Help:Magic Words
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This is an organised index of Magic words used in MediaWiki. Tags such as "[MW1.5+]" indicate the version that first supported the magic word. "XYZ" indicates user input, which is used in the example.
Table of contents
- For details see Help:Section
Word | Explanation |
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__NOTOC__ | Hides ToC on the current page. |
__FORCETOC__ | Forces the table of contents to appear. |
__TOC__ | Places a ToC here (overriding any __NOTOC__). |
More magic
Word | Explanation |
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__NOEDITSECTION__ | Hides the edit links beside headings. |
__NEWSECTIONLINK__ | [MW1.7+] Gives a "+"-link next to the edit-tab to make a new section on a non-talk page. |
__NOCONTENTCONVERT__ __NOCC__ |
Don't perform the content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, Chinese zh with zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, zh_hk. |
__NOGALLERY__ | [MW1.7+] This magic word allows images in category pages to be displayed as inline links instead of gallery. |
__NOTITLECONVERT__ __NOTC__ |
Like __NOCC__ but affecting article title only. |
__END__ | Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save. |
__START__ | This magic word has no effect but an ID in MagicWord.php (MAG_START ).
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Variables
- For details see Help:Variable
Time
The time in UTC.
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{CURRENTDAY}} | 23
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Displays the current day in numeric form. |
{{CURRENTDAY2}} | 23
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[MW1.6+] Same as {{CURRENTDAY}}, but with leading zero (01 .. 31). |
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Saturday
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Name of the day in the language of the project or English. |
{{CURRENTDOW}} | 6
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Same as {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...). |
{{CURRENTMONTH}} | 11
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The number 01 .. 12 of the month. |
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Nov
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[MW1.5+] Same as {{CURRENTMONTH}}, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec. |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | November
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Same as {{CURRENTMONTH}}, but in named form January .. December. |
{{CURRENTTIME}} | 03:30
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The current time (00:00 .. 23:59). |
{{CURRENTHOUR}} | 03
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The current hour (00 .. 23). |
{{CURRENTWEEK}} | 47
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Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero. |
{{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2024
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Returns the current year. |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | 20241123033010
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[MW1.7+] ISO 8601 time stamp. |
Local time
The time depending on the local timezone of the wiki. (All words [MW1.8+] )
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{LOCALDAY}} | 23
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Displays the local day of the month in numeric form. |
{{LOCALDAY2}} | 23
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Same as {{LOCALDAY}}, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31). |
{{LOCALDAYNAME}} | Saturday
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Name of the day in the language of the project or English. |
{{LOCALDOW}} | 6
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Same as {{LOCALDAYNAME}}, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...). |
{{LOCALMONTH}} | 11
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The number 01 .. 12 of the month. |
{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}} | Nov
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Same as {{LOCALMONTH}}, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec. |
{{LOCALMONTHNAME}} | November
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Same as {{LOCALMONTH}}, but in named form as January .. December. |
{{LOCALTIME}} | 03:30
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The local time (00:00 .. 23:59). |
{{LOCALHOUR}} | 03
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The local hour (00 .. 23). |
{{LOCALWEEK}} | 47
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Number of the local week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero. |
{{LOCALYEAR}} | 2024
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Returns the local year. |
{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}} | 20241123033010
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ISO 8601 time stamp. |
- See also the ParserFunction #time:
Statistics
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.35.3
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[MW1.7+] Template:H:mwg [1] |
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} |
9,136 9136
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A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki. |
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} |
82,064 82064
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[MW1.7+] Returns the total number of pages. [2] |
{{NUMBEROFFILES}} {{NUMBEROFFILES:R}} |
8,515 8515
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[MW1.5+] Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table). |
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}} |
358,030 358030
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[MW1.7+] Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table). |
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}} {{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}} |
6 6
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[MW1.7+] Returns the number of administrators (sysop, bureaucrat, steward and checkuser). |
{{PAGESINNAMESPACE}} | disabled here | Longer alias of PAGESINNS |
