 and 1.39.1 security releases are now available.
2022-11-30: MediaWiki 1.39.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.37.x versions are now end of life.
2022-10-07: MediaWiki 1.39.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-09-29: MediaWiki 1.35.8, 1.37.5 and 1.38.3 security releases are now available.; Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.37.6 and 1.38.4
2022-06-15: The Wikimedia Developer Portal has launched: Discover Wikimedia's technical areas and how to contribute!
2022-06-03: MediaWiki 1.36.x versions are now end of life.
2022-10-26 to 2022-10-28: SMWCon Fall 2022 (hybrid event)
2022-09-23: MediaWiki 1.39.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-07-08: Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.37.4
2022-06-30: MediaWiki 1.35.7, 1.37.3 and 1.38.2 security releases are now available.
2022-06-06: Maintenance release: MediaWiki 1.38.1
2022-06-02: MediaWiki 1.38.0 is now available.
2022-05-20 to 2022-05-22: Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (hybrid event)
2022-05-20: MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-04-20: MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2022-04-06 to 2022-04-08: EMWCon Spring 2022 (Houston, USA)
2022-03-31: MediaWiki 1.35.6, 1.36.4 and 1.37.2 security releases are now available.
2021-12-15: MediaWiki 1.35.5, 1.36.3 and 1.37.1 security releases are now available.
2021-11-18: MediaWiki 1.37.0 is now available.
2021-12-08 to 2021-12-10: SMWCon Fall 2021 (online)
2021-11-10: MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.2 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-11-04: MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-10-21: MediaWiki 1.37.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2021-09-30: MediaWiki 1.31.16, 1.35.4 and 1.36.2 security releases are now available.; MediaWiki 1.31.x versions are now end of life.
2021-05-20: #mediawiki IRC support channel is moving from Freenode to Libera Chat.
2021-06-23: MediaWiki 1.31.15, 1.35.3 and 1.36.1 security releases are now available.
2021-05-28: MediaWiki 1.36.0 is now available.
2021-05-21 to 2021-05-23: Wikimedia Remote Hackathon 2021 (online)
2021-04-08: MediaWiki 1.31.14 maintenance release is now available.; MediaWiki 1.31.13 and 1.35.2 security releases are now available.
2021-04-01: MediaWiki has a new logo.
2020-12-18: MediaWiki 1.31.12 maintenance release is now available.
2020-12-17: MediaWiki 1.31.11 and 1.35.1 security releases are now available.
2020-11-30: MediaWiki 1.34.x versions are now end of life.
2020-09-25: MediaWiki 1.35.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.31.10 and 1.34.4 maintenance releases are now available.
2020-09-24: MediaWiki 1.31.9 and 1.34.3 security releases are now available.
2020-09-15: A proposal to explore GitLab for code review to supersede Gerrit welcomes your developer feedback.
2020-11-24 to 2020-11-26: SMWCon Fall 2020 (online)
2020-09-04: MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.3 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-08-21: MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.2 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-08-07: MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-07-31: MediaWiki 1.35.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2020-06-24: MediaWiki 1.31.8, 1.33.4 and 1.34.2 security releases are now available.
2020-06-24: 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: The Wikimedia Technical blog has been launched.
2020-04-01 to 2020-04-03: Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (online)
2020-03-26: MediaWiki 1.31.7, 1.33.3 and 1.34.1 security releases are now available.
2020-01-24: MediaWiki 1.32.x versions are now end of life.
2019-12-19: MediaWiki 1.34.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.31.6, 1.32.6 and 1.33.2 security releases are now available.
2019-11-05: MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.1 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2019-10-15: MediaWiki 1.31.5 and 1.32.5 maintenance releases are now available.; MediaWiki 1.34.0-rc.0 pre-release is now ready for testing.
2019-10-07: 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: MediaWiki 1.33.0 is now available.; MediaWiki 1.31.3 and 1.32.3 are now available.
2019-06-07: MediaWiki 1.27.7 is now available.
2019-06-06: 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: MediaWiki 1.32.1 is now available.
2019-04-03 to 2019-04-05

Enterprise MediaWiki Conference in Daly City, USA.

2019-01-11: 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: MediaWiki 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3, 1.27.5 security releases are now available.
2018-06-13

MediaWiki 1.31.0 release is now available

2017-12-12

MediaWiki 1.30.0 release is now available

2017-11-14

MediaWiki 1.29.2, 1.28.3, 1.27.4 security releases are now available.

