Help:Magic Words
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Magic words are a set of predefined variables that Mediawiki uses.
Table of Contents
| 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__). |
Time
| Word | Example | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 6
|
Displays the current day in numeric form. |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Saturday
|
Displays the current day in named form. |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 6
|
Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...). |
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 12
|
The number 01 .. 12 of the current month. |
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Dec
|
[MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec. |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | December
|
Ditto in named form January .. December. |
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 19:48
|
The current time of day (00:00 .. 23:59). |
| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 49
|
Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero. |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2025
|
Returns the current year. |
Page names, locations, and URLs
| Word | Example | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| {{PAGENAME}} | Magic Words
|
Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle). |
| {{NAMESPACE}} | Help
|
Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in. |
| {{SERVER}} | https://esip.wikiteq.com | Value of $wgServer |
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. |
| __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).
|
These are short instructions. For a more detailed version see [hhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Variables Meta.Wikimedia].
If this terse instruction set is unclear or inadequate, users are requested to fix it. Thanks.
