MediaWiki is a free wiki application. It is used to run Wikipedia, the World's largest online encyclopedia, as well as many other wikis.

Installing MediaWiki is not very difficult. You can check our MediaWiki installation tutorial for more information on the installation steps.

However, many people find it hard to perform a script installation themselves. This is why many hosting providers offer automatic tools through which users can easily install an application in just a few clicks.

As one of the leading hosts on the market, SiteGround offers automatic tools for easy application installation.

Our customized cPAddons Site Software tool offers everything you need to start your website right away. With cPAddons you can not only install an application in a few clicks, but also upgrade it or uninstall it without any problems. The SiteGround team of specialists keeps all applications in the Site Software section up to date, with the latest security patches available. This guarantees that you will always have secure and up-to-date software on your website. 

SiteGround customers can easily install MediaWiki in just a few clicks from their cPanel > Site Software. In the Other section click MediaWiki and on the new page fill in the required details:

Admin User: the user for accessing MediaWiki's admin area
Admin Pass: the password for the admin user
Admin Password (Again): retype the password for the admin user
Email: your email address
Installation URL: the URL for the MediaWiki installation; choose a domain from the drop-down menu and type the name of the folder where you would like MediaWiki installed; leave blank to install it in the domain's main folder

Click the Install button to complete the new MediaWiki installation.

If you have an existing MediaWiki installation and there is an available upgrade for it, it will be listed in the Upgrade section. Click Upgrade to upgrade your application to the latest version.

To uninstall MediaWiki, simply click the Uninstall button.

If you have problems installing MediaWiki yourself and your current host does nothing to help you, check our MediaWiki hosting package. SiteGround offers the best MediaWiki hosting and we'll assist you with any MediaWiki-related questions/problems you may have.