Template:Blog post
To be used at the top of blog posts. These are usually located at User:Username/Blog/Blog post title. For more information, see Help:Blog.
Usage
{{blog post|date= |date displayed= |p=. |draft=yes }}
Parmaters:
date- The date and time of the post. Defaults to the time of the most recent revision to the page. If a time is specified it will be assumed to be in UTC; the timezone can be set specifically (e.g. in ISO8601 format:
2026-08-06T16:40+12:00where the+12:00at the end is your current time offset from UTC). date displayed- By default, the date that is displayed is of the form "4:40 pm Thursday, 6 August 2026"; use this parameter to change this to anything to want.
p- Set the punctuation to be used at the end of the displayed date. Defaults to a full stop (period).
draft- Any value will prevent the post from being categorised, and will display a message box alerting readers to the fact that the post is a draft.
InputBox
To display a page-creation form, use the following InputBox code. It uses the preload text that's stored in Template:Blog post/preload.
<inputbox> type=create width=80 preload=Template:Blog post/preload editintro= buttonlabel=Add blog post searchbuttonlabel= break=no prefix=Special:Mypage/Blog/ placeholder=Enter title here </inputbox>
This results in the following:
Blog home page
A blog home page can be created to list all blog posts. For more information, see the {{blog}} template.
Microformat
This template also adds a Microformat following the Datetime Design Pattern, by wrapping the displayed date in a <time /> element. For example:
<time datetime="2026-08-06T16:40:19+00:00">16:40 6 August 2026</time>
See also
- {{blog post comments}} for adding a comments section at the end of a blog post
- {{blog}} for placing on your blog's homepage
- Help:Blog for all information about how to have a blog in Wikiversity Category:Blogging templates