| Version number |
Date |
Links |
Notable changes |
| 1.1 |
December 8, 2003 |
Full release notes |
- New wiki table syntax.
- User-editable interface messages through "MediaWiki namespace".
- XML-wrapped page source export with optional history.
- "Magic words" – special variables and parser instructions.
|
| 1.2 |
March 24, 2004 |
Full release notes |
- Experimental web-based installer.
- Image resizing and thumbnail generation.
- Editing toolbar for learning wiki syntax.
- User rights management within the wiki.
|
| 1.3 |
August 11, 2004 |
Full release notes |
- New, highly CSS-based default look and feel ("MonoBook" skin) and better web standards compliance.
- Parametrized templates.
- Category feature.
- Automatic merging of edit conflicts when possible.
- Improved installation.
|
| 1.4 |
March 20, 2005 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- User interface language can be changed by the user.
- Significant performance improvements.
- Support for compressing old revisions of articles to reduce storage needs.
- Image gallery generation, list of recently uploaded images.
- SVG rasterization support (requires external support tools).
|
1.5
(last version to support MySQL 3) |
October 5, 2005 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Major database redesign decoupling text storage from revision tracking, resulting in:
- Significant performance boosts for some operations.
- Permalink functionality for all revisions.
- Support for storing bulk data outside the main database.
- Support for e-mail notification upon changes.
- Page content must be encoded in UTF-8.
|
1.6
(last version to support PHP 4) |
April 5, 2006 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Page protection/unprotection uses a new, expanded form.
- "Job queue" for background updates.
- Improved tracking of template usage.
- Template parameters can have default values.
|
| 1.7 |
July 7, 2006 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- MediaWiki 1.7 requires PHP 5 (5.1 recommended). PHP 4 is no longer supported.
- Deleted files can now be restored.
|
| 1.8 |
October 10, 2006 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Full support for PostgreSQL (8.1 or better) database backend
- Support for DjVu thumbnailing and multipage navigation
- Various improvements to user blocking; blocks can be made to affect only unregistered users using a particular IP address
- Uploading files from publicly accessible URLs is possible if enabled
|
| 1.9 |
January 10, 2007 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- "Undo revision" feature
- Various improvements to blocking and special page caching
- Tables with sortable columns
- Addition of an edit counter field to the user database
- Revision size displayed on watchlists and recent changes
- The names of Special: pages can now be localized, so links and URLs to them are more legible in languages that aren't English.
|
| 1.10 |
May 9, 2007 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- "Cascading protection" feature
- Improved tooltips and accesskey feature
- Various improvements to blocking and special page caching
- IPv6 support
|
| 1.11 |
September 10, 2007 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups are added to allow finer control over usergroup assignment
- AJAX-based page watching has been cleaned up and enabled by default
|
| 1.12 |
March 20, 2008 |
Full release notes, Language support |
|
| 1.13 |
August 14, 2008 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- New special pages: FileDuplicateSearch, ListGroupRights
- Special:UserRights and Special:SpecialPages have been redesigned
- Hidden category feature: __HIDDENCAT__ on a category page hides the category on the article page.
- Friendlier behaviour for users who click a red link but can't edit
- Double redirects created by a page move can be fixed automatically
|
| 1.14 |
February 22, 2009 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Supports a plaintext copyright notice (other than Creative Commons or GFDL)
- Images can link to an arbitrary title or URL
- Search engine indexing can be controlled on a per-page basis
- Better CSS support for handheld devices
- Page history pages now have a date selector
- File upload history pages now display thumbnails for every file version
|
| 1.15 |
June 10, 2009 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Supports filename moving
- Added keywords {{GENDER:||}}, {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} and {{REVISIONUSER}}
|
| 1.16 |
July 28, 2010, supported until November 2011 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- The new skin Vector was added
- RSS/Atom feeds are now included in the watchlist
- Blocking users from sending email via Special:Emailuser is now possible
|
| 1.17 |
June 22, 2011 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- New Installer
- Resource Loader
- Category sorting improved
|
| 1.18 |
November 28, 2011 |
Full release notes, Language support |
- Better directionality (LTR, RTL) support
- User links are adapted to reflect the user's gender
- Protocol relative URL support
- Math support removed from core
|
| 1.19 (trunk) |
1.19 started as of July 2011 |
Full release notes, Language support |
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