Template:Plain link/doc

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This template creates a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) without having the external link icon (icon) following the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links. See Help:URL § URLs on other Wikimedia projects for more information.

Notes

You can use the Template:Tnull magic word to generate URLs to Wikipedia pages.

This template is not suitable for genuinely external links, since it suppresses the external link icon (icon); for external links, use {{URL}}

Examples

• No link text:
  {{Plain link|url=https://www.wikipedia.org}} → [1]
• Link text provided with space:
  {{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia}} → Wikipedia
• Link text provided as separate parameter:
  {{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia}} → Wikipedia
• Non-Wikipedia link:
  {{Plain link|https://wiktionary.org|Wiktionary}} → Wiktionary
• Hover text (tooltip):
  {{Plain link|https://wiktionary.org|Wiktionary|title=Wiktionary, the free dictionary}} → Wiktionary

Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign = you must use named parameters:

• {{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|name="=" }} → "="

Redirects

To be more concise, you can use {{scp}} or {{plnk}} and numbers as parameter names, e.g.:

• {{scp|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="
• {{plnk|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Plain link in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Plain link

Use this template to add a local or interwiki link that would otherwise show a box and arrow icon next to the link without the icon.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url URL 1	URL of the link. For Wikimedia links, use the format "//example.com". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.	URL	optional
Text	name NAME 2	Text to be linked	String	optional
Title	title	Title attribute of the span surrounding the link, which will appear when hovering	String	optional

See also

• Help:External link icons
• Template:Querylink, generates a plain link for Wikipedia pages with extended parameters
• Template:Plain, a similar template that keeps the URL written out
• Template:Diff
• Template:Oldid
• Template:URL