diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d8de3b..50b99cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links/version.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links)
 [![Packagist download count](https://poser.pugx.org/mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links/d/total.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links)
 
-Semantic Interlanguage Links (a.k.a. SIL) is a [Semantic Mediawiki][smw] extension to
-create and manage interlanguage links.
+Semantic Interlanguage Links (a.k.a. SIL) is a [Semantic Mediawiki][smw] extension to create and manage
+interlanguage links.
 
 This extension helps to create interlanguage links and provides queryable annotations that:
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ This [video](https://vimeo.com/115871518) demonstrates the functionality of the
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- PHP 5.6 or later
-- MediaWiki 1.27 or later
-- [Semantic MediaWiki][smw] 2.5 or later
+- PHP 7.0 or later
+- MediaWiki 1.31 or later
+- [Semantic MediaWiki][smw] 3.0 or later
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -36,20 +36,13 @@ instructions provided.
 
 ### Step 1
 
-Change to the base directory of your MediaWiki installation. This is where the "LocalSettings.php"
-file is located. If you have not yet installed Composer do it now by running the following command
-in your shell:
-
-    wget https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
-
-### Step 2
-    
-If you do not have a "composer.local.json" file yet, create one and add the following content to it:
+Change to the base directory of your MediaWiki installation. If you do not have a "composer.local.json" file yet,
+create one and add the following content to it:
 
 ```
 {
 	"require": {
-		"mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links": "~1.5"
+		"mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links": "~2.0"
 	}
 }
 ```
@@ -57,23 +50,24 @@ If you do not have a "composer.local.json" file yet, create one and add the foll
 If you already have a "composer.local.json" file add the following line to the end of the "require"
 section in your file:
 
-    "mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links": "~1.5"
+    "mediawiki/semantic-interlanguage-links": "~2.0"
 
 Remember to add a comma to the end of the preceding line in this section.
 
-### Step 3
+### Step 2
 
 Run the following command in your shell:
 
     php composer.phar update --no-dev
 
-Note if you have Git installed on your system add the `--prefer-source` flag to the above command. Also
-note that it may be necessary to run this command twice. If unsure do it twice right away.
+Note if you have Git installed on your system add the `--prefer-source` flag to the above command.
+
+### Step 3
+
+Add the following line to the end of your "LocalSettings.php" file:
 
-### Verify installation success
+    wfLoadExtension( 'SemanticInterlanguageLinks' );
 
-As final step, you can verify SCI got installed by looking at the "Special:Version" page on your wiki and
-check that it is listed in the semantic extensions section.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -95,7 +89,6 @@ If you want to contribute work to the project please subscribe to the developers
 * [File an issue](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticLanguageLinks/issues)
 * [Submit a pull request](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticLanguageLinks/pulls)
 * Ask a question on [the mailing list](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_list)
-* Ask a question on the #semantic-mediawiki IRC channel on Freenode.
 
 ## Tests
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 7c98cc3..9d63ec7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 This file contains the RELEASE-NOTES of the Semantic Interlanguage Links (a.k.a. SIL) extension.
 
+### 2.0.0
+
+Released on September 4, 2019.
+
+* Minimum requirement for
+  * PHP changed to version 7.0 and later
+  * MediaWiki changed to version 1.31.0 and later
+  * Semantic MediaWiki changed to version 3.0 and later
+* #71 Adds support for extension registration via "extension.json"  
+  → Now you have to use `wfLoadExtension( 'SemanticInterlanguageLinks' );` in the "LocalSettings.php" file to invoke the extension
+* Localization updates from https://translatewiki.net
+
+
 ### 1.5.0
 
 Released on October 8, 2018.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e3c4c39..75d8a0d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 		"source": "https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticInterlanguageLinks"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=5.6.0",
+		"php": ">=7.0",
 		"composer/installers": "1.*,>=1.0.1",
 		"onoi/cache": "~1.2",
-		"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki": "~2.5|~3.0"
+		"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki": "~3.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki": "@dev"
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 3368995..9a15f8f 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "SemanticInterlanguageLinks",
-	"version": "2.0.0-alpha",
+	"version": "2.0.0",
 	"author": [
 		"James Hong Kong",
 		"..."
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 	"license-name": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 	"type": "semantic",
 	"requires": {
-		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.27"
+		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.31",
+		"extensions": {
+			"SemanticMediaWiki": ">= 3.0"
+		}
 	},
 	"MessagesDirs": {
 		"SemanticInterlanguageLinks": [
@@ -23,5 +26,5 @@
 		"SemanticInterlanguageLinks::onExtensionFunction"
 	],
 	"load_composer_autoloader": true,
-	"manifest_version": 1
+	"manifest_version": 2
 }