Help:Magic words
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.
Contents
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
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+] Ditto with leading zero (01 .. 31). |
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Monday
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Name of the day in the language of the project or English. |
{{CURRENTDOW}} | 1
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Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...). |
{{CURRENTMONTH}} | 12
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The number 01 .. 12 of the month. |
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Dec
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[MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec. |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | December
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Ditto in named form January .. December. |
{{CURRENTTIME}} | 01:15
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The current time (00:00 .. 23:59). |
{{CURRENTWEEK}} | 52
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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}} | 20241223011525
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[MW1.7+] ISO 8601 time stamp. |
Statistics
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.31.16 (7ab9dfd)
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[MW1.7+] [1] |
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} |
235 235
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A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki. |
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} |
954 954
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[MW1.7+] Returns the total number of pages. [2] |
{{NUMBEROFFILES}} {{NUMBEROFFILES:R}} |
54 54
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[MW1.5+] Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table). |
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}} |
10 10
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[MW1.7+] Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table). |
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}} {{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}} |
1 1
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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 . |
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/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages, see Help:Link. |
{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}} |
Magic words
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[MW1.7+] The basename of a subpage ("Title" on "Title/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 next 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}} | 1691
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[MW1.5+] The unique identifying number of a page, see Help:Diff. |
{{SITENAME}} | lensowiki
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Value of . |
{{SERVER}} | http://www.lensovet.net | Value of |
{{SCRIPTPATH}} | /~sysadmin/w
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[MW1.5+] |
{{SERVERNAME}} | www.lensovet.net
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[MW1.5+] |
Colon functions
- For details see Help:Colon function.
Namespaces and URLs
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{ns:}} | {{ns:4}} = lensowiki {{ns:project}} = lensowiki
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Returns the name of a given namespace number. |
{{localurl:x y @}} {{localurle:x y @}} {{localurl:a|b=c}} |
/~sysadmin/w/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] |
{{fullurl:x y @}} {{fullurle:x y @}} {{fullurl:m:a|b=c}} |
http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/X_y_@ http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/X_y_@ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/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}} = 299,792,458
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[MW1.7+] Add decimal separators according to the wiki's default locale. |
Template modifiers
Usage | Explanation |
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{{:xyz}} | A bare colon is no template modifier, it's the prefix for the main namespace. Test e.g. article {{:UTC}} vs. template {{UTC}} |
{{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 [4]
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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 w:en:Wikipedia: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 [5], see . |
{{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 |
#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 }} | December
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Genitive form of month name used for Czech, Polish, Ukrainian[6] |
{{grammar:case | word }} | {{grammar:7sg|Wikipedie}} on cs: is Wikipedií .
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Derived word forms in inflected languages like Czech [7] |
{{plural:count |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 [8] based on "count mod 10". |
"Grammar" and "Plural" are language-dependent functions, defined in [9], [10], 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.
- Source for Language.php
- Source for MagicWord.php
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