How Old is Your “Old Version” of Movable Type?
As After6 Services upgrades Movable Type users from older versions of Movable Type, we are posting information about older versions of Movable Type to this page.
If you are currently running Movable Type as your Content Management System, you should be running version 6.0.6, 5.2.11, or 5.1.8. Versions prior to these releases, including any version of Movable Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 have security vulnerabilities.
If you need help upgrading, contact us at customer.service@after6services.com and we will help you.
Here is the best data we have on when each version of Movable Type was released:
- Movable Type 1.x
- October 2001, Initial Release
- Movable Type 2.x
- February 13, 2003, Version 2.6
- February 13, 2003, Release of Movable Type Pro
- Movable Type 3.x
- 3.2
- August 25, 2005, Feature List
- 3.3
- September 23 – October 6, 2006, Beta Changelogs
- 3.2
- Movable Type 4.x
- 4.0
- June 19 – August 7, 2007, Beta Changelogs
- January 24, 2008, What’s New in Movable Type 4.0.
- 4.1
- October 1, 2008, Release Notes, problems are memory leaks and othe performance problems.
- 4.2
- Release Notes, security problems, improved password recovery mechanism.
- August 21, 2008, 4.21.
- 4.23 Release Notes
- February 26, 2009, 4.24
- 4.25 Release Notes
- 4.26 Release Notes
- 4.261 Release Notes
- 4.3
- July 29, 2009, 4.3 Release Notes
- 4.31 Release Notes
- 4.32 Release Notes
- January 5, 2010, 4.33 Announcement
- February 17, 2010, 4.34 Announcement and Release Notes
- December 7, 2010, 4.35 Security Update
- May 24, 2011, 4.36 Security Update
- June 8, 2011, 4.361 Security Update
- June 22, 2011, 4.37 Security Update
- February 21, 2012, 4.38 Security Update
- March 1, 2012, 4.38 Template Load Error Patch
- January 7, 2013, 4.38 Update Security Patch
- December 31, 2013, 4.381
- End of Life: This means do not use anymore because it’s no longer supported by Six Apart.
- 4.0
- Movable Type 5.x
- 5.0
- January 5, 2010, 5.0 Announcement, 5.0.1 Release Notes
…. - February 21, 2012, 5.07 Announcement
- End of Life: This means do not use anymore because it’s no longer supported by Six Apart.
- January 5, 2010, 5.0 Announcement, 5.0.1 Release Notes
- 5.1
(For some reason, Six Apart made releases in the 5.1 series, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, rather than 5.1.1, 5.1.2, etc. Confusing!)- May 24, 2011, 5.1 Release Notes
- June 8, 2011, 5.11 Release Notes
- June 22, 2011, 5.12 Release Notes
…. - December 10, 2014, 5.18 Announcement
- 5.2
- September 26, 2012, 5.2 Announcement
- December 5, 2012, 5.2.2 Announcement
- January 23, 2013, 5.2.3 Announcement
- 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6 not released in The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
- June 5, 2013, 5.2.6 Announcement
- June 25, 2013, 5.2.7 Announcement
…. - December 10, 2014, 5.2.11 Release Notes
- 6.0
- October 17, 2013, 6.0 Release Notes
…. - September 8, 2014, 6.0.4 Release Notes
- October 1, 2014, 6.0.5 Announcement
- December 10, 2014, 6.0.6 Announcement, 6.0.6 Release Notes
- October 17, 2013, 6.0 Release Notes
- 5.0
This page will be updated as more information can be put together.
If you want to share information about historical releases with us, please email customer.service [at] after6services.com.