Template:POTD/doc
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Usage
[edit]Displays the English Wikipedia's current picture of the day (POTD) in a box of no more than 600 pixels wide, without the blurb (explanatory text), for use on user pages. To always display the current day's POTD, use {{POTD}}
; to permanently feature a particular day's POTD, use {{POTD|date=[date]}}
, where the [date]
parameter can be given in any valid format.
It is also possible to create your own custom POTD layouts, in case the already-existing versions will not look good within your user page design. Mix and match the following components to make your own. This system will only work for POTDs selected beginning January 1, 2007. Be sure to replace [date]
with an appropriate date value. For a dynamically updating version, use {{#time:Y-m-d}}
(example: {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|image}}
).
Template | Description | Renders as |
---|---|---|
{{POTD/[date]|image}} |
The name of the image, without the File: prefix |
Sturnella neglecta GNP 02.jpg |
{{POTD/[date]|size}} |
The size of the image, without the trailing px |
350 |
{{POTD/[date]|caption}} |
The image caption (blurb) | The western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is a medium-sized species of bird in the family Icteridae, the icterids. About 8.5 inches (22 centimetres) in length, it is found across western and central North America. It is a full migrant, breeding in Canada and the United States with resident populations also found in Mexico. The species has distinctive calls described as watery or flute-like, which distinguish it from the closely related eastern meadowlark. The western meadowlark is the state bird of six U.S. states: Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, and Wyoming. This western meadowlark was photographed perching on a twig in Grasslands National Park, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. |
{{POTD/[date]|title}} |
A link to the article the image represents | Western meadowlark |
{{POTD/[date]|texttitle}} |
A linkless short caption, also useful as an alt attribute | Western meadowlark |
{{POTD/[date]|credit}} |
The credit line of the image, including the genre (e.g. photograph, painting) | Photograph credit: Simon Pierre Barrette |
There are two additional predefined layouts:
{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}
: This has the image and caption above each other with no borders. Used on some of the Main Page alternatives and also suitable for user pages.{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|row}}
: This has the image and caption encapsulated in (usually) a single table row. This is the version used on the current Main Page.
It is also possible to permanently feature a POTD for a selected day. Just add a specific value for the date you want. For example, today's POTD is {{POTD/2025-02-23|image}}
. Likewise, you can use date parameters with the other templates as well. If you like the pre-made formats, you can use date parameters there as well, like this: {{Pic of the day|date=2025-02-23}}
or {{POTD|date=2025-02-23}}
. Again, this system will only work for POTDs selected beginning January 1, 2007.
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