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Variables

From Help:Magic words#Variables. These all take an optional parameter to operate on a page other than the current one. Append an "E" for equivalents encoded for use in MediaWiki URLs (e.g {{PAGENAMEE}}, {{NAMESPACEE}}).

Template	Result	Descrip
{{FULLPAGENAME}}	User:AlanM1/Variables	Page title including namespace
{{PAGENAME}}	AlanM1/Variables	Page title excluding namespace
{{BASEPAGENAME}}	AlanM1	Page title excluding current subpage and namespace effectively the parent page without the namespace.
{{SUBPAGENAME}}	Variables	Subpage part of title
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}	User:AlanM1/Variables	Associated non-talk page
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}	User:AlanM1/Variables	Associated non-talk page
{{TALKPAGENAME}}	User talk:AlanM1/Variables	Associated talk page
{{NAMESPACE}}	User	Namespace of current page
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}	User	Associated non-talk namespace
{{ARTICLESPACE}}	User	Associated non-talk namespace
{{TALKSPACE}}	User talk	Associated talk namespace

These do not take a parameter:

Template	Result	Descrip
{{SITENAME}}	Wikipedia	Site name
{{SERVER}}	//en.wikipedia.org	Server
{{SERVERNAME}}	en.wikipedia.org	Server name
{{SCRIPTPATH}}	/w	Script path
{{CURRENTVERSION}}	1.47.0-wmf.5 (86eebe7)	Current MediaWiki version
{{REVISIONID}}	-	Latest revision to current page
{{REVISIONDAY}}	18	Date, time, editor at last edit
{{REVISIONDAY2}}	18
{{REVISIONMONTH}}	05
{{REVISIONYEAR}}	2026
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}	20260518153315
{{REVISIONUSER}}	Zinnober9
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2026	Current date/time variables
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	06
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	June
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Jun
{{CURRENTDAY}}	9
{{CURRENTDAY2}}	09
{{CURRENTDOW}}	2
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Tuesday
{{CURRENTTIME}}	06:32
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	06
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	24
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20260609063206
{{LOCALYEAR}}	2026	Site local date/time variables
{{LOCALMONTH}}	06
{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}	June
{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}	Jun
{{LOCALDAY}}	9
{{LOCALDAY2}}	09
{{LOCALDOW}}	2
{{LOCALDAYNAME}}	Tuesday
{{LOCALTIME}}	06:32
{{LOCALHOUR}}	06
{{LOCALWEEK}}	24
{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}	20260609063206
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	65,745,487	Statistics on English Wikipedia Add `\|R` to return numbers without commas
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	7,193,063
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	969,477
{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}	1,353,760,888
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	53,192,951
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}	814
{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}	275,264

Parser functions

From Help:Magic words#Parser functions. These are fully documented at the Meta magic words page or ParserFunctions Extension documentation unless otherwise stated. {{{0}}} (arg0) is the arg after the colon, before the pipe before {{{1}}} (arg1).

Metadata

Add |R (i.e. {{{1}}}=R) to return numbers without commas.

Template	Result	Descrip
`{{PAGEID}}`	37960895	Unique page identifier number
`{{PAGESIZE:User:AlanM1/Variables}}`	13,323	Size of page `{{{0}}}` in bytes
`{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}}`		Protection level for action `{{{0}}}` on the current page
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia features}}`	93	Number of pages in category `{{{0}}}`
`{{NUMBERINGROUP:checkuser}}`	46	Number of users in group `{{{0}}}`

