Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite sources. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources.

Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-11-29 |format= |work= }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-11-29 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-11-29 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, author

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters

{{cite web
|last           = 
|first          = 
|author         = 
|authorlink     = 
|coauthors      = 
|editor-last    = 
|editor-first   = 
|editor         = 
|editor-link    = 
|coeditors      = 
|editor-type    = 
|title          = 
|url            = 
|archiveurl     = 
|archivedate    = 
|format         = 
|work           = 
|publisher      = 
|date           = 
|dateformat     = 
|month          =
|year           = 
|accessdate     = 
|accessdaymonth = 
|accessmonthday = 
|accessyear     = 
|page           = 
|pages          = 
|language       = 
|quote          = 
|postscript     = 
}}

Required parameters

url: URL of online item.
title: Title of online item.

For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:

accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2006-02-17". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005".

TemplateData

Cites sources from a website.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Last name	`last`	Surname of the author	Line	optional
First name	`first`	Given name of the author	Line	optional
Author	`author`	Name of the author; prefer the first name and last name parameters instead when possible	Line	suggