Help:HTML in wikitext
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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[edit]
| 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>
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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>
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Thematic break | 1.1 | Wikitext: 4+ dashes (----) starting a line.
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<i>
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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>
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External resource link | 1.27 | Must have itemprop and href attributes set.[1]
|
<mark>
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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>
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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[edit]
The following tags are parsed by MediaWiki, but they are obsolete in 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[edit]
Anchor[edit]
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[edit]
With style attribute[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
HTML comments[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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 — Extensions allowing further HTML.