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xslt query parameter removal on /w/api.php
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Calls to /w/api.php, query parameter xslt on Wikimedia Commons stopped working on November 30, 2025.
Calls it hits
/w/api.phpquery parameter xslt
What to use instead of these calls
Stop passing an XSLT stylesheet and transform the API's JSON or XML output client-side instead.
In Wikimedia Commons's words
Support for the format=xml&*xlst={stylesheet}* will be removed from Wikimedia projects by the end of November, 2025.
Facts
- API
- Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org - Kind
- Parameter removal
- Announced
- November 21, 2025
- Takes effect
- November 30, 2025
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Wikimedia Commons's own pages
Questions
When does this change take effect?
Calls to /w/api.php, query parameter xslt on Wikimedia Commons stopped working on November 30, 2025.
What happens to calls after November 30, 2025?
They have failed since November 30, 2025.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
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You fixed this one by hand.
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