Check What Version of MediaWiki You Are Running
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Updated: June 28, 2024
The version number of MediaWiki installed on your website is listed in several places:
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On the Special:Version page (i.e, http://www.example.com/Special:Version), the version number is listed in the "Installed software" section:
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In older versions, in the file /includes/DefaultSettings.php the version number is listed in the line that begins $wgVersion:
/** * MediaWiki version number * @since 1.2 */ $wgVersion = '1.25.1';
In newer versions, in the file /includes/Defines.php the version number is listed in the line that begins define( 'MW_VERSION:
/** * The running version of MediaWiki. * * This replaces the $wgVersion global found in earlier versions. When updating, * remember to also bump the stand-alone duplicate of this in PHPVersionCheck. * * @since 1.35 (also backported to 1.33.3 and 1.34.1) */ define( 'MW_VERSION', '1.37.1' );
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In the source code of the website's pages the version number is listed in the following line:
<meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.25.1">
If you have an outdated MediaWiki installation in need of an update, we can handle that upgrade for you.
Current Versions of MediaWiki
1.39.8, 1.41.2, and 1.42.1