Help:HTML in wikitext/yo
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MediaWiki is able to parse some HTML tags in wikitext. Brackets for other tags are escaped and the tags are displayed instead of being parsed.
Allowed HTML tags
Tag | Meaning | Allowed since… | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
<abbr>
|
Abbreviation | 1.16 | |
<b>
|
Bring attention | 1.1 | Wikitext: three single quotes, e.g. Be careful to '''this text''' .
|
<bdi>
|
Bidirectional isolate | 1.20 | |
<bdo>
|
Bidirectional text override | 1.22 | |
<big>
|
Make text bigger | 1.1 | big is deprecated in HTML, but not in wikitext (T154067) |
<blockquote>
|
Block quotation | 1.1 | |
<br>
|
Line break | 1.1 | |
<caption>
|
Table caption | 1.1 | |
<cite>
|
Citation, i.e. reference to a cited creative work. | 1.1 | |
<code>
|
Inline computer code | 1.1 | |
<data>
|
Data, linked to machine-readable translation through value attribute.
|
1.21 | |
<dd>
|
Description details for a description term element, inside a description list. | 1.1 | Wikitext: : starting the line, respectively for description list details.
|
<del>
|
Deleted text | 1.3 | |
<dfn>
|
Definition. Wrap a term/phrase which is being defined. | 1.17 | |
<div>
|
Content division, to apply CSS formatting to a block. | 1.1 | |
<dl>
|
Description list. | 1.1 | |
<dt>
|
Description term, inside a description list. | 1.1 | Wikitext: ; starting the line, respectively for description list term.
|
<em>
|
Emphasis | 1.1 | |
<h1>
|
Section heading – levels 1 to 6 | 1.1 | Wikitext: pairs of equal signs (see help about formatting).
Note when you edit a section headed by an HTML heading, the edit summary will not be prefilled. |
<hr>
|
Thematic break | 1.1 | Wikitext: 4+ dashes (---- ) starting a line.
|
<i>
|
Idiomatic text | 1.1 | Wikitext: two single quotes, e.g. ''idiomatic text'' .
|
<ins>
|
Added text | 1.3 | |
<kbd>
|
Keyboard input | 1.17 | |
<li>
|
List item | 1.1 | Wikitext: # or * starting the line, respectively for ordered list and unordered list.
|
<link>
|
External resource link | 1.27 | Must have itemprop and href attributes set.[1]
|
<mark>
|
Marked or highlighted text. | 1.21 | |
<meta>
|
Metadata | 1.27 | Must have itemprop and content attributes set.[1]
|
<ol>
|
Ordered list | 1.1 | |
<p>
|
Paragraph | 1.1 | Wikitext: text between empty lines. |
<pre>
|
Preformated text | 1.1 | Content is not parsed, as in a <nowiki> tag.
Wikitext: line starting with a blank space, i.e. |
<q>
|
Inline quotation | 1.22 | |
<rp>
|
Ruby fallback parenthesis | 1.1 | |
<rt>
|
Ruby text: annotation rendered near the base text. Inside a ruby tag.
|
1.1 | |
<ruby>
|
Ruby annotation. Encloses rt and rp .
|
1.1 | |
<s>
|
Strikethrough, for no longer accurate or relevant text. | 1.1 | |
<samp>
|
Sample output, inline ouput text of a computer program. | 1.17 | |
<small>
|
Side comment. | 1.1 | |
<span>
|
Content span, to apply CSS formatting to an inline text. | 1.4 | |
<strong>
|
Strong importance. | 1.1 | |
<sub>
|
Subscript | 1.1 | |
<sup>
|
Superscript | 1.1 | |
<table>
|
Table, for tabular data. | 1.1 | Wikitext: see help page about tables. |
<td>
|
Table data cell, inside a tr tag.
|
1.1 | Wikitext: see help page about tables. |
<th>
|
Table header cell, inside a tr tag
|
1.1 | Wikitext: see help page about tables. |
<time>
|
Date/Time | 1.21 | |
<tr>
|
Table row, inside a table tag.
|
1.1 | Wikitext: see help page about tables. |
<u>
|
Unarticulated annotation. | 1.1 | |
<ul>
|
Unordered list. | 1.1 | |
<var>
|
Variable | 1.1 | |
<wbr>
|
Line break opportunity. | 1.22 |
Deprecated tags
Awọn afi wọnyi jẹ atuntumọ nipasẹ MediaWiki, ṣugbọn wọn jẹ ti atijo ni HTML 5. They should be replaced with one of above tags.
You might add a style
attribute to reproduce the expected display.
Tag | Allowed since… | Emits Lint error? | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
<center>
|
1.1 | Yes | |
<font>
|
1.1 | Yes | |
<rb>
|
1.1 | No | |
<rtc>
|
1.24 | No | |
<strike>
|
1.1 | Yes | |
<tt>
|
1.1 | Yes |
Use cases
Anchor
To create a linkable anchor, you can use any HTML tag with an id
attribute.
E.g. <span id="note2"></span>
allows you to create a link to its location on the page using [[#note2|See relevant note]]
.
CSS formatting
With style
attribute
Using HTML tag instead of wikitext equivalent allows you to add a style
attribute to define a custom display through CSS language.
With class
and id
attributes
Thanks to TemplateStyles, you may add a custom stylesheet to the document.
So it is useful to add class
or id
attributes to the elements you want to customize their display.
Overridden HTML syntax
HTML comments
Wikitext uses HTML comment syntax for its own comments: the parser ignores them, they are not rendered in resulting HTML source.
<!-- This text is a wikitext comment. After saving, it will be kept in wikitext source but will not be displayed, neither rendered in HTML source. -->
Pre
tag
The content of a pre
tag is not parsed, as in a <nowiki>
tag.
You have to use the equivalent wikitext syntax to allow the content parsing. I.e. start each line with a blank space:
Some preformatted text which can contain wikitext, i.e. this idiomatic text will be parsed. Other line.
See also
- Help:Extension:Linter — Help about Linter extension, which notices HTML issues in pages.
- HTML restriction — Information about MediaWiki's default limitations for HTML content, and extensions that expand its support.
- Manual:$wgRawHtml#Related Extensions — Extensions allowing further HTML.