Template:Wikiportal/OTD

Template for displaying OTD on portal pages.

Supports 3 methods of selecting articles:

• Daily rotation: Display a rotation of 366 articles based on day of the year.
• Weekly rotation: Display a rotation of 12 articles based on week of the year.
• Monthly rotation: Display a rotation of 12 articles based on month of the year.

Usage

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|mode         =monthly
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
}}

The featured articles should all be subpages of a certain page (specified with prefix).

Parameters

Name of the template (without "Template:") which the featured articles are subpages of.

For example, if prefix is set to "Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD", the featured articles should be named:

• "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January 1, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 31, 2026") for the daily rotation.
• "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 1, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 52, 2026") for the weekly rotation.
• "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 2026") for the monthly rotation.

mode Determines type of rotation.

Available options:

• monthly: 12-article-rotation based on month of the year.
• weekly: 52-article-rotation based on week of the year.
• daily: 366-article-rotation based on day of the year.

Examples

Monthly rotation (31 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =monthly
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

Weekly rotation (52 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =weekly
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

Daily rotation (366 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =daily
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today: