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Magic Words look like template calls (surround by double curly braces) but most have no parameters and return a system variable value. Traditionally they are always typed in all-caps to make them easy to see in the template code, but they are actually case-insensitive.

URL Magic
Magic WordMeaningExample
{{PAGENAME}}Returns the title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace:Magic Words
{{PAGENAMEE}}Returns the url-encoded title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace:Magic_Words
{{NAMESPACE}}Returns the url-encoded namespace portion of the current wiki page title (without the colon)Wiki
{{ARTICLES|category}} (proposed)Returns the number of articles in a given category, or the total number of articles in the wikibase, not including category pages.ARTICLES
{{PAGES|category}} (proposed)Returns the total number of pages in a given category, or the total number of pages in the wikibase, including category pages.PAGES

About the following Magic Words:

  • If you are not a registered user or are not logged in, Time is given as UTC.
  • If you are logged in the timezone value in your profile is used to adjust the date/time to your local timezone.

Date/Time Magic
Magic WordMeaningExample
{{CURRENTTIME}}Returns the current time 07:29
{{CURRENTHOUR}}Returns the current hour 07
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}Returns the current date and time202403290729
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP2}}Returns the current date and time in a prettier formatFri Mar 29, 2024, 7:29:25 AM
{{CURRENTDAY}}Returns the current day of the month29
{{CURRENTDOW}}Returns the current day of the weekFri
{{CURRENTDOWNAME}}Returns the name of the current day of the week Friday
{{CURRENTDOY}}Returns the current day of the year089
{{CURRENTMONTH}}Returns the number of the current month (zero-padded to 2 characters)03
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}Returns the name of the current monthMarch
{{CURRENTMONTHABREV}}Returns the abbreviated name of the current month Mar
{{CURRENTYEAR}}Returns the current year2024
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