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MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia.

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MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis. MediaWiki is designed to be run on a large server farm for a website that gets millions of hits per day. MediaWiki is an extremely powerful, scalable software and a feature-rich wiki implementation that uses PHP to process and display data stored in a database, such as MySQL.

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WikiMedia is the platform that was built specifically for WikiPedia, one of the largest and most popular websites in the world. For those who aren’t aware, this platform allows all users to create and edit documents freely, drawing from the expertise from everyone who wants to help. Changes are logged and tracked so administrators or moderators can roll them back or approve them depending on what is being entered. WikiPedia is well known for having massive amounts of information all in one place, though due to the fact that everyone can edit the pages, it isn’t always 100% accurate.

The system itself is really built and maintained with scale in mind. No matter how large or popular a site built with WikiMedia becomes, it will be able to operate without any issues. This does, however, come at a cost of increased system requirements that can become costly if a site becomes too big (or even if it is fairly small, compared to other wiki systems). The platform is very flexible, and can be customized to meet your exact needs no matter what type of wiki-site you’re working on.

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MediaWiki Pros

Endless Growth Potential
You can use this platform no matter how large or popular your site becomes.
Very Customizable
You can use plugins and skins to dramatically change the way your site looks and operates.
Updates
The developers at MediaWiki are very active with keeping it updated with the latest features, security patches, and more.

MediaWiki Cons

System Resources
This platform requires high levels of system resources than most others, which means you may need a higher end hosting platform if your site gets a decent number of visitors.
Documentation
The documentation that is available for this system is really written for advanced users, which can make it difficult for newer people to get started.
Not Intuitive
The way things work with this system is not really intuitive, meaning you will have to take a little extra time to figure out how to do every step the first time. Once you get the hang of it, however, it is not difficult.

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Initial Setup
Installing this system is surprisingly simple. You can use the one-click installation scripts provided to all InterServer customers and have it ready to go in just a few seconds. Once it is installed, however, you will have quite a bit of work ahead of yourself. There are endless settings, options, plugins, and other things to get through in order to have your site configured just the way you want it. All the work up front, however, will pay off with a very stable wiki-style site that users can enjoy and benefit from for a very long time.
Plugins
There are a lot of plugins available for this system, which makes it really easy to add in additional features and change most of the functionality as needed. The plugins are quite simple to add and remove once you get used to the back end system. While there are quite a few great plugins available to use already, they also made everything according to established standards so people could code their own plugins if needed.
Themes
Themes, or skins as WikiMedia calls them, are available for people to download and use. You can find most of them for free, though there are some third parties that charge a premium. Like the plugins, they made the skins easy to create on your own so you can have a customized site that will reflect your specific topic.
Customization
You can customize just about every aspect of the WikiMedia platform without any trouble. Whether you use the built in settings, plugins, skins, or manual changes, you won’t have any issues getting your site to look just the way you want it. You can also set up permissions on who can edit what information, and other factors, to ensure your site is run just the way it should.
SEO Optimization
WikiMedia is optimized quite nicely for SEO. This type of site generally does a great job with SEO naturally because of the high amount of text that is used, but WikiMedia has also made improvements with the way links are made and other factors. Overall, having a WikiMedia site (or even just part of a site) will help you rank your page better.
Cost of Running
WikiMedia is free to use for your site. You can download the software and install it without any charge no matter what type of site you are going to use it on (commercial or otherwise). It will run just fine on any shared hosting package from InterServer, but if you start getting a decent number of regular visitors, you will want to upgrade to a VPS (also available from InterServer). Due to the higher than average system resource utilization, you can generally expect to need a little bit higher of a hosting package than you would for most other systems.
Notable Websites Running it

The number of sites running the WikiMedia platform is almost endless. Some of the biggest and best known are:
Other Programs like it

WikiMedia is a great system, but it certainly isn’t for everyone. If you want a Wiki style page, but don’t like WikiMedia, consider one of the following options, all of which can be installed with one-click installation:
- DokuWiki
- WikkaWiki

Final Thoughts

WikiMedia is the premier wiki-style platform. It is by far the best known, and most commonly used option on the Internet today. This offers many great advantages for its users. If you’re going to be adding a wiki-style page to your site, this should definitely be the option to try first.

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MediaWiki Pros

Endless Growth Potential

Very Customizable

Updates

MediaWiki Cons

System Resources

Documentation

Not Intuitive

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Initial Setup

Plugins

Themes

Customization

SEO Optimization

Cost of Running

Notable Websites Running it

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