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 {{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

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 documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

See the monthly error report for this template.

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

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