Help:Magic Words
Magic words are strings of codes which associates with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page names. This page is about usage of standard magic words.
Basically there are three types of magic words:
- Behavior Switches. These are uppercase words surrounded by double underscores (eg __FOO__)
- Variables. These are uppercase words surrounded by double braces (eg {{FOO}}).
- Parametric or Parser Functions. These take parameters and are either of the form {{foo:...}} or {{#foo:...}}.
Behaviour Switches
A behaviour switch controls the layout or behaviour of the page and can often be used to specify desired omissions and inclusions in the content.
| Word | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Table of contents | ||
| __NOTOC__ | Hides the table of contents (TOC). | |
| __FORCETOC__ | Forces the table of content to appear at its normal position (above the first header). | |
| __TOC__ | Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding __NOTOC__). If this is used multiple times, the table of contents will appear at the first word's position. | |
| Editing | ||
| __NOEDITSECTION__ | Hides the section edit links beside headings. | |
| __NEWSECTIONLINK__ | Adds a link beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page. | |
| __NONEWSECTIONLINK__ | Removes the link beside the "edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces. | |
| Categories | ||
| __NOGALLERY__ | Used on a category page, replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links. | |
| __HIDDENCAT__ | Used on a category page, hides the category from the lists of categories in its members and parent categories (there is an option in the user preferences to show them). | |
| Language conversion | ||
| __NOCONTENTCONVERT__ __NOCC__ |
On wikis with language variants, don't perform any content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, only show Chinese (zh) instead of variants like zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, or zh_hk. | |
| __NOTITLECONVERT__ __NOTC__ |
On wikis with language variants, don't perform language conversion on the title (all other content is converted). | |
| Other | ||
| __START__ | No effect. | |
| __END__ | Explicitly marks the end of the article, to prevent MediaWiki from removing trailing whitespace. | |
| __INDEX__ | Tell search engines to index the page. | |
| __NOINDEX__ | Tell search engines not to index the page (ie, do not list in search engines' results). | |
| __STATICREDIRECT__ | On redirect pages, don't allow wiki to automatically update the link when someone moves a page and checks "Update any redirects that point to the original title". | |
Variables
Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to templates. If a template name conflicts with a variable, the variable will be used (so to transclude the template Template:PAGENAME you would need to write {{Template:PAGENAME}}). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to treat a variable as a template; for example, {{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}} transcludes Template:CURRENTDAYNAME.
Date & time
The following variables return the current date and time according to the user's timezone preferences, defaulting to the UTC timezone.
Due to MediaWiki and browser caching, these variables frequently show when the page was cached rather than the current time.
| Template:Hl2| Variable | Template:Hl2| Output | Template:Hl2| Description | Template:Hl2| Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Year | |||
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2024 | Year | |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Month | |||
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 11 | Month (zero-padded number) | |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | November | Month (name) | |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} | November | Month (genitive form) | |
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Nov | Month (abbreviation) | 1.5+ |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Day | |||
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 21 | Day of the month (unpadded number) | |
| {{CURRENTDAY2}} | 21 | Day of the month (zero-padded number) | 1.6+ |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 4 | Day of the week (unpadded number) | |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Thursday | Day of the week (name) | |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Time | |||
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 22:08 | Time (24-hour HH:mm format) | |
| {{CURRENTHOUR}} | 22 | Hour (24-hour zero-padded number) | |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Other | |||
| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 47 | Week (number) | |
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | 20241121220835 | YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp | 1.7+ |
The following variables do the same as the above, but using the site's local timezone instead of user preferences and UTC:
- {{LOCALYEAR}}
- {{LOCALMONTH}}
- {{LOCALMONTHNAME}}
- {{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}
- {{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}
- {{LOCALDAY}}
- {{LOCALDAY2}}
- {{LOCALDOW}}
- {{LOCALDAYNAME}}
- {{LOCALTIME}}
- {{LOCALHOUR}}
- {{LOCALWEEK}}
- {{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}
Technical metadata
Revision variables return data about the latest edit to the current page, even if viewing an older version of the page.
| Template:Hl2| Variable | Template:Hl2| Output | Template:Hl2| Description | Template:Hl2| Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Site | |||
| {{SITENAME}} | Iskomunidad | The wiki's site name (Template:Mediawiki). | |
| {{SERVER}} | https://iskomunidad.upd.edu.ph | domain URL (Template:Mediawiki) | |
| {{SERVERNAME}} | iskomunidad.upd.edu.ph | domain name (Template:Mediawiki) | |
| {{DIRMARK}} {{DIRECTIONMARK}} |
|
Outputs a unicode-directional mark that matches the wiki's default language's direction (‎ on left-to-right wikis, ‏ on right-to-left wikis), useful in text with multi-directional text.
