MediaWiki 

is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.

MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It was developed for use on Wikipedia in 2002,
and given the name "MediaWiki" in 2003.[5] It remains in use on Wikipedia and almost all
other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites
continue to define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki.[6] MediaWiki was originally
developed by Magnus Manske and improved by Lee Daniel Crocker.[7][8] Its development has since
then been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki is written in the PHP programming language and stores all text content into a database.
The software is optimized to efficiently handle large projects, which can have terabytes of content
and hundreds of thousands of views per second.[6][9] Because Wikipedia is one of the world's largest
websites, achieving scalability through multiple layers of caching and database replication has been
a major concern for developers. Another major aspect of MediaWiki is its internationalization; its
interface is available in more than 300 languages.[10] The software has more than 1,000 configuration
settings[11] and more than 1,800 extensions available for enabling various features to be added or
changed.[12]
Besides its use on Wikimedia sites, MediaWiki has been used as a knowledge
management and content management system on many thousands of websites, public and private,
including the websites Fandom, wikiHow, and major internal installations
like Intellipedia and Diplopedia.