{{PAGESINNS:ns}} {{PAGESINNS:ns:R}} |
{{PAGESINNS:2}} {{PAGESINNS:2:R}} disabled here |
[MW1.7+] Returns the number of pages in the given namespace. Disabled by default, enable with Template:H:mwg. |
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{PAGENAME}} | Magic Words
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Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle). |
{{PAGENAMEE}} | Magic_Words
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More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (To use an articlename in an external link). |
{{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} |
Magic Words
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[MW1.6+] Name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Subtitle" on "Title/Other/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages, see Help:Link. |
{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}} |
Magic Words
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[MW1.7+] The basename of a subpage ("Title/Other" on "Title/Other/Subtitle"), see Help:Link. |
{{NAMESPACE}} {{NAMESPACEE}} |
Help
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Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in. |
{{FULLPAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}} |
Help:Magic Words
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[MW1.6+] Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME |
{{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}} |
Help talk
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[MW1.7+] Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5) |
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}} |
Help
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[MW1.7+] Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 => 4) |
{{ARTICLESPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACEE}} |
Help
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[MW1.7+] An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E) |
{{TALKPAGENAME}} {{TALKPAGENAMEE}} |
Help talk:Magic Words
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[MW1.7+] FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE |
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}} |
Help:Magic Words
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[MW1.7+] FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE |
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}} |
Help:Magic Words
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[MW1.7+] An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E) |
{{REVISIONID}} | 6304
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[MW1.5+] The unique identifying number of a page, see Help:Diff. |
{{REVISIONDAY}} | 12
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[MW1.8+] The day on which the page was last modified. |
{{REVISIONDAY2}} | 12
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[MW1.8+] The day on which the page was last modified, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31). |
{{REVISIONMONTH}} | 01
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[MW1.8+] The month in which the page was last modified. |
{{REVISIONYEAR}} | 2007
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[MW1.8+] The year in which the page was last modified. |
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} | 20070112004706
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[MW1.8+] ISO 8601 time stamp, indicating when the page was last modified. |
{{SITENAME}} | MyWikiBiz
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Value of Template:H:mwg. |
{{SERVER}} | https://mywikibiz.com | Value of Template:H:mwg |
{{SCRIPTPATH}} |
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[MW1.5+] Template:H:mwg |
{{SERVERNAME}} | mywikibiz.com
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[MW1.5+] Template:H:mwg |
Parser functions
- For details see Help:Parser function.
Namespaces and URLs
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{ns:}} | {{ns:4}} = MyWikiBiz {{ns:project}} = MyWikiBiz
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Returns the name of a given namespace number. |
{{localurl:x y @}} {{localurle:x y @}} {{localurl:a|b=c}} |
/X_y_@
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Returns the local URL of a page (might not exist). Optional query parameter, see Help:Variable. |
{{urlencode:x y @}} | x+y+%40
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[MW1.7+] Encodes variable values for use in external links. [3] |
{{anchorencode:x #y @}} | x_.23y_.40
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[MW1.8+] Encodes variable values for use in section anchors. [4] |
{{fullurl:x y @}} {{fullurle:x y @}} {{fullurl:m:a|b=c}} |
https://mywikibiz.com/X_y_@ https://mywikibiz.com/X_y_@ https://mywikibiz.com/index.php?title=M:a&b=c |
[MW1.5+] Returns the full URL of a given page. Optional query parameter as for localurl:. |
Formatting
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{#language:}} | {{#language:da}} = dansk
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[MW1.7+] Native name of language code. |
{{lc:}} | {{lc:AbC dEf}} = abc def
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[MW1.5+] LowerCase |
{{lcfirst:}} | {{lcfirst:Ab Cd}} = ab Cd
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[MW1.5+] LC first char. |
{{uc:}} | {{uc:aBc DeF}} = ABC DEF
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[MW1.5+] UpperCase |
{{ucfirst:}} | {{ucfirst:aB cD}} = AB cD
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[MW1.5+] UC first char. |
{{formatnum:}} | {{formatnum:-299792458.56789}} = -299,792,458.56789
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[MW1.7+] Add decimal separators according to the wiki's default locale. Leading minus and plus are recognized. |
{{padleft:}} {{padright:}} |
{{padleft:bcd|6|a}} = aaabcd {{padleft:café|6|-}}=--café {{padright:bcd|6|a}} = bcdaaa
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[MW1.8+] Pads a string with a character to the specified width. |
A letter like é counts for two. It does not seem possible to use padleft and padright for padding with characters with a multi-character code, such as , which would be useful with padleft for sorting tables with Javascript.
