MediaWiki Upgrades
Keep your MediaWiki up-to-date and secure.
We offer MediaWiki maintenance services to keep your wiki running smoothly.
What are MediaWiki Upgrades?
Keeping your MediaWiki installation up-to-date brings various benefits, but can be a challenge. We offer MediaWiki upgrade services, so you can save yourself or your staff the headaches of dealing with MediaWiki extension compatibility, Composer, Docker, and dozens of other involved technologies.
Why Upgrade Your Wiki?
Embrace Innovation
Get access to the latest features and improvements.
Fortify Your Defenses
Keep your wiki secure with the latest security patches and bug fixes.
Accelerate Your Success
Delight your users by improving the loading speed of your wiki's pages.
Our Upgrade Process
Consultation. Book a free discovery call where we discuss your current MediaWiki setup, your needs, and your goals.
Analysis. We conduct a thorough analysis of your wiki and outline both the benefits and costs of upgrading. We assess risks and create an upgrade strategy.
Risk-Mitigation. We ensure that backups and a rollback plan are in place to prevent potential data loss. If possible, we do a dry-run of the upgrade on a staging environment.
Execution. We upgrade your wiki at an agreed-upon time and then test it to ensure that everything is working as expected.
Customer Testimonials
Professional Wiki’s hosting has been effortless and their support above and beyond expectation. I especially appreciated the care taken in migrating our sizeable legacy wiki.
We unreservedly recommend Professional Wiki for all matters relating to MediaWiki. Thank you for your excellent work!
Professional Wiki took over hosting our Potsdam Wiki in 2023, updating the platform we have been running since 2006. The migration was seamless, and the system runs smoothly with great user experience. Their support is excellent and reliable. We are delighted with the switch and highly recommend their services.
Hosting with Automatic Upgrades
Sidestep the hassle of manual upgrades by using our wiki hosting services.
We can migrate your existing wiki to our hosting platform, including an initial upgrade.
Explore Wiki HostingMediaWiki Upgrades FAQ
We recommend updating your MediaWiki before it reaches end-of-life.
MediaWiki Long-Term Support (LTS) versions are released every two years and come with three years of support. Thus, you must upgrade every two years to stay up-to-date. For maximum stability, we recommend waiting a few months after the release of a new MediaWiki LTS before you upgrade. Furthermore, we recommend installing security updates more frequently, especially for mission-critical wikis or those containing confidential information.
Standard MediaWiki versions are released twice a year. They come with only one year of official support. If you cannot frequently update your wiki, we strongly recommend sticking to LTS versions instead.
You can check the version of your MediaWiki against the latest releases on the official MediaWiki website or contact us for a comprehensive analysis. You can find the version of your wiki on the Special:Version page and the latest MediaWiki version on the version lifecycle page.
If you use our MediaWiki hosting services, we keep your wiki updated automatically.
Upgrade Your Wiki
From Our Blogs
How to Upgrade MediaWiki
Learn how to quickly and safely upgrade MediaWiki. Find out when to upgrade, how to prepare, and how to execute.
Installing Extensions with Composer
Learn how to effectively install MediaWiki extensions with Composer. We cover the basics, best practices, and common pitfalls.
How to Install MediaWiki
Explore your options for creating a new wiki, including one-click installs, Dockerization, and more.
More MediaWiki Services
Get superior results from the best MediaWiki developers with a proven track record of creating MediaWiki extensions & integrations.
Make your wiki look great! Use a time-tested responsive MediaWiki theme, or have us create a custom MediaWiki skin for you.
Let us take care of your wiki. We are MediaWiki hosting experts and provide cloud hosting, dedicated hosting, and on-premise hosting.
Bring your wiki to the next level by leveraging our MediaWiki expertise. From strategic planning to wikitext, we have you covered.
Migrate your wiki with confidence. We move your MediaWiki to a new home, or we help you migrate from another system to MediaWiki.
Keep your MediaWiki up-to-date and secure. We offer MediaWiki maintenance services to keep your wiki running smoothly.