Template:Plain link
[{{{url}}}]
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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
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.
| 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 |
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