MediaWiki/content programming

Overview

MediaWiki's built-in features already allow some simple dynamic text management and manipulation; with the addition of various extensions, much more sophisticated tasks can be accomplished, making MediaWiki into a sort of "swiss army knife" content manager application.

Information

How to get various bits of information about stuff

Date/Time
Year	MW: {{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024
Month	MW: {{CURRENTMONTH}} (zero-padded number)	04
	MW: {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} (name)	April
	MW: {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} (genitive form)	April
	MW: {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} (abbreviation; requires MW 1.5+)	Apr
Day-of-month	MW: {{CURRENTDAY}} (unpadded number)	18
	MW: {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero-padded number; requires MW 1.6+)	18
Day-of-week	MW: {{CURRENTDOW}} (unpadded number)	4
	MW: {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} (name)	Thursday
Week	MW: {{CURRENTWEEK}} (number)	16
Time: full	MW: {{CURRENTTIME}} (24-hour HH:mm format)	21:45
Time: hour	MW: {{CURRENTHOUR}} (24-hour zero-padded number)	21
Timestamp	MW: {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20240418214516
Site Info
Site's name ($wgSitename)	MW: {{SITENAME}}	HTYP
MediaWiki version	MW: {{CURRENTVERSION}}	1.35.0
Default language ($wgLanguageCode)	MW: {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}	en
# of wiki pages	MW: {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	5,077
# of pages in main namespace	MW: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	2,778
# of uploaded files	MW: {{NUMBEROFFILES}}	552
# of page edits	MW: {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}	31,924
# of registered users	MW: {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	7,482
# of sysops	MW: {{NUMBEROFADMINS}}	3
Page Title
Full Title	MW: {{FULLPAGENAME}}	MediaWiki/content programming
	MW: {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} - namespace+base	MediaWiki/content programming
	MW: {{TALKPAGENAME}} - talkpage namespace+base	Talk:MediaWiki/content programming
Prefix (namespace only)	DPL: %NAMESPACE%
Suffix (without namespace)	DPL: %TITLE%
	MW: {{PAGENAME}}	MediaWiki/content programming
	MW: {{BASEPAGENAME}} - base title, no subpage	MediaWiki
	MW: {{SUBPAGENAME}} - subpage	content programming
Namespace	MW: {{NAMESPACE}}
Content namespace	MW: {{SUBJECTSPACE}}
Talk namespace	MW: {{TALKSPACE}}	Talk
Page Info
Usage counter (hits)	DPL: %COUNT% (requires addpagecounter=true) DPL: %COUNTFS% = a font size number based on usage counter DPL: %COUNTFS2% = similar to %COUNTFS%, but log(sqrt(counter))
Page size (bytes)	DPL: %SIZE% (requires addpagesize=true) DPL: %SIZEFS% – font size number based on article size
Creation date	DPL: %DATE% (requires addeditdate=true and ordermethod=firstedit)
Last edit date	DPL: %DATE% (requires addeditdate=true and ordermethod=lastedit)
	MW: {{REVISIONDAY}}: Day edit was made (unpadded number)	1
	MW: {{REVISIONDAY2}}: Day edit was made (zero-padded number)	01
	MW: {{REVISIONMONTH}}: Month edit was made (unpadded number)	08
	MW: {{REVISIONYEAR}}: Year edit was made	2008
	MW: {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}: Timestamp as of time of edit	20080801182318
Page creator	DPL: %USER% (requires adduser=true and ordermethod=firstedit)
Page last editor	DPL: %USER% (requires adduser=true and ordermethod=lastedit)
Revision ID	MW: {{REVISIONID}}	10045

Sources

• MW (built-in): Help:Magic words
• DPL: DPL Manual
  • DPL parameters: Controlling output order