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Semantic MediaWiki 6.0.0
Release date:	August 12, 2025
Previous version:	Semantic MediaWiki 5.1.0
Next version:	Semantic MediaWiki 6.0.1
Compatible with:	MW 1.43.x - 1.44.x
Current version:
SMW 6.0.1

Version 6.0.0 of Semantic MediaWiki is a main release. This is a maintenance release that introduces compatibility with MediaWiki 1.43.2 and later, while removing support for MediaWiki 1.42.x and earlier versions. It also contains several other bug fixes and translation updates for system messages. See the English language RELEASE NOTES below on this page for further information.

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Semantic MediaWiki 6.0.0

Released on August 12, 2025.

Summary

This release mainly brings support for recent versions of MediaWiki. Upgrading is recommended for anyone using MediaWiki 1.43 or later.

Compatibility

Added support for MediaWiki 1.43.2+ and 1.44
Dropped support for MediaWiki older than 1.43

For more detailed information, see the compatibility matrix.

Upgrading

No need to run "update.php" or any other migration scripts.

Get the new version via Composer:

Step 1: ensure the SMW version in composer.local.json is ^6.0.0
Step 2: run composer in your MediaWiki directory: composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Get the new version via Git:

This is only for those who have installed SMW via Git.

Step 1: do a git pull in the SemanticMediaWiki directory
Step 2: run composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader in the MediaWiki directory

Changes

BREAKING CHANGE: Reverted "Support additional formatting options in ask queries"
BREAKING CHANGE: Added footer icon spacing and changed the array key of the icon in $wgFooterIcons (by Professional Wiki)
Use MediaWiki file backend for ingest (by Marijn van Wezel)
Fixed compatability issues with MediaWiki 1.43.2+, 1.44 (by Paladox and Professional Wiki)
Fixed DB query issues such as RuntimeException: Identifier must not contain quote, dot or null characters (by huaj1ng)
Fixed deprecation message when running update.php (by emwiemaikel)
Translation update

The parser function was called multiple times but with a different language code ("en") which is to be avoided as content of a page is generally expected to be represented by a single language.