Template modifiers
Usage | Explanation |
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{{:xyz}} | A bare colon is not a template modifier, it's the prefix for the main namespace. Test e.g. article {{:UTC}} vs. template {{UTC}}. Using this syntax you include the text of the main namespace article xyz in another article. |
{{int:xyz}} | Shorthand for {{MediaWiki:xyz}}, rendered as ⧼xyz⧽ if MediaWiki:xyz doesn't exist. See Help:MediaWiki namespace. |
{{msg:xyz}} | Try {{Template:xyz}} before magic word xyz, without this modifier it's the other way around. No additional effect if there is no template xyz. |
{{msgnw:xyz}} | The unevaluated wikitext is rendered. See msgnw. |
{{raw:xyz}} | [MW1.6+] Like {{msg:}} Template:Unclear [5]
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{{subst:xyz}} | In the wikitext, the tag is substituted by the content (single-level evaluation only), see Help:Substitution. |
Image modifiers
- For details see Centiare:Extended image syntax.
These are image modifiers used in [[Image:title.ext|modifier|...|modifier]]
links. Some are mutually exclusive, and then the last specified wins.
Size
The last unrecognized modifier is used as caption for framed images or together with thumbnails. It's also used as description alt=text.
Word | Usage | Explanation |
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framed frame enframed |
[[Image:Mediawiki.png|framed]] | Places an image in a frame with a description. Uses original size. |
thumbnail thumb |
[[Image:Mediawiki.png|thumbnail]] | Modifies image size, sets it to dependant on user's favourite thumbnail size in their preferences. |
thumb=xyz | [[Image:Mediawiki.png|thumb=Wiki.png]] | Manualthumb: instead of displaying an automatically-sized thumbnail for Mediawiki.png, display the image Wiki.png. |
width px | [[Image:Mediawiki.png|40px]] | Scales image to given width in pixels |
Position
- For details see Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files
The positions are mutually exclusive, the last specified wins. Template:- can stop floating. For inline images only modifier px (see above) is supported.
Word | Usage | Explanation |
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right | [[Image:Mediawiki.png|right]] | Modifies position, floats the image to the right. |
left | [[Image:Mediawiki.png|left]] | Modifies position, floats the image to the left. |
none | [[Image:Mediawiki.png|none]] | Explicitly states that the image should not float. |
center centre |
[[Image:Mediawiki.png|center]] | Modifies position, like none but centered. |
Miscellany
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:xyz}} | default disabled | [MW 1.7+] Set the page's title [6], see Template:H:mwg. |
{{DIRMARK}} {{DIRECTIONMARK}} |
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[MW1.7+] u+200E left to right or u+200D right to left mark |
{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} | en
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[MW1.7+] Default content Template:H:mwg |
{{DEFAULTSORT:xyz}} | [MW1.10+] Sets a default category sort key for the current page[1]. | |
#redirect | #REDIRECT [[target]] at top of source page |
Creates a redirect to another page. |
Language-dependent word conversions
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{ CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN }} | November
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Genitive form of month name used for Czech, Polish, Ukrainian[7] |
word }} | {{grammar:7sg|Wikipedie}} on cs: is Wikipedií .
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Derived word forms in inflected languages like Czech [8] |
form1 |form2 }} {{plural:count |1st | 2nd | 3rd }} |
{{plural: 2 | is | are }} outputs are {{plural: 0 | this | these }} outputs these
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count 1 yields form1 (singular), plural transformations are used for languages like Russian [9] based on "count mod 10". |
"Grammar" and "Plural" are language-dependent functions, defined in [10], [11], etc. (note that in PHP, the modulo operator is the percent sign).
"Grammar" can either be applied to predefined words only, or to arbitrary words, depending on whether the definition is just a 2D array, or involves string manipulations. See also cs:Šablona:Wikivar/GRAMMAR.
"Plural" is a project-dependent switch function, e.g. giving the first text if count = 1, the second if count = 2,3, or 4, and else the third. See also mediazilla:5805 for the use of "plural" in system messages.
See also
- Parser functions #expr:, #if:, #ifeq:, etc.
- mw:Manual:Magic words
- Source for Language.php
- Source for MagicWord.php
References
- ^ "Technology report", en-Wikipedia Signpost, January 2007