Manual

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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

For the legacy Table of Contents, see Parameter Quick Reference.

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

• Select by category (example)
• Select by recently changed (example)

Show article's context or contents

• Related to article (example) - Pages, templates, images, or categories related to an article.
• Display images used (example) - Display all images used in an article.

Controlling output

• Show templates parameters from an article (example)
• Show sections from an article (example)