Template:Category_link

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{cl}
{CL}
{categ}
{category}
{Cat}

{Cl|category name}

{Cl|Category:category name}

{Cl|category name|link text}

{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes}

{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type}

{Cl|category name|link text|count=yes|count_type=type|backlog=backlog threshold}

{category link} or its alias {cl} produces a link to a category in a similar fashion to {Tl} for a template. For example:

{Cl|Africa} produces: Category:Africa

To specify the text used for the link, add it as a second parameter:

{Cl|Africa|this category} produces: this category

To add a count of everything in the category, add the |count=yes parameter:

{Cl|Africa|count=yes} produces: Category:Africa ( 34 )

If you just want to get a count of pages, files, or subcats, use the |count_type= parameter:

{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=all} produces: Category:Africa ( 34 ) (default)

{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=pages} produces: Category:Africa ( 6 )

{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=subcats} produces: Category:Africa ( 28 )

{Cl|Africa|count=yes|count_type=files} produces: Category:Africa ( 0 )

If you want to make counts standout for categories that have a backlog, use |backlog=:

{Cl|Africa|count=yes|backlog=20} produces: Category:Africa ( 34 )

{C}, which produces output such as: Africa and Afrika
{Cls}, which produces output such as: Cat:Africa
{Clc}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (34) and Category:Africa (6)
{lc}, which produces output such as: Category:Africa (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{lcs}, which produces output such as Category:Africa(edit talk links history)
{tl}, which links produces a link to a template surrounded by template-style double-braces (e.g. {Africa}).
Category:Internal category-link templates
Category:Internal link templates
{Category see also}

Template	Example output
{c}	Example
{cl}	Category:Example
{cls}	Cat:Example

Template	Example output
{cconly}	8
{clc}	Category:Example (8)
{lc}	Category:Example (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)
{lcs}	Category:Example(edit talk links history)

This template creates a link to a category and optionally displays the page count. If the page count exceeds a backlog threshold, it will be highlighted.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Category name	`1`	The name of the category to link to. Example ExampleCategory	String	required
Display text	`2`	The text to display for the link. If not provided, the category name is used. Example Custom Display Text	String	optional
Show count	`count`	Specifies whether to display the number of pages in the category. Default false Example true	Boolean	optional
Backlog threshold	`backlog`	The threshold for the page count. If the count exceeds this value, it will be highlighted. Example 10	Number	optional
Count type	`count_type`	Specifies the type of count to display (e.g., pages, files, or subcategories). Suggested values `all` `pages` `subcats` `files` Default all Example pages	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Category link/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

Template:Category_link

See also