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The headlines on this page are transcluded from Template:MediaWiki News . Translate this template if you want to translate news into your language. Icon legend branching bugfix candidate security Recent news 2026-06-30 MediaWiki 1.46.0 is now available. 2026-06-29 Security and maintenance release: 1.43.9 / 1.44.6 / 1.45.4 are now available. 2026-06-20 Team Challenges at Wikimania 2026: Registration for the Team Challenges closes on June 20th at 11pm UTC. Older news 2026-05-01 to 2026-05-03 Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan, Italy. Registration closed March 30, 2026. 2026-04-01 Maintenance release: 1.43.8 / 1.44.5 / 1.45.3 is now available. 2026-03-31 Security and maintenance release: 1.43.7 / 1.44.4 / 1.45.2 are now available. 2026-03-25 to 2026-03-27 MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Spring 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 2025-12-17 Maintenance release: 1.39.17 is now available. 2025-12-10 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.16 / 1.43.6 / 1.44.3 / 1.45.1 are now available. 2025-12-08 MediaWiki 1.45.0 is now available. 2025-10-03 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.15 / 1.43.5 / 1.44.2 are now available. 2025-10-02 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.14 / 1.43.4 / 1.44.1 are now available. 2025-10-28 to 2025-10-30 MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2025 in Hanover, Germany. 2025-07-02 MediaWiki 1.44.0 is now available. MediaWiki 1.42.x versions are now end of life. 2025-07-01 Maintenance release: 1.43.3 2025-06-30 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.13 / 1.42.7 / 1.43.2 are now available. 2025-04-11 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.12 / 1.42.6 / 1.43.1 are now available. 2024-12-21 MediaWiki 1.43.0 is now available. MediaWiki 1.41.x versions are now end of life. 2025-05-14 to 2025-05-16 MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop Spring 2025 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA at the NASA Armstrong Test Facility. 2025-05-02 to 2025-05-04 Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. 2025-02-03 Maintenance release: 1.42.5 2024-12-20 Maintenance release: 1.39.11, 1.41.5 and 1.42.4 2024-10-01 Maintenance release: 1.39.10, 1.41.4 and 1.42.3 2024-09-30 Security and maintenance release: 1.39.9 / 1.41.3 / 1.42.2 are now available. 2024-06-28 MediaWiki 1.40.x versions are now end of life. 2024-06-27 Maintenance release: 1.39.8 / 1.40.4 / 1.41.2 / 1.42.1 MediaWiki 1.42.0 is now available. 2024-11-04 to 2024-11-06 MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 in Vienna, Austria. 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 Spring 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. 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). MediaWiki 1.35.14, 1.39.6 and 1.40.2 security releases are now available. 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 @[email protected] 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-…