Transclusion

Transclusion is when the contents of one page or document is included within another. In the Wikipedian context, it is the use of the template functionality of MediaWiki to include the same content in multiple documents without having to edit those documents separately.

{{Wikipedia:Transclusion/How Transclusion Works}}

Examples

This very page uses template transclusion. The section above entitled "How transclusion works" is actually transcluded from the page Wikipedia:Transclusion/How Transclusion Works. This is done using the MediaWiki markup {{Wikipedia:Transclusion/How Transclusion Works}} to include it.

Pages related to MediaWiki transclusion

• Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace
  • m:Help:MediaWiki namespace
• m:Help:Variable

Templates

• m:Help:Template
  • Wikipedia:Template messages

Related pages

• Request for template transclusion from Commons (interwiki templates, etc.)
• Wikipedia:Template substitution (the opposite of transclusion)