Help:Special page inclusion

It is possible to include items from certain special pages on wiki pages, similar to including templates. This can be done on user or project pages to make it easier to keep track of wiki maintenance.

Step by step

  • Navigate to the page where you want to add some special page content, then open it for editing.
  • Switch to the editor's source editing mode, if needed.
  • Enter your intended special pages code, based on the reference materials below. For example, if you wanted to show the three most recent changes, you could enter this: 
    {{Special:RecentChanges/3}}
  • Save your changes to the page. In our example above, you'll see something similar to this appear on your page (the frame was added manually for extra clarity):
Track the most recent changes to the wiki on this page.
List of abbreviations:
N
This edit created a new page (also see list of new pages)
m
This is a minor edit
b
This edit was performed by a bot
(±123)
The page size changed by this number of bytes

1 December 2025

 m   00:56  User:Mr. Starfleet Command/bot.js diffhist −201 Mr. Starfleet Command Message Wall contribs (v1.8.6: convert `for...in` statements to `for...of`)
N    00:38  User:ItsOnlyMeJustMeRed diffhist +17 ItsOnlyMeJustMeRed Message Wall contribs (Created page with "Hi, I like stuff.") Tag: Visual edit
     00:29 Block log No0n4m3S Message Wall contribs blocked Sweetmeat, Queen of the Rodgerlings Message Wall contribs with an expiration time of 1 week (cannot edit own talk page) (Spamming Off-topic messages)
  • Note: You cannot use the output of special page inclusions inside templates or parser functions—they are expanded after everything else on the page.

Available special pages for inclusion

Here's a summary of possibilities, with explanations:

New Pages
{{Special:NewPages/5}} Five newest pages
{{Special:NewPages/namespace=Forum,6}} Six newest pages in the Forum namespace
{{Special:NewPages/limit=7,offset=20210301,shownav}} Seven newest pages before the date 2021-03-01, plus navigation links
Wanted Pages
{{Special:WantedPages/5}} Five most wanted pages (displays in a comma-separated list)
Recent Changes
{{Special:RecentChanges/5}} Five latest edits
{{Special:RecentChanges/hideminor,3}} Three latest edits, not including minor edits
{{Special:RecentChanges/hideliu,3}} Three latest edits, not including those from logged in users
{{Special:RecentChanges/hideanons,3}} Three latest edits, not including those from anonymous users
{{Special:RecentChanges/hidebots=1,3}} Three latest edits, not including those from bots
{{Special:RecentChanges/hidemyself,3}} Three latest edits, not including those from the user viewing the page
{{Special:RecentChanges/hidepatrolled,3}} Three latest unpatrolled edits
{{Special:RecentChanges/days=2}} Edits from the last two days
PrefixIndex
{{Special:PrefixIndex/E}} All pages starting with the letter E
All Pages
{{Special:AllPages/Weather}} All pages, listed alphabetically, starting from the "Weather" article

See also

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