Magic Words look like template calls (surrounded 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.
Magic Word | Meaning | Example |
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{{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 |
{{PAGENAMENS}} | Returns the title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: or following (suffix) | 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:
Magic Word | Meaning | Example |
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{{CURRENTTIME}} | Returns the current time | 07:57 |
{{CURRENTHOUR}} | Returns the current hour | 07 |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | Returns the current date and time | 202403290757 |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP2}} | Returns the current date and time in a prettier format | Fri Mar 29, 2024, 7:57:58 AM |
{{CURRENTDAY}} | Returns the current day of the month | 29 |
{{CURRENTDOW}} | Returns the current day of the week | Fri |
{{CURRENTDOWNAME}} | Returns the name of the current day of the week | Friday |
{{CURRENTDOY}} | Returns the current day of the year | 089 |
{{CURRENTMONTH}} | Returns the number of the current month (zero-padded to 2 characters) | 03 |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | Returns the name of the current month | March |
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Returns the abbreviated name of the current month | Mar |
{{CURRENTYEAR}} | Returns the current year | 2024 |
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