|
1.7+ |
| {{SCRIPTPATH}} | relative script path (Template:Mediawiki) | ||
| {{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.42.3 | The wiki's MediaWiki version. | 1.7+ |
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} | en | The wiki's default interface language (Template:Mediawiki) | 1.7+ |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Latest revision to current page | |||
| {{REVISIONID}} | 2624 | Unique ID | 1.5+ |
| {{REVISIONDAY}} | 3 | Day edit was made (unpadded number) | 1.8+ |
| {{REVISIONDAY2}} | 03 | Day edit was made (zero-padded number) | 1.8+ |
| {{REVISIONMONTH}} | 03 | Month edit was made (unpadded number) | 1.8+ |
| {{REVISIONYEAR}} | 2009 | Year edit was made | 1.8+ |
| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} | 20090303190201 | Timestamp as of time of edit | 1.8+ |
| {{PAGESIZE:page name}} | 0 | Returns the byte size of the specified page. | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{PROTECTIONLEVEL:action}} | protection level | Outputs the protection level (e.g. 'autoconfirm', 'sysop') for a given action (e.g. 'edit', 'move') on the current page or an empty string if not protected. | 1.15+ |
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Affects page content | |||
| {{DISPLAYTITLE:title}} | Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores. It can be disabled or enabled by Template:Mediawiki; disabled by default before 1.10+, enabled by default thereafter. | 1.7+ | |
| {{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey}} | Used on a categorized page, sets a default category sort key. | 1.10+ |
Statistics
Numbers returned by these variables normally contain separators (commas or spaces, depending on the local language), but can return raw numbers with the ":R" flag (for example, {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} → 22,801 and {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} → 22801). Use "|R" for magic words that require a parameter like PAGESINCATEGORY (for example {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}} and {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|R}}).
| Template:Hl2| Variable | Template:Hl2| Output | Template:Hl2| Description | Template:Hl2| Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Hl3 colspan="4"| Entire wiki | |||
| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} | 22,801 | Number of wiki pages. | 1.7+ |
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 3,711 | Number of pages in main namespace. | |
| {{NUMBEROFFILES}} | 14,954 | Number of uploaded files. | 1.5+ |
| {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} | 70,442 | Number of page edits. | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{NUMBEROFVIEWS}} | 60,267,808 | Number of page views. Usually useless on a wiki using caching. | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} | 5,923 | Number of registered users. | 1.7+ |
| {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} | 12 | Number of users in the sysop Template:Mediawiki. | 1.7+ |
| {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} | 6 | Number of active users, based on the critera used in Special:Statistics. | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname}} {{PAGESINCAT:Help}} |
1 1 |
Number of pages in the given category (replace "Help" with the relevant category name). | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{NUMBERINGROUP:groupname}} | 7 ({{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} used here) |
Number of users in a specific Template:Mediawiki. | Template:Mediawiki |
| {{PAGESINNS:index}} {{PAGESINNAMESPACE:index}} |
not enabled | Number of pages in the given namespace (replace 2 with the relevant namespace index). E.g. {{PAGESINNAMESPACE:14}} equals the number of categories. Disabled by default, enable with Template:Mediawiki. | 1.7+ |
Page names
| Template:Hl2| Variable | Template:Hl2| Output | Template:Hl2| Description | Template:Hl2| Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{FULLPAGENAME}} | Help:Magic Words | Namespace and page title. | 1.6+ |
| {{PAGENAME}} | Magic Words | Page title. | |
| {{BASEPAGENAME}} | Magic Words | Page title excluding the current subpage and namespace ("Title" on "Title/foo"). | 1.7+ |
| {{SUBPAGENAME}} | Magic Words | The subpage title ("foo" on "Title/foo"). | 1.6+ |
| {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} | Help:Magic Words | The namespace and title of the associated content page. | 1.7+ |
| {{TALKPAGENAME}} | Help talk:Magic Words | The namespace and title of the associated talk page. | 1.7+ |
The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
- {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
- {{PAGENAMEE}}
- {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}
- {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}
- {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
- {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}
As of Template:Mediawiki, these can all take a parameter, allowing specification of the page to be operated on, instead of just the current page:
- {{PAGENAME:Template:Main Page}} -> Main Page
Namespaces
| Template:Hl2| Variable | Template:Hl2| Output | Template:Hl2| Description | Template:Hl2| Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{NAMESPACE}} | Help | Namespace (name) | |
| {{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACE}} |
Help Help |
Name of the associated content namespace | 1.7+ |
| {{TALKSPACE}} | Help talk | Name of the associated talk namespace | 1.7+ |
The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
- {{NAMESPACEE}}
- {{SUBJECTSPACEE}}
- {{TALKSPACEE}}
As of Template:Mediawiki, these can all take a parameter, specifying the property should be returned for a given title instead of the current page:
- {{NAMESPACE:Template:Main Page}} -> Template