MediaWiki
MediaWikiis wiki software, released under theGPL,that is used byWikimediaprojects as well asother websites.It is an implementation of awiki,a content pool that anyone can freely edit. It is developed usingPhabricator,our instance of Phacility'sPhabricator.
MediaWiki1.42.1is the latest stable version, and is recommended for third-party users. Those running their own servers shouldupgradefor security reasons.Special:Versionshows what version a site is running. You can play around in the localSandboxto see this version in action.
MediaWiki1.42.1is available for download fromMediaWiki.org,a site that is also responsible for the documentation of the software. MediaWiki1.43.0-wmf.13 (8eaf4e5)is currently running on allWikimediasites. Third-party users should probably not run the Alpha /beta versions of MediaWiki on publicly accessible servers at this time.
About[edit]
- Introduction
- Handbook(learn how to use MediaWiki)
Technical developers section
- Mailing lists,especiallywikitech-l
- #mediawikiconnect
Miscellaneous[edit]
- MediaWiki features
- Installation and configuration
- MediaWiki tutorialwith screenshots: how to install and configure Mediawiki, how to change skins; how to add extensions
Technical[edit]
Versions[edit]
Seeversion lifecyclefor the currently supported MediaWiki releases.
Database dump[edit]
For downloadable dumps of Wikipedia's article database, seeWikipedia:Database download.For a description of the database format and fields, seedatabase layout.
To create your own dump of a local MediaWiki site, you can use thedumpBackup.phpscript found in the maintenance directory of your MediaWiki installation tree.
An example invocation to a full backup might look like:
php maintenance/dumpBackup.php --full > full.xml
Command line options fordumpBackup.phpare explained by running it with no parameters, i.e.
php maintenance/dumpBackup.php
However, there are some extra undocumented options in its source code.
