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BlueSpice 5 is a major release.

all releases

Compatibility

BlueSpice 5 bundles the MediaWiki LTS (Longterm support) version MW 1.43
BlueSpice 5 is PHP 8.3 compatible

New and enhanced features

Feature	Description	Screenshot
BPMN diagrams	The extension CognitiveProcessDesigner has been fully reworked. Users now have the option to create BPMN-diagrams that create wiki pages in the background. BPMN-diagrams documentation	BPMN editor
Multi-language support	The translation feature in BlueSpice requires a DeepL API-Key. This is not provided by BlueSpice. On-the-fly translation: BlueSpice can now include a translation link for users who have set a language in their preferences that is different from the installation language (content language) of the wiki. Translation transfer: It is now possible for a wiki farm or for at least two separate wiki instances without the farm module to send translated articles from a source wiki to multiple target wikis. The namespaces in the different language wikis can be mapped directly in the wiki. Translation documentation
PDF Export	The PDF export is now based on a new PDF processor backend. Administrators can create and maintain multiple PDF templates directly in the wiki. Server-access is no longer required. PDF export documentation	Custom PDF cover
Simple blog page	We included a new simplified blogging and discussion system with commenting and voting features. It replaces the BlueSpiceSocial extensions. Blog documentation	Blog page
Improved special pages		Improved permission manager

Important content changes

The following features are affected by some content changes related to the replacement of some extensions.

Blog
Discussions
PDF export

Review the content changes to determine if you need to make adjustments to your wiki.

Replacement of extjs with oojs

The visual output of grid-based elements is now provided by the framework OOjs. It replaces Ext JS. This should not affect the overall functionality of the grid features.

Added extensions (6)

BlueSpice free:

PDFCreator

BlueSpice pro:

BlueSpice farm:

BlueSpiceTranslationTransfer

Removed extensions (26)

BlueSpiceDashboards
BlueSpiceExtendedFileList
BlueSpiceGroupManager
BlueSpiceInsertLink
BlueSpiceInsertTemplate
BlueSpiceMultiUpload
BlueSpiceSocial
BlueSpiceSocialBlog
BlueSpiceSocialProfile
BlueSpiceSocialComments
BlueSpiceSocialMicroBlog
BlueSpiceSocialRating
BlueSpiceSocialResolve
BlueSpiceSocialTags
BluespiceSocialTimelineUpdate
BlueSpiceSocialTopics
BlueSpiceSocialWatch
BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
WebDAV
BlueSpiceUEModuleBookPDF
BlueSpiceUEModuleDOCX
BlueSpiceUEModuleHTML
BlueSpiceUEModulePDF
BlueSpiceUEModulePDFRecursive
BlueSpiceUEModulePDFSubpages
BlueSpiceUniversalExport

Release notes

Detailed list of notable changes and bug fixes.

To submit feedback about this documentation, visit our community forum.

