Help:Variables

A variable is a predefined template. This page describes the available parameters in MediaWiki.

Page names and page variables

Variable	Result	Explanation
{{PAGENAME}}	Variables	The name of the page
{{PAGENAMEE}}	Variables	The page name with special characters encoded. For example, in the article Tralü, the result is "Tral%C3%BC"
{{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}	Variables	If the page is a sub-page (e.g. User:Morshem/Related threads junkyard), only the page's name will be displayed, without the root
{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}	Variables	The root name of the page, without the page's title
{{NAMESPACE}} {{NAMESPACEE}}	Help	The namespace of the page
{{FULLPAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}	Help:Variables	Namespace+Page name
{{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}}	Help talk Help_talk	The talk-space of the current namespace
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}}	Help	In talk pages, the name of the current namespace
{{TALKPAGENAME}} {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}	Help talk:Variables Help_talk:Variables	The talk page of the current page
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}	Help:Variables	FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
{{REVISIONID}}	90	The id number of the current version of the page (does not show in previews)
{{REVISIONDAY}}	11	The day of the month the page was last modified
{{REVISIONDAY2}}	11	The day of the month the page was last modified, with a leading zero
{{REVISIONMONTH}}	05	The month the page was last modified
{{REVISIONYEAR}}	2007	The year the page was last modified
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}	20070511143414	A timestamp for the last modification time
{{SITENAME}}	Twinsuniverse	The name of the site
{{SERVER}}	https://twinsuniverse.xesf.net	The base URL of the server
{{SERVERNAME}}	twinsuniverse.xesf.net	The server name without http://

Time

Variable	Result	Explanation
{{CURRENTDAY}}	23	The current day of the month
{{CURRENTDAY2}}	23	The current day of the month with a leading zero
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Saturday	Name of the current day
{{CURRENTDOW}}	6	Number of the current day, where Sunday=0
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	11	The current month with a leading zero
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Nov	The current month in abbreviated form (e.g. Jan, Feb)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	November	The full name of the current month
{{CURRENTTIME}}	13:17	The current server time
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	13	The current hour
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	47	The current week of the year
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024	The current year
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20241123131745	A time stamp for the current time

Statistics

In all these cases, adding ":R" returns the same result, only without separating commas.

{{CURRENTVERSION}}	1.23.1	The current MediaWiki version installed
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}	246 246	The total number of articles in the database
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}	2,134 2134	The total number of pages in the database, including all those not in the main space
{{NUMBEROFFILES}} {{NUMBEROFFILES:R}}	990 990	The number of files on the server
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}}	5 5	The number of registered users
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}} {{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}	3 3	Number of administrators and system operators