Insert tags and magic words
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- Last edited 5 years ago by MLR
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- This page is a draft but has an approved version
The extension DynamicPageList3 allows you to include lists of wiki pages on any content page.
Contents
Application examples
You can view a documentation of all selection criteria and formatting options at Gamepedia.
This help page contains some examples of typical applications for this extension as well as a list of common parameters and their values.
List of subpages
The following code shows the subpages of the current page in a 3-column layout:
{{#dpl:
|titlematch={{PAGENAME}}/%
|shownamespace=false
|replaceintitle=/{{PAGENAME}}\//,
|columns=3
|mode=none
|rowcolformat=width=100%
}}
Example: Display the subpages of the page VisualEditor imn the namespace Manual in a 1-column layout:
{{#dpl:
|titlematch=VisualEditor/%
|shownamespace=false
|namespace= Manual
|replaceintitle=/VisualEditor\//,
|columns=1
|mode=ubordered
|rowcolformat=width=100%
}}
Output:
Selecting pages by namespace
{{#dpl:
|namespace=Manual
|includesubpages=true
|shownamespace=false
|count=5
|ordermethod=title
}}
Output:
- Admin Manual Introduction
- Archive/Extension/DocumentManager
- Archive:Extension/RatedComments
- BlueSpice Layout
- BlueSpice Layout/Footer
Selecting pages by category
{{#dpl:
|category=QM
|addcategories = true
|includesubpages=true
|shownamespace=false
|count=5
|ordermethod=title
|mode=ordered
}}
Output:
Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.3.2: Warning: No results.
Selecting pages with specific naming patterns
{{#dpl:
|namespace=File
|titlematch=A%
|count=5
}}
Output:
Show a random page in a category
<div style="border:2px solid #f6f6f6; padding:10px; width:500px; height:500px; overflow-y:auto;">
{{#dpl:
|category=Editing
|randomcount=1
|includepage=*
|includemaxlength=10
|format=,\n==[[%PAGE%]]==\n,,}}
</div>
Output:
Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceInsertMagic
Warning: Display title "Insert tags and magic words" overrides earlier display title "Creating page lists with DPL3".
The extension InsertMagic provides a dialog for inserting Magic Words in the visual editor.
Inserting magic words
In edit mode, click on Insert in the editor toolbar and select Magic word from the dropdown menu.
Once the magic word is selected in the list on the left, a description, including usage examples, will appear on the right.
Related info
List of common parameters
Criteria for page selection
| Parameter | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category | |category=QM|Setup... | Pages in the category QM OR Setup |
| |category=QM&Setup&... | Pages in the categories QM AND Setup | |
| |category=QM|Setup...|category=Admin | Pages in the categories QM OR Setup, and pages in the category Admin | |
| notcategory | |notcategory=QM | Pages that are not in the category QM |
| categoriesminmax | |category=QM|categoriesminmax=2 | Pages that are in the category QM and in at least 2 more categories |
| |category=QM|categoriesminmax=,1 | Pages that are only in the category QM and in no other category | |
| namespace | |namespace= | Pages in the namespace (Main) |
| |namespace=Help|Manual | Pages in the namespace Help OR Manual | |
| namespacenot | |namespacenot=Help | Pages that are not in the namespace Help |
| |namespacenot={{NAMESPACE}} | Pages that are not in the namespace of the current wiki page |
Output-Format
| Parameter | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mode | |mode=ordered | Unordered list |
| |mode=unordered | Numbered list | |
| |mode=none | Line breaks | |
| |mode=category | Pages are grouped alphabetically with a letter heading (similar to category pages) | |
| |mode=inline|inlinetext= • | Page names are listed on the same line and separated with a bullet point |
Sorting
| Parameter | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ordermethod | |ordermethod=title | Ordered by page (prefix+)title |
| |ordermethod=titlewithoutnamespace | Ordered by page name independent of namespace | |
| |ordermethod=counter | Ordered by number of page views (popularity) | |
| |ordermethod=size | Ordered by page size | |
| |ordermethod=firstedit | Ordered by creation date | |
| |ordermethod=lastedit | Ordered by last edit date | |
| |ordermethod=user,firstedit | Ordered by author, then by creation date | |
| |ordermethod=user,lastedit | Ordered by last editor, then by last edit date | |
| order | |order=ascending | Sorted in ascending order |
| |order=descending | Sorted in descending order |
Display of meta data
| Parameter | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| addcategories | |addcategories=true | Shows all categories of a page after the page name |
| addpagecounter | |category:QM|ordermethod=counter|order=descending
|addpagecounter=true|count=5 |
Shows the 5 most popular pages in the category QM |
| adduser | |category=QM|ordermethod=lastedit|adduser=true | Adds the name of the last editor in front of the page name |
| addauthor | |category=QM|addauthor=true | Adds the name of the original author in front of the page name. |

