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 |
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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. |
__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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Formatting
- For details see Help:Colon function
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{lc:}} | {{lc:AbC dEf}} = abc def
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[MW1.5+] LowerCase |
{{uc:}} | {{uc:aBc DeF}} = ABC DEF
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[MW1.5+] UpperCase |
{{lcfirst:}} | {{lcfirst:Ab Cd}} = ab Cd
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[MW1.5+] LC first char. |
{{ucfirst:}} | {{ucfirst:aB cD}} = AB cD
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[MW1.5+] UC first char. |
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:}} [unclear] [1]
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{{subst:xyz}} | In the wikitext, the tag is substituted by the content (single-level evaluation only), see Help:Substitution. |
Time
- For details see Help:Variable
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{CURRENTDAY}} | 22
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Displays the current day in numeric form. |
{{CURRENTDAY2}} | 22
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[MW1.5+] Ditto with leading zero 01 .. 31). |
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Wednesday
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Name of the day in the language of the project or English. |
{{CURRENTDOW}} | 3
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Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...). |
{{CURRENTMONTH}} | 10
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The number 01 .. 12 of the month. |
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Oct
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[MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec. |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | October
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Ditto in named form January .. December. |
{{CURRENTTIME}} | 04:42
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The current time (00:00 .. 23:59). |
{{CURRENTWEEK}} | 43
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Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero. |
{{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2025
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Returns the current year. |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | 20251022044254
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[MW1.7+] ISO 8601 time stamp. |
Page names, locations, and URLs
- For details see Help:Variable
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/Sub-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+] Returns the name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Title/Subtitle" becomes "Subtitle"). |
{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}} |
Magic words
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[MW1.7+] The basename of a subpage ("Title/Subtitle" becomes "Title") |
{{NAMESPACE}} {{NAMESPACEE}} |
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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 |
{{REVISIONID}} | -
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[MW1.5+] The unique identifying number of a page, see Help:Diff. |
{{SITENAME}} | Meta-Wiki
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Value of $wgSitename. |
{{ns:}} | {{ns:4}} = Meta {{ns:project}} = Meta
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Returns the name of a given namespace number. |
{{localurl:x y}} {{localurle:%}} |
/wiki/X_y
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Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist. |
{{urlencode: x y %@ }} | x+y+%25%40 | [MW1.7+] To use a variable (parameter in a template) with spaces in an external link. [2] |
{{SERVER}} | //meta.wikimedia.org | Value of $wgServer |
{{fullurl:x y}} {{fullurle:x y}} |
//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/X_y //meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/X_y |
[MW1.5+] Returns the full URL of a given page. |
{{SCRIPTPATH}} | /w
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[MW1.5+] $wgScriptPath. |
{{SERVERNAME}} | meta.wikimedia.org
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[MW1.5+] $wgServerName. |
{{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}} |
Help talk
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[MW1.7+] Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5) |
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}} |
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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) |
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=0]] | Manualthumb [unclear] |
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}} | Template:DISPLAYTITLE
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[MW 1.7+] [unclear] [3] |
{{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.45.0-wmf.23 (441bb15)
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[MW1.7+] Returns the current version of MediaWiki being run. [4] |
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFARTICLES|R}} |
159,128 Template:NUMBEROFARTICLES
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A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki. |
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} {{NUMBEROFPAGES|R}} |
12,794,326 Template:NUMBEROFPAGES
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[MW1.7+] Returns the total number of pages. [5] |
{{NUMBEROFFILES}} {{NUMBEROFFILES|R}} |
1,874 Template:NUMBEROFFILES
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[MW1.5+] Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table). |
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS|R}} |
44,921,572 Template:NUMBEROFUSERS
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[MW1.7+] Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table). |
{{DIRMARK}} {{DIRECTIONMARK}} |
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[MW1.7+] u+200E left to right or u+200D right to left mark |
{{#language:}} | {{#language:da}} = dansk | Gives the local name of a language code. |
#redirect | #REDIRECT [[target]] at top of source page |
Creates a redirect to another page. |
Project-dependent word conversions
Word | Example | Explanation |
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{{ CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN }} | October
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Genitive form of CURRENTMONTHNAME used for languages like [unclear] [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 project-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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