Help:Template cheatsheet

HTCharacter Substitution

Template	Shortcut / Alternative	Usage	Example	Rendered	Description
{{=}}	{{eq}}	no parameters	{{eq}}	=	Escapes "=". Allows "=" to be used in unnamed template parameters.
{{!}}	na	no parameters	{{!}}	|	Escapes "|". Used to encode "|" within template parameters or wikitables.
{{'}}	{{apostrophe}}	no parameters	The ''Iliad''{{'}}s vocabulary is archaic.	The Iliad's vocabulary is archaic.	Used to encode apostrophe to keep it separate from ('') wiki markup.
{{`}}	na	no parameters	... that '''[[Wikipedia:Bhutan|Bhutan]]'''{{`}}s capital is [[Wikipedia:Thimphu|Thimphu]]?	... that Bhutan's capital is Thimphu?	Used to encode apostrophe to keep it separate from (''') wiki markup.
{{′}}	{{prime}}	{{′|text}} or text{{′}}s	''{{′|f}}''(''{{′|x}}'') ≥ 0	f′(x′) ≥ 0	Used to encode prime symbol with leading space so it does not collide with a preceding italic character
{{braces}}		{{braces|code=on/off |Templatename|item1|item2}}	{{braces|Templatename}}	{{Templatename}}
{{bracket}}		{{bracket|text}}	{{bracket|test}}	[test]
{{brackets}}		{{brackets|text}} or {{brackets|text|more}}	{{brackets|test}}	[[test]]

Alignment

Template	Shortcut / Alternative	Usage	Example	Rendered	Description
{{right}}
{{left}}
{{center}}
{{float}}
{{clear}}
{{align}}
{{stack}}

Text Formatting

Template	Shortcut / Alternative	Usage	Example	Rendered	Description
{{highlight}}	{{H}}	{{H|text|colour|expiry}}	some text with a {{H| highlighted | #00FF00 | 1 January 2099}} portion	some text with a highlighted portion	Colour and date are optional Parameters, if a date is added the text will not be highlighted after the date has passed
{{em}}
{{strong}}
{{nowrap}}
{{pad}}

Lists

Template	Shortcut / Alternative	Usage	Example	Rendered	Description
{{hlist}}
{{plainlist}}
{{cslist}}
{{flatlist}}
{{bulleted list}}
{{ordered list}}
{{unbulleted list}}
{{glossary}}
{{flowlist}}
{{columns-list}}

HTML tag alternatives

Template	HTML Tag	Usage	Example	Rendered	Description
{{pre}}	<pre></code>
{{pre2}}	<pre></code>
{{code}}	<code></code>
{{hr}}	<hr></code>
{{break}}	<br /></code>
{{clear}}	<div style="clear: both;"></code>
{{abbr}}	<abbr></code>
{{quote}}	<blockquote></code>
{{cite}}	<cite></code>