Magic words

Magic words are strings of text that MediaWiki associates with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page name.

Behavior switches

These magic words change the standard behavior of MediaWiki (e.g., hide/force the table of contents).

Name	Description
Table of contents
`__NOTOC__`	Hides the table of contents (TOC).
`__FORCETOC__`	Forces the table of contents to appear at its normal position (before the first header).
`__TOC__`	Overriding `__NOTOC__`, it places the table of contents at the words current position.
Editing
`__NOEDITSECTION__`	Hides the "Edit" links beside headings.
`__NEWSECTIONLINK__`	Adds a link beside the "Edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page.
`__NONEWSECTIONLINK__`	Removes the link beside the "Edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces.
Other
`__HIDDENCAT__`	Hides the category from the lists of categories in its members and parent categories. You can go to your Preferences to show the hidden categories on articles.
`__NOINDEX__`	Tells search engines (like Google/Bing) to not index the page.
`__DISAMBIG__`	Identifies an article as a disambiguation page.
`__NOTITLE__`	Hides the title for a page. Mostly used on the main page.

Name	Description
`{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}`
`{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}`
`{{NUMBEROFFILES}}`
`{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}`
`{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}`
`{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}`
`{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}`
`{{NUMBEROFCONTRIBUTORS}}`
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categorynamehere}}`
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categorynamehere\|all}}`
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categorynamehere\|pages}}`
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categorynamehere\|subcats}}`
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categorynamehere\|files}}`
`{{NUMBERINGROUP:groupnamehere}}`

Name	Description
`{{FULLPAGENAME}}`	Full title
`{{PAGENAME}}`	Full title
`{{BASEPAGENAME}}`	Base page title
`{{SUBPAGENAME}}`	Subpage title
`{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}`	Associated subject page
`{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}`	Associated subject page
`{{TALKPAGENAME}}`	Associated talk page
`{{ROOTPAGENAME}}`	Name of the root of the current page