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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.

Table of contents

For details see Help:Section
Word Explanation
__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
__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).


Variables

For details see Help:Variable

Time

Word Example Explanation
{{CURRENTDAY}} 1 Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAY2}} 01 [MW1.6+] Ditto with leading zero (01 .. 31).
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Friday Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
{{CURRENTDOW}} 5 Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 11 The number 01 .. 12 of the month.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} Nov [MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} November Ditto in named form January .. December.
{{CURRENTTIME}} 07:17 The current time (00:00 .. 23:59).
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 44 Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2024 Returns the current year.
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} 20241101071756 [MW1.7+] ISO 8601 time stamp.

Statistics

Word Example Explanation
{{CURRENTVERSION}} 1.31.16 (7ab9dfd) [MW1.7+] [1]
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} 		235
235 		A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} 		953
953 		[MW1.7+] Returns the total number of pages. [2]
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}
{{NUMBEROFFILES:R}} 		54
54 		[MW1.5+] Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
{{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}} 		10
10 		[MW1.7+] Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table).
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}
{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}} 		1
1 		[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 .


Page names and related info

Word Example Explanation
{{PAGENAME}} Magic words Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle).
{{PAGENAMEE}} Magic_words More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (To use an articlename in an external link).
{{SUBPAGENAME}}
{{SUBPAGENAMEE}} 		Magic words
Magic_words 		[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
Magic_words 		[MW1.7+] The basename of a subpage ("Title" on "Title/Subtitle"), see Help:Link.
{{NAMESPACE}}
{{NAMESPACEE}} 		Help
Help 		Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
{{FULLPAGENAME}}
{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} 		Help:Magic words
Help:Magic_words 		[MW1.6+] Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
{{TALKSPACE}}
{{TALKSPACEE}} 		Help talk
Help_talk 		[MW1.7+] Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5)
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
{{SUBJECTSPACEE}} 		Help
Help 		[MW1.7+] Name of next even namespace (e.g. 5 => 4)
{{ARTICLESPACE}}
{{ARTICLESPACEE}} 		Help
Help 		[MW1.7+] An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)
{{TALKPAGENAME}}
{{TALKPAGENAMEE}} 		Help talk:Magic words
Help_talk:Magic_words 		[MW1.7+] FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}} 		Help:Magic words
Help:Magic_words 		[MW1.7+] FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}
{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}} 		Help:Magic words
Help:Magic_words 		[MW1.7+] An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E)
{{REVISIONID}} 1691 [MW1.5+] The unique identifying number of a page, see Help:Diff.
{{SITENAME}} lensowiki Value of .
{{SERVER}} http://www.lensovet.net Value of
{{SCRIPTPATH}} /~sysadmin/w [MW1.5+]
{{SERVERNAME}} www.lensovet.net [MW1.5+]

Colon functions

For details see Help:Colon function.

Namespaces and URLs

Word Example Explanation
{{ns:}} {{ns:4}} = lensowiki
{{ns:project}} = lensowiki 		Returns the name of a given namespace number.
{{localurl:x y @}}
{{localurle:x y @}}
{{localurl:a|b=c}} 		/~sysadmin/w/X_y_@
/~sysadmin/w/X_y_@
/~sysadmin/w/index.php?title=A&b=c 		Returns the local URL of a page (might not exist). Optional query parameter, see Help:Variable.
{{urlencode:x y @}} x+y+%40 [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
{{#language:}} {{#language:da}} = dansk [MW1.7+] Native name of language code.
{{lc:}} {{lc:AbC dEf}} = abc def [MW1.5+] LowerCase
{{lcfirst:}} {{lcfirst:Ab Cd}} = ab Cd [MW1.5+] LC first char.
{{uc:}} {{uc:aBc DeF}} = ABC DEF [MW1.5+] UpperCase
{{ucfirst:}} {{ucfirst:aB cD}} = AB cD [MW1.5+] UC first char.
{{formatnum:}} {{formatnum:299792458}} = 299,792,458 [MW1.7+] Add decimal separators according to the wiki's default locale.

Template modifiers

Usage Explanation
{{: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]
{{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
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
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
{{DISPLAYTITLE|xyz}} default disabled [MW 1.7+] Set the page's title [5], see .
{{DIRMARK}}
{{DIRECTIONMARK}} 		‎
‎ 		[MW1.7+] u+200E left to right or u+200D right to left mark
{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} en [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
{{ CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN }} November Genitive form of month name used for Czech, Polish, Ukrainian[6]
{{grammar:case | word }} {{grammar:7sg|Wikipedie}}
on cs: is Wikipedií. 		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 		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.

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