User:AlanM1/Variables

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
{{TALKPAGENAME}}	User talk:AlanM1/Variables	Associated talk page
{{NAMESPACE}}	User	Namespace of current page
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}	User	Associated non-talk namespace
{{ARTICLESPACE}}	User
{{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}}	1.44.0-wmf.25 (964d7fd)	Current MediaWiki version
{{REVISIONID}}	-	Latest revision to current page
{{REVISIONDAY}}	6	Date, time, editor at last edit
{{REVISIONDAY2}}	06
{{REVISIONMONTH}}	12
{{REVISIONYEAR}}	2020
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}	20201206155956
{{REVISIONUSER}}	SporkBot
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2025	Current date/time variables
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	04
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	April
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Apr
{{CURRENTDAY}}	28
{{CURRENTDAY2}}	28
{{CURRENTDOW}}	1
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Monday
{{CURRENTTIME}}	09:04
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	09
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	18
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20250428090426
{{LOCALYEAR}}	2025	Site local date/time variables
{{LOCALMONTH}}	04
{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}	April
{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}	Apr
{{LOCALDAY}}	28
{{LOCALDAY2}}	28
{{LOCALDOW}}	1
{{LOCALDAYNAME}}	Monday
{{LOCALTIME}}	09:04
{{LOCALHOUR}}	09
{{LOCALWEEK}}	18
{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}	20250428090426
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	63,021,395	Statistics on English Wikipedia Add |R to return numbers without commas
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	6,987,448
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	936,758
{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}	1,283,008,636
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	49,057,673
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}	846
{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}	116,975

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}}	13,342	Size of page {{{0}}} in bytes
{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}}		Protection level for action {{{0}}} on the current page
{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedia features}}	96	Number of pages in category {{{0}}}
{{NUMBERINGROUP:checkuser}}	54	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}}		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}}		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.