Help:Magic words

This is an organized 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}}	24	Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Monday	Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
{{CURRENTDOW}}	1	Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	02	The number 01 .. 12 of the month.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Feb	[MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	February	Ditto in named form January .. December.
{{CURRENTTIME}}	12:05	The current time (00:00 .. 23:59).
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	9	Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2025	Returns the current year.

Statistics

Word	Example	Explanation
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	1,582	A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	100	[MW1.5+] Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).

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).
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help	Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
{{REVISIONID}}	2139	[MW1.5+] The unique identifying number of a page, see Help:Diff.
{{SITENAME}}	wiki.thepatternofeverything.org	Web Site URL Name.
{{SERVER}}	http://wiki.archetypepattern.org	Web Site Address.
{{SCRIPTPATH}}		[MW1.5+]
{{SERVERNAME}}	wiki.archetypepattern.org	[MW1.5+]

Colon functions

For details see Help:Colon function.

Namespaces and URLs

Word	Example	Explanation
{{ns:}}	{{ns:4}} = wiki.thepatternofeverything.org {{ns:project}} = wiki.thepatternofeverything.org	Returns the name of a given namespace number.
{{localurl:x y}} {{localurle:%}}	{{localurl:x y}} {{localurle:%}}	Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist.

Formatting

Word	Example	Explanation
{{#language:}}	{{#language:da}} = dansk	[MW1.7+] Native name of language code.

Image 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=0]]	Manualthumb
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.

Miscellaneous

Word	Example	Explanation
#redirect	#REDIRECT [[target]] at top of source page	Creates a redirect to another page.