Formatting

Template	Result	Descrip
`{{lc:STRING}}`	string	Convert `{{{0}}}` to lower-case
`{{lcfirst:STRING}}`	sTRING	Convert first character of `{{{0}}}` to lower case
`{{uc:string}}`	STRING	Convert `{{{0}}}` to upper case
`{{ucfirst:string}}`	String	Convert first character of `{{{0}}}` to upper case
`{{formatnum:1234567}}`	1,234,567	Format `{{{0}}}` with comma separators
`{{formatnum:1,234,567\|R}}`	1234567	Unformat `{{{0}}}` with comma separators
`{{#formatdate:7 October 2012\|default_format}}`	October 7, 2012	Formats date in `{{{0}}}` according to user's preference. If no preference set, `{{{1}}}` (default_format) (one of `mdy, dmy, ymd, ISO 8601`) is used.
`{{padleft:string\|8}}`	00string	Pad `{{{0}}}` with zeros to the right or left; an alternative padding string can be given as `{{{2}}}`; the alternative padding string may be truncated if its length does not evenly divide by the required number of characters (i.e. the result is always `{{{1}}}` chars long)
`{{padleft:string\|8\|/}}`	//string
`{{padright:string\|8}}`	string00
`{{padright:string\|8\|/}}`	string//
`{{plural:1\|is\|are}}`	is	Returns `{{{1}}}` if `{{{0}}}` is 1, `{{{2}}}` if `{{{0}}}` is greater than 1
`{{plural:3\|is\|are}}`	are
`{{#time:format_string\|date_time_object}}`		Format `{{{1}}}` date/time according to `{{{0}}}` format string (see mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#.23time extension documentation page)
`{{#timel:format_string\|date_time_object}}`		Like `#time`, but for local time.
`{{gender:username\|masculine\|female\|neutral}}`	neutral	Produces alternative text according to the gender specified by the given user in his/her preferences
`{{#tag:tagname\|content}}`	<tagname ''parameter1''="'value1'" ''parameter2''="'value2'"> content </tagname>	Equivalent to an HTML tag or pair of tags; can be used for nesting references

Paths

Template	Result	Descrip
`{{localurl:AlanM1/Variables}}` `{{localurl:AlanM1/Variables\|query string}}`	/wiki/AlanM1/Variables /w/index.php?title=AlanM1/Variables&query string	Relative path to the title
`{{fullurl:AlanM1/Variables}}` `{{fullurl:AlanM1/Variables\|query_string}}`	//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlanM1/Variables //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AlanM1/Variables&query_string	Absolute path to the title, without a protocol prefix
`{{canonicalurl:AlanM1/Variables}}` `{{canonicalurl:AlanM1/Variables\|query_string}}`	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlanM1/Variables https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AlanM1/Variables&query_string	Absolute path to the title, with a protocol prefix
`{{filepath:file name}}`		Absolute URL to a media file
`{{urlencode:string}}`	string	Input encoded for use in URLs
`{{anchorencode:string}}`	string	Input encoded for use in URL section anchors
`{{ns:n}}` `{{nse:n}}`	{{ns:n}} {{nse:n}}	Name for the namespace with index n; use for the equivalent encoded for MediaWiki URLs
`{{#rel2abs:path}}`	path	Converts a relative file path to absolute; see the extension documentation
`{{#titleparts:pagename\|number of segments to return\|first segment to return}}`	Pagename	Splits title into parts; see the extension documentation

Conditional expressions

These are covered at the extension documentation page. Some parameters are optional.

Template	Result	Descrip
`{{#expr: expression}}`	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "'".	Evaluates the given expression; see Help:Calculation
`{{#if: test string\|value if non-empty\|value if empty}}`	value if non-empty	Selects one of two values based on whether the test string is empty
`{{#ifeq: string 1\|string 2\|value if equal\|value if unequal}}`	value if unequal	Selects one of two values based on whether the test strings are equal – numerically if applicable
`{{#iferror: test string\|value if error\|value if correct}}`	value if correct	Selects value based on whether the test string generates a parser error
`{{#ifexpr: expression\|value if true\|value if false}}`	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "'".	Selects value based on evaluation of expression
`{{#ifexist: page title\|value if exists\|value if doesn't exist}}`	value if doesn't exist	Selects value depending on whether a page title exists
`{{#switch: test\|...\|default}}`	default	Provides alternatives based on the value of the test string

Note that with #if: expressions, a variable like {{{1}}} always requires a final pipe: . If it is absent, then whenever the parameter 1 is absent, instead of leaving the field blank the software will use the actual text {{{1}}} and the field will never be empty.

For the use of these functions in tables, see Conditional tables.

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