mw wiki page history

mw wiki page history TITLE [flags]

Read paginated revision metadata, newest first by default. This does not download revision content. –limit counts distinct revisions; 0 means unlimited. Timestamps use RFC3339, with explicit timezone offsets accepted. Suppressed user/comment fields remain marked as hidden. A redirect’s own history is read rather than following its target.

Options

--by-user <string>

Only revisions by this user or IP address

--end <string>

End timestamp in RFC3339 format

--exclude-user <string>

Exclude revisions by this user or IP address

--format <string>

Format the specified output

--limit <int>

Maximum distinct revisions (0 means unlimited) Default: 20.

--order <string>

Traversal order: older (newest first) or newer (oldest first) Default: older.

-o, --output <string>

Output format (jq|json|table) Default: auto.

--start <string>

Start timestamp in RFC3339 format

Global options

--anon

Use anonymous access instead of saved credentials

--help

Help for this command

--no-interaction

Do not ask any interactive questions

--password <string>

Wiki login password (or bot password)

--password-file <string>

Read the login password from a file

--profile <string>

Saved profile name or REALM/NAME

--realm <string>

Shared-login realm (wikimedia and wikibase-world are built in)

--username <string>

Wiki login username (use Name@bot for a bot password)

-v, --verbose <count>

Increase output verbosity. Example: --verbose=2 or -vv

--wiki <string>

Wiki URL or API endpoint

Examples

mw wiki page history Earth --limit 10
mw wiki page history Earth --order newer --start 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z --output json

See also

• mw wiki page