Manual

Manual

DynamicPageList3 (DPL/DPL3) is a powerful MediaWiki extension that can generate lists of pages, and/or certain data and statistics gathered from them, for display in a wiki page. DPL lists are automatically updated whenever said data changes.

As a basic example, DPL can be used to insert, in a wiki page, an always-current list of all pages of a particular category. The data displayed may be selected and sorted based on factors like author, namespace, date, name pattern, usage of templates, or references to other articles, with a variety of custom formatting possibilities.

Usage

• General usage and invocation syntax

Primary DPL module

These sections contain documentation on DPL's primary module, {{#dpl: ... }}. This is the DPL functionality used most often, and has a wide range of powerful coding options.

• Criteria for page selection
• Controlling output format
• Controlling output order
• Controlling output volume
• Other parameters

Complete DPL Manual Table of Contents

Below is the legacy Table of Contents provided as navigation in the original DPL documentation. It is an expansive, cross-referenced list of DPL parameters (which some find daunting and others find helpful). Its links can all be found via the pages listed above, however the table below may be useful to more easily find what you need, especially if you don't know which section your desired functionality might be located in (expand the table below and use your browser's Find In Page feature, usually Ctrl-F).

Template:Collapse top <DPL>

 namespace = Extension
 uses = Template:DPL parameter
 mode = userformat
 replaceintitle = @DPL Manual/@,
 include = {DPL Manual}:%TITLE%,{DPL parameter}/dpl
 listseparators={|class=wikitable,\n|-\n|,,\n|}
 secseparators=,,\n|\n{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%\n!width=140px|name\n!purpose\n|-\n|,\n|}
 multisecseparators=,\n|-\n|
 allowcachedresults = true

</DPL> Template:Collapse bottom

Other DPL modules

These sections detail some additional functions provided by the DPL extension.

• {{#dplchapter: ... }}
• {{#dplvar: ... }}
• {{#dplreplace: ... }}
• {{#dplnum: ... }}
• {{#dplmatrix: ... }}

Notes

• Compatibility with previous versions
• Bug reporting and feature requests

Examples

Selecting articles

• By category
• By recently changed

Show article's context or contents

• Pages, templates, images, or categories related to an article
• Display all images used in an article

Controlling output

• Show templates parameters from an article
• Show sections from an article