
A screenshot of Special Pages.
Special pages are useful tools and reports come with our MediaWiki software and help with wiki management. Special pages always begin with the prefix "Special:".
How to Find Special Pages
- You can see a list of special pages available by visiting Special:SpecialPages on your wiki.
- If you're an admin on the wiki, you can find this in the Admin Dashboard under the "Advanced" Tab.
- If you want to create a shortcut to this list, you can add it to your toolbar by clicking "Customize" and adding "Special pages" to your list.
A List of Special Pages
Below is a list of options in Special:SpecialPages, color coded by access levels:
- Black - Available to anyone
- Green - Available to logged in users
- Red - Available to admins and bureaucrats
- Orange - Available to bureaucrats only
If a Special Page isn't available to a user, it will generally not display on their view of Special:SpecialPages.
Maintenance reports
- Broken redirects
- Special:BrokenRedirects : List of pages whose target article has been deleted (Help:Redirect)
- Dead-end pages
- Special:DeadendPages : Pages without any outgoing links (Help:Dead-end street)
- Double redirects
- Special:DoubleRedirects : List of pages that redirect to another redirect page (Help:Redirect)
- Long pages
- Special:LongPages : Pages that contain the most characters in descending order
- Oldest pages
- Special:AncientPages : Lists the oldest pages on a wiki
- Orphaned pages
- Special:LonelyPages : Articles not linked to or from any other page on the wiki
- Pages with the fewest revisions
- Special:FewestRevisions : Pages with the least amount of edits
- Pages without language links
- Special:WithoutInterwiki : Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts (Help:Interlanguage links)
- Protected pages
- Special:ProtectedPages : List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users (Help:Page protection)
- Protected titles
- Special:ProtectedTitles : Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins (Help:Page protection)
- Short pages
- Special:ShortPages : Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order
- Tags Report
- Special:TagsReport : Lists all of the specific tags in alphabetical order along with how many pages for each tag
- Uncategorized categories
- Special:UncategorizedCategories : Categories without category tags (Help:Category)
- Uncategorized pages
- Special:UncategorizedPages : Pages without category tags (Help:Category)
- Uncategorized photos
- Special:UncategorizedImages : Images without category tags (Help:Category)
- Uncategorized templates
- Special:UncategorizedTemplates : Templates without category tags (Help:Category)
- Unused categories
- Special:UnusedCategories displays categories that have not been used
- Unused photos
- Special:UnusedImages : Images that do not appear on any page (Help:Images)
- Unused templates
- Special:UnusedTemplates : Templates that are not included in any page (Help:Templates)
- Unwatched pages
- Special:UnwatchedPages : Pages that are not on any user's watchlist
- Wanted categories
- Special:WantedCategories : Pages that use a category that has not been created yet (Help:Category)
- Wanted pages
- Special:WantedPages : Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist
- Wanted photos
- Special:WantedFiles : Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist
List of pages
- All pages
- Special:AllPages : A list of every page on the wiki
- All pages with prefix
- Special:PrefixIndex Displays all prefixes within the wiki, along with a search box
- Categories list
- Special:Categories : List of categories (Help:Category)
- Category tree
- Special:CategoryTree : Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure (Help:Category)
- Disambiguation pages
- Special:Disambiguations : List pages marked as disambiguations (Help:Glossary#D)
- Redirects list
- Special:ListRedirects : List of redirects on a wiki (Help:Redirect)
Users and rights
- Block user
- Special:BlockIP : Block a user or IP address. (Help:Blocking)
- Blocked IP addresses and usernames
- Special:IPBlockList : Blocked IPs and usernames (Help:Blocking)
- Change password
- Special:ChangePassword : Change the password associated with your user account
- Contributions
- Special:Contributions : List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users (Help:User contributions)
- Deleted contributions
- Special:DeletedContributions : View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted (Help:Deletion)
- Edit count
- Special:EditCount : Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally (Help:Edit count)
- Preferences
- Special:Preferences : Set your user preferences (Help:Preferences)
- User group rights
- Special:ListGroupRights : List of rights associated with each user group (Help:User access levels)
- User rights management
- Special:UserRights : Use to appoint new admins/bureaucrats or to add/remove rollback users. (Help:User access levels)
- Users list
- Special:ListUsers : List of people who have edited this wiki (Help:Active users)
Recent changes and logs
- Followed Pages
- Special:Following : A list of pages you are following on that wiki
- Logs (extended list)
- Special:Log : Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings
- New pages
- Special:NewPages : List of new pages on a wiki (Help:Newest Pages)
- New photos on this wiki
- Special:NewFiles : List of photos on a wiki sorted by newest to oldest
- Recent changes
- Special:RecentChanges : The latest edits on a wiki (Help:Recent changes)
- Related changes
