Template:Plainlink

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This template will allow you to create a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) on a page without having the 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.

Caution

You can use {{fullurl}}  magicword to generate URLs to Wikipedia pages.

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

Examples

• {{Plain link|url=https://www.wikipedia.org}} gives [1]
• {{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
• {{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
• {{Plain link|https://www.google.co.uk|Google}} gives Google

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

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

Redirects

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

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

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Plainlink

{
	"description": "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.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"url": {
			"aliases": ["URL","1"],
			"label": "URL",
			"description": "URL of the link. For Wikimedia links, use the format \"//example.com\". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.",
			"type": "url"
		},
		"name": {
			"aliases": ["NAME","2"],
			"label": "Text",
			"description": "Text to be linked",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"url",
		"name"
	]
}
<!--</templatedata>-->

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