Help:Magic words

Magic words are strings of text that MediaWiki associates with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page names. This page is about usage of standard magic words; for a complete list, see Help:Magic_words .

Behavior Switches

Input	Description
__NOTOC__	Hides the table of contents (TOC).
__FORCETOC__	Forces TOC to appear.
__TOC__	Forces TOC to appear on the place you typed this.
__NOEDITSECTION__	Hides the [Edit] links on headers.
__NEWSECTIONLINK__	Adds a "+" on the top to add a new section.
__NOGALLERY__	Place this on a category to turn all Images in Links.

Date & Page Variables

Input	Result	Description
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	07	The current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	July	Name of the current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Jul	Abbreviated month name.
{{CURRENTDAY}}	5	Day of the month.
{{CURRENTDOW}}	0	Day of the week.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Sunday	Name of the current day.
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	27	The current week.
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2026	The current year.
{{CURRENTTIME}}	23:28	The current time in HH:mm format.
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	1,000	The number of articles in this Wiki.
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	1,096	The number of uploaded files.

Namespaces

Input	Result
{{ns:-2}} or {{ns:Media}}	Media
{{ns:-1}} or {{ns:Special}}	Special
{{ns:1}} or {{ns:Talk}}	Talk
{{ns:2}} or {{ns:User}}	User
{{ns:3}} or {{ns:User_talk}}	User talk
{{ns:4}} or {{ns:Project}}	WikiTemp
{{ns:5}} or {{ns:Project_talk}}	WikiTemp talk
{{ns:6}} or {{ns:Image}}	File
{{ns:7}} or {{ns:Image_talk}}	File talk
{{ns:8}} or {{ns:MediaWiki}}	MediaWiki
{{ns:9}} or {{ns:MediaWiki_talk}}	MediaWiki talk
{{ns:10}} or {{ns:Template}}	Template
{{ns:11}} or {{ns:Template_talk}}	Template talk
{{ns:12}} or {{ns:Help}}	Help
{{ns:13}} or {{ns:Help_talk}}	Help talk
{{ns:14}} or {{ns:Category}}	Category
{{ns:15}} or {{ns:Category_talk}}	Category talk

Server specific

Input	Result	Description
{{SITENAME}}	WikiTemp	Name of the site.
{{SERVERNAME}}	wiki.gbatemp.net	Name of the server.
{{SERVER}}	//wiki.gbatemp.net	Link to the server.
{{localurl:pagename}}	/wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:pagename|query string}}	/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query string

Page related

Input	Result	Description
{{PAGENAME}}	Magic words	Pagename without Namespace.
{{PAGENAMEE}}	Magic_words	URL encoded pagename.
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help	Current Namespace.
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}	Help	Associated Subjectspace.
{{TALKSPACE}}	Help talk	Associated Talkspace.
{{FULLPAGENAME}}	Help:Magic words	Pagename with Namespace.
{{REVISIONID}}	36162	The unique revision ID.