- Special:RelatedChanges : Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page
or to members of a specified category (Help:Related changes) - Valid change tags
- Special:Tags : A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning
- Watchlist
- Special:Watchlist : Show the pages you are watching (Help:Watchlist)
Media reports and uploads
- Duplicate photos search
- Special:FileDuplicateSearch : Locate duplicate files based on filename
- File list
- Special:ImageList : List of images uploaded that can be sorted by size or date (Help:Images)
- File path
- Special:FilePath : Returns the complete path for a file (Help:Images)
- Import Free Images
- Special:ImportFreeImages : Import properly licensed photos from flickr (Help:Import free images)
- MIME search
- Special:MIMESearch : Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type
- Upload multiple photos
- Special:MultipleUpload : Upload up to 10 files to the wiki (Help:Multiple uploads)
- Upload photo
- Special:Upload : Upload a file to the wiki (Help:Uploading files)
Wiki data and tools
- Statistics
- Special:Statistics : Total number of pages and users
- System messages
- Special:Allmessages : Displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace (Help:System Messages)
- Version
- Special:Version : The version of the software the site is currently running. Also displayed 'installed' extensions
- Wikia Statistics
- Special:WikiStats : Displays monthly statistics of active users, edits, uploads, and other useful data
Redirecting special pages
- External links search
- Special:LinkSearch : Links on pages that take readers outside of the wiki
- Random page
- Special:RandomPage : Redirects to a random page (Help:Redirect)
- Random redirect
- Special:RandomRedirect : Randomly taken to a redirecting page (Help:Redirect)
- Search
- Special:Search : Search the wiki (Help:Searching)
High use pages
- Most linked-to categories
- Special:MostLinkedCategories : Categories that have the most links to them in descending order
- Most linked-to pages
- Special:MostLinked : Pages that have the most links to them in descending order
- Most linked-to photos
- Special:MostImages : Images that have the most links to them in descending order
- Most linked-to templates
- Special:MostLinkedTemplates : Templates that have the most links to them in descending order
- Most popular categories
- Special:Mostpopularcategories : List of the most popular categories
- Pages with the most categories
- Special:MostCategories : List of pages with the most categories in descending order
- Pages with the most revisions
- Special:MostRevisions : List of pages with the large number of edits in descending order
Page tools

Example output of the Special:WhatLinksHere page.
- Create a new page
- Special:Createpage : Guided process to creating new pages (Help:New page)
- Export pages
- Special:Export : Exports the source of individual wiki pages, optionally with their histories, in a thin XML wrapper which includes metadata like time, etc (Help:Exporting pages)
- Import pages
- Special:Import : Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file
- Restore deleted pages
- Special:Undelete : One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages
- What links here
- Special:WhatLinksHere : Find all pages that link to an article
Wikia pages
- Contact Wikia
- Special:Contact : Send a message or inquiry to the Community Team (Help:Contacting Wikia)
- Create blog
- Special:CreateBlogPage : Create a new blog post
- Create blog listing
- Special:CreateBlogListingPage : Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories
- Partner feed
- Special:PartnerFeed : RSS feed for types of wiki actions and content
Login/sign up
- Connect account with Facebook
- Special:Connect
Other special pages
- API Explorer
- Special:ApiExplorer : Displays documentation for the wiki's API
- Achievements Leaderboard
- Special:Leaderboard : A ranked list of users by achievement badges
- Activity feed
- Special:WikiActivity : A visual feed of edits and communication on the wiki
- Book sources
- Special:BookSources : Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page
- Random page in category
- Special:RandomInCategory : Generates a random page limited to the named category
- Wiki Features
- Special:WikiFeatures : Enable, disable, and give feedback on experimental and optional features
Logs
- Block log - blocks and unblocks (Help:Blocking)
- Deletion log - deleted and undeleted pages (Help:Deletion)
- Import log - administrative imports of pages with edit history from other wikis
- Merge log - list of the most recent merges of one page history into another
- Move log - list of page moves (Help:Moving pages)
- User creation log - list of newly created accounts.
- Protection log - protected and unprotected pages (Help:Page protection)
- Settings log - changes to the default site skin
- Upload log - list of images uploaded (Help:Uploading files)
- User rights log - changes to user rights (Help:User access levels)
Some extension also add new log types to the wiki (these will only exist if they are enabled at your wiki). Examples:
- Patrol log - log of patrolled revisions (Help:Recent changes patrol)
- User Avatar - Logs of uploading/changing of avatars (Blogs)
See also
Further Help & Feedback
- Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
- Check Fandom Community Central for sources of further help and support
- Check Contacting Fandom for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article
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