2017-08-23

MediaWiki 1.29.1 bugfix release is now available

2017-07-13

MediaWiki 1.29.0 release is now available

2017-04-30

MediaWiki 1.28.2, 1.27.3 security releases are now available.

2017-04-11

MediaWiki 1.23.17 bugfix release is now available (fixes issue in 1.23.16 for PHP 5.3 installs)

2017-04-06

MediaWiki 1.28.1, 1.27.2, 1.23.16 security releases are now available.

2016-11-28

MediaWiki 1.28.0 release is now available

2016-08-22

MediaWiki 1.27.1, 1.26.4, 1.23.15 security releases are now available.

2016-08-02

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 videos have been published to Commons.

2016-06-28

MediaWiki 1.27.0 release (LTS) is now available
Note: MediaWiki 1.25.x versions are now end of life.

2016-05-20

MediaWiki 1.26.3, 1.25.6, and 1.23.14 security releases are now available.

2015-12-21

MediaWiki 1.26.2, 1.25.5, 1.24.6, and 1.23.13 maintenance releases are now available.

2015-12-17

MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5, and 1.23.12 security releases are now available.

2015-11-25

MediaWiki 1.26.0 is now available

2015-10-16

MediaWiki 1.25.3, 1.24.4, and 1.23.11 security releases are now available.

2015-08-10

MediaWiki 1.25.2, 1.24.3, and 1.23.10 security releases are now available.

2015-06-30

From MediaWiki 1.26wmf12 onwards, the old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work (details).

2015-06-12

Wikimedia sites begin requiring HTTPS (including API requests)

2015-05-25

MediaWiki 1.25.1 maintenance release is now available.
MediaWiki 1.25.0 is now available, and 1.19 is officially EOL.

2015-03-31

MediaWiki 1.24.2, 1.23.9, and 1.19.24 security releases are now available.

2015-02-11

The VisualEditor project invites the community to participate in weekly triage meetings.

2014-12-17

MediaWiki 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 security releases are now available.

2014-11-26

MediaWiki 1.24.0 is now available.
MediaWiki 1.23.7, 1.22.14 and 1.19.22 security releases are now available.

2014-10-29

MediaWiki 1.23.6, 1.22.13 and 1.19.21 releases are now available.

2014-10-01

MediaWiki 1.23.5, 1.22.12 and 1.19.20 security releases are now available.

2014-09-24

MediaWiki 1.23.4, 1.22.11 and 1.19.19 security and maintenance releases are now available.

2014-08-27

MediaWiki 1.23.3 and 1.22.10 maintenance releases are now available.

2014-07-30

MediaWiki 1.23.2, 1.22.9 and 1.19.18 security and maintenance releases are now available.

2014-06-25

MediaWiki 1.23.1, 1.22.8, 1.21.11 and 1.19.17 security and maintenance releases are now available.

2014-06-05

MediaWiki 1.23.0 is now available.

2014-05-29

MediaWiki 1.22.7, 1.21.10 and 1.19.16 security and maintenance releases are now available.

2014-04-24

MediaWiki 1.22.6 and 1.21.9 security releases are now available.
MediaWiki 1.23.0 release candidate is now available.

2014-04-02

MediaWiki 1.19.15 maintenance release is now available.

2014-03-27

MediaWiki 1.22.5, 1.21.8 and 1.19.14 security releases are now available.

2014-03-11

MediaWiki 1.19.13 security release is now available.
MediaWiki 1.22.4 and 1.21.7 are now available.

2014-02-27

MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6, and 1.19.12 security releases are now available.

2014-01-28

MediaWiki 1.22.2, 1.21.5, and 1.19.11 security releases are now available.

2014-01-13

MediaWiki 1.22.1, 1.21.4, and 1.19.10 security releases are now available.

2013-12-06

MediaWiki 1.22.0 is now available.

2013-12-03

MediaWiki 1.22.0rc3 is now available.

2013-11-17

MediaWiki 1.22.0rc2 is now available.

2013-11-14

MediaWiki 1.21.3, 1.20.8 and 1.19.9 security releases are now available.

2013-09-12

VipsScaler implementation by volunteer developer improves image handling on Wikimedia sites

2013-09-03

MediaWiki 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 security releases are now available.

2013-05-29

MediaWiki 1.21.1 bug fix release is now available.

2013-05-25

MediaWiki 1.21.0 is now available.

2013-05-21

MediaWiki 1.20.6 and 1.19.7 security releases are now available.