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+{{Featurepage|featured=true|featuredesc=BlueSpice 5 is here! Read about the notable changes now.|featurestart=04/09/2025}}
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 == New and enhanced features==
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-!Feature
+! style="" |Feature
-!Description
+! style="" |Description
-!Screenshot
+! style="width:350px;" |Screenshot
 |-
-!BPMN diagrams
+! style="" |BPMN diagrams
-|The extension CognitiveProcessDesigner has been fully reworked. Users now have the option to create BPMN-diagrams that create wiki pages in the background.
+| style="" |The extension CognitiveProcessDesigner has been fully reworked. Users now have the option to create BPMN-diagrams that create [[wiki pages]] in the background.
-{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  BPMN-diagrams documentation
+{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/CognitiveProcessDesigner|BPMN-diagrams documentation]]
-|[[File:CPD editor appending shapes.png|alt=example diagram in edit mode|center|thumb|350x350px|BPMN editor]]
+| style="width:350px;" |[[File:CPD editor appending shapes.png|alt=example diagram in edit mode|center|thumb|350x350px|BPMN editor]]
 |-
-!Multi-language support
+! style="" |Multi-language support
-|
+| style="" |''The translation feature in BlueSpice requires a DeepL API-Key. This is not provided by BlueSpice.''
-|
+'''On-the-fly translation:'''
+BlueSpice can now include a translation link for users who have set a language in their preferences that is different from the installation language (content language) of the wiki.
+'''Translation transfer:'''
+It is now possible for a wiki farm or for at least two separate wiki instances without the farm module to send translated articles from a source wiki to multiple target wikis.
+The namespaces in the different language wikis can be mapped directly in the wiki.
+{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceTranslationTransfer|Translation documentation]]
+| style="width:350px;" |
 |-
-! PDF Export
+! style="" | PDF Export
-|The PDF export is now based on a new PDF processor backend.
+| style="" |The PDF export is now based on a new PDF processor backend.
-Administrators can create and maintain multiple PDF templates directly in the wiki. Server-access is no longer required.
+Administrators can create and maintain multiple PDF [[templates]] directly in the wiki. Server-access is no longer required.
-{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  PDF export documentation
-|[[File:Pagedraft:pdf cover.png|alt=pdf cover of a building maintenance manual with worker in industrial bunny suit|center|thumb|212x212px|Custom PDF cover]]
+{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/PDFCreator|PDF export documentation]]
+| style="width:350px;" |[[File:pdf cover.png|alt=pdf cover of a building maintenance manual with worker in industrial bunny suit|center|thumb|212x212px|Custom PDF cover]]
 |-
-! Simple blog page
+! style="" | Simple blog page
-|We included a new simplified blogging and discussion system with commenting and voting features.
+| style="" |We included a new simplified blogging and discussion system with commenting and voting features.
 It replaces the BlueSpiceSocial extensions.
-|[[File:blog special page.png|alt=Standard blog page with two entries|center|thumb|350x350px|Blog page]]
-|-
+{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/SimpleBlogPage|Blog documentation]]
-!Link articles
+| style="width:350px;" |[[File:blog special page.png|alt=Standard blog page with two entries|center|thumb|350x350px|Blog page]]
-|We added the third-party extension LinkTitles.
-It allows to configure the wiki to automatically link page titles if they are found in the content of other wiki pages.
-|
 |-
-!Improved special pages
+! style="" |Improved special pages
-|
+| style="" |
-|
+| style="width:350px;" |[[File:PermissionManager custom setup.png|alt=Permission manager screenshot with numbered markings|center|thumb|350x350px|Improved permission manager]]
 |}
 == Important content changes ==
+The following features are affected by some content changes related to the replacement of some extensions.
+* Blog
+* Discussions
+* PDF export
+[[BlueSpice 5/Content changes|Review the content changes]] to determine if you need to make adjustments to your wiki.
-=== Blog functionality ===
+=== Replacement of extjs with oojs ===
-Blog and discussion entries do not carry over to BlueSpice 5. You need to start new blogs and discussions. If you used these features extensively in previous versions, talk to your project manager before updating your system to discuss possible migration scenarios.
+The visual output of grid-based elements is now provided by the framework [[mediawikiwiki:OOjs|OOjs]]. It replaces [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:ExtJSBase|Ext JS]]. This should not affect the overall functionality of the grid features.
-=== PDF templates (cloud edition only) ===
+==Added extensions (6)==
-Make sure to read the documentation on how to copy your template customization to the new template pages. Your customization will still work in BlueSpice 5 after moving it to the new pages. In addition, you now have much more flexibility by adding multiple templates for different exports.
+BlueSpice free:
-==Added extensions (4)==
+* [[Reference:PDFCreator |PDFCreator]]
-* BlueSpiceTranslationTransfer
+BlueSpice pro:
-* LinkTitles
+* [[Reference:AdhocTranslation|AdhocTranslation]]
-* PDFCreator
+* [[Reference:CommentStreams| CommentStreams]]
-* SimpleBlogPage
+* [[Reference:SimpleBlogPage| SimpleBlogPage]]
+* [[Reference:UserProfile| UserProfile]]
+BlueSpice farm:
-==Removed extensions (23)==
+* [[Reference:PDFCreator |BlueSpiceTranslationTransfer]]
+==Removed extensions (26)==
+*BlueSpiceDashboards
 *BlueSpiceExtendedFileList
-*BlueSpiceExtendedStatistics ❓
+*BlueSpiceGroupManager
+*BlueSpiceInsertLink
 *BlueSpiceInsertTemplate
-*BlueSpiceMultiUpload: replaced by EnhancedUpload
+*BlueSpiceMultiUpload
 *BlueSpiceSocial
-*BlueSpiceSocialBlog: replaced by SimpleBlogPage
+*BlueSpiceSocialBlog
-*BlueSpiceSocialProfile: new implementation already done as a replacement
+*BlueSpiceSocialProfile
 *BlueSpiceSocialComments
 *BlueSpiceSocialMicroBlog
 *BlueSpiceSocialRating
+*BlueSpiceSocialResolve
 *BlueSpiceSocialTags
-*BlueSpiceSocialResolve
+*BluespiceSocialTimelineUpdate
 *BlueSpiceSocialTopics
-*BluespiceSocialTimelineUpdate
 *BlueSpiceSocialWatch
 *BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
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 *BlueSpiceUEModulePDFRecursive
 *BlueSpiceUEModulePDFSubpages
+*BlueSpiceUniversalExport
+== Release notes ==
+[[Setup:Release Notes|{{Icon|1=bi bi-arrow-right-circle|2=|3=#0d6efd|4=0.2em}} Detailed list of notable changes and bug fixes.]]
 [[de:BlueSpice 4.5]]