Template:Plain link

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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 the {{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 (); 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
{{Plain link|https://www.google.co.uk|Search|title=google.co.uk}} gives Search

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="=" }} gives "="

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

Caution

Examples

Redirects

TemplateData

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