2013-05-09

Watch & test the upcoming user discussion pages in Wikipedia / MediaWiki (more)

2013-04-30

MediaWiki 1.20.5 and 1.19.6 security releases are now available.

2013-04-17

Mobile testers: visit 3 pages. All mobile devices welcome!

2013-04-15

MediaWiki 1.20.4 and 1.19.5 security releases are now available.

2013-04-09

Kiwix for Android released

2013-04-08

Wikimedia has been accepted into Google Summer of Code.

2013-04-04

Join us this Saturday with Weekend Testing Americas and the upcoming Account creation UX

2013-03-13

Lua meets Wikipedia meetup in SF + video stream

2013-03-11

QA weekly goal: browser automation testing for Wikipedia search

2013-03-08

Wikimedia Hackathon in Amsterdam, May 24-26. Registration open.

2013-03-06

Join our Bug Day tomorrow and help triaging MediaWiki - General reports.

2013-03-04

MediaWiki 1.20.3 and 1.19.4 security releases are now available.

2013-02-22

2013-02-21

Smartphone photographers: join the Wikimedia Commons mobile uploads testing week, starting on Feb 25.
The Signpost Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings.

2013-02-20

MediaWiki extensions, gadgets, and modules at SCALE 11x - this weekend in Los Angeles.

2013-02-11

The MediaWiki community will apply to be part of the 2013 edition of Google Summer of Code (announcement).

2013-02-08

PageImages extension aims to return the single most appropriate thumbnail associated with an article.
Echo: A new notification system for Wikipedia
MediaWiki is on Packagist
How to hack on Wikipedia presentation at FOSDEM - video & slides

2013-02-05

The Signpost Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment
Commons app project starts releasing nightly builds of Android version for testing.

2013-02-04

From duct tape to puppets: How a new data center became an opportunity to do things right
Wikipedia Mobile Hits 3 Billion Monthly Page Views
Kiwix project leader interview.
Wikimedia IdeaLab is an experiment in user-friendly grantmaking - applies to software projects as well.

2013-01-31

Our sessions at FOSDEM:
How MediaWiki is tested

Research / Data Analyst

How to hack on Wikipedia
GeoData: a new age of geotagging on Wikipedia - based on the GeoData extension
The Signpost technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems

2013-01-30

XOWA - A free, open-source, offline Wikipedia application (developer intro)

2013-01-29

QA weekly goals:
Review 250 open bugs unchanged for more than one year

VisualEditor: Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior

2013-01-26

New Wikivoyage app for Android (Google Play link)

2013-01-25

MediaWiki SVN repository marked as read-only
Check the roadmap of Parsoid, the wikitext / HTML / RDF translator required by the VisualEditor extension.
Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Technical Writer

2013-01-23

2013-01-19

2013-01-18

New grants available from the Wikimedia Foundation for individual Wikimedians
New manual for using Pywikibot for Wikidata
Beautiful demo video showcasing Seizam's collaborative features
Strapping, a friendly starter theme for MediaWiki - in use at oVirt.org
Mailing list for Editor Engagement tech now open - see welcome message

2013-01-17

Video: Solr use in MediaWiki Translate extension, by Niklas Laxström
BlueSpice 1.20.1 patch release (notes)
How To Install MediaWiki on Rackspace Cloud Sites Video Guide

2013-01-16

Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment - The Signpost Technology report

2013-01-14

Promotion, marketing & outreach at the new MediaWiki Group Promotion
MediaWiki Group San Francisco becomes our first local group
Putting together a list of MediaWiki vendors

2013-01-11

Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Tools Lab Operations Engineer (Contractor)
Wikipedia Mobile Beta: a sandbox for new experimental features
A more efficient translation interface (includes demo video)

2013-01-10

Wikimedia engineering December 2012 report

2013-01-09

MediaWiki 1.21 is under development. Watch its wiki page and follow the thread at wikitech-l.
Looking ahead to 2013 - The Signpost Technology report

2013-01-08

Diff 0.4 released

2013-01-07

2013-01-05

Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Site Reliability Engineer

2013-01-03

2013-01-01

Wikimedia’s Bug Management

2012-12-04: 1.20.2 released

MediaWiki 1.20.2 is now available.

2012-11-30: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released

MediaWiki 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 security releases are now available.

2012-11-07: 1.20.0 released

MediaWiki 1.20.0 is now available.

2012-08-31: 1.19.2, 1.18.5 released

MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5 security releases are now available.