| Tag
|
Meaning
|
Allowed attributes
|
Tag allowed since…
|
Notes
|
<abbr>
|
Abbreviation
|
Common attributes
|
1.16
|
|
<b>
|
Bring attention
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: three single quotes, e.g. Be careful to '''this text'''.
|
<bdi>
|
Bidirectional isolate
|
Common attributes
|
1.20
|
|
<bdo>
|
Bidirectional text override
|
Common attributes
|
1.22
|
|
<big>
|
Make text bigger
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
<big> is deprecated in HTML, but not in wikitext (T154067)
|
<blockquote>
|
Block quotation
|
Common attributes + cite
|
1.1
|
|
<br>
|
Line break
|
Common attributes + clear
|
1.1
|
|
<caption>
|
Table caption
|
Common attributes + align
|
1.1
|
|
<cite>
|
Citation, i.e. reference to a cited creative work.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<code>
|
Inline computer code
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<col>
|
|
Common attributes + span
|
|
|
<colgroup>
|
|
Common attributes + span
|
|
|
<data>
|
Data, linked to machine-readable translation through value attribute.
|
Common attributes + value
|
1.21
|
|
<dd>
|
Description details for a description term element, inside a description list.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: : starting the line, respectively for description list details.
|
<del>
|
Deleted text
|
Common attributes + cite, datetime
|
1.3
|
|
<dfn>
|
Definition. Wrap a term/phrase which is being defined.
|
Common attributes
|
1.17
|
|
<div>
|
Content division, to apply CSS formatting to a block.
|
Common attributes + align
|
1.1
|
|
<dl>
|
Description list.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<dt>
|
Description term, inside a description list.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: ; starting the line, respectively for description list term.
|
<em>
|
Emphasis
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<h1>
|
Section heading – levels 1 to 6
|
Common attributes + align
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: pairs of equal signs (see help about formatting).
Note when you edit a section headed by an HTML heading, the edit summary will not be prefilled.
|
<hr>
|
Thematic break
|
Common attributes + width
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: 4+ dashes (----) starting a line.
|
<i>
|
Idiomatic text
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: two single quotes, e.g. ''idiomatic text''.
|
<ins>
|
Added text
|
Common attributes + cite, datetime
|
1.3
|
|
<kbd>
|
Keyboard input
|
Common attributes
|
1.17
|
|
<li>
|
List item
|
Common attributes + type, value
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: # or * starting the line, respectively for ordered list and unordered list.
|
<link>
|
External resource link
|
itemprop, href, title
|
1.27
|
Must have itemprop and href attributes set.[1] Excludes most values for rel, including the stylesheet value.
|
<mark>
|
Marked or highlighted text.
|
Common attributes
|
1.21
|
|
<meta>
|
Metadata
|
itemprop, content
|
1.27
|
Must have itemprop and content attributes set.[1]
|
<ol>
|
Ordered list
|
Common attributes + type, start, reversed
|
1.1
|
|
<p>
|
Paragraph
|
Common attributes + align
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: text between empty lines.
|
<pre>
|
Preformatted text
|
Common attributes + width
|
1.1
|
Content is not parsed, as in a <nowiki> tag.
Wikitext: line starting with a blank space, i.e. preformatted text.
|
<q>
|
Inline quotation
|
Common attributes + cite
|
1.22
|
|
<rp>
|
Ruby fallback parenthesis
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<rt>
|
Ruby text: annotation rendered near the base text. Inside a ruby tag.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<ruby>
|
Ruby annotation. Encloses rt and rp.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<s>
|
Strikethrough, for no longer accurate or relevant text.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<samp>
|
Sample output, inline ouput text of a computer program.
|
Common attributes
|
1.17
|
|
<small>
|
Side comment.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<span>
|
Content span, to apply CSS formatting to an inline text.
|
Common attributes
|
1.4
|
|
<strong>
|
Strong importance.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<sub>
|
Subscript
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<sup>
|
Superscript
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<table>
|
Table, for tabular data.
|
Common attributes + summary, width, border, frame, rules, cellspacing, cellpadding, align, bgcolor
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: see help page about tables.
|
<td>
|
Table data cell, inside a tr tag.
|
Common attributes + abbr, axis, headers, scope, rowspan, colspan, nowrap, width, height, bgcolor, align, valign
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: see help page about tables.
|
<th>
|
Table header cell, inside a tr tag
|
Common attributes + abbr, axis, headers, scope, rowspan, colspan, nowrap, width, height, bgcolor, align, valign
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: see help page about tables.
|
<time>
|
Date/Time
|
Common attributes + datetime
|
1.21
|
|
<tr>
|
Table row, inside a table tag.
|
Common attributes + bgcolor, align, valign
|
1.1
|
Wikitext: see help page about tables.
|
<u>
|
Unarticulated annotation.
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<ul>
|
Unordered list.
|
Common attributes + type
|
1.1
|
|
<var>
|
Variable
|
Common attributes
|
1.1
|
|
<wbr>
|
Line break opportunity.
|
Common attributes
|
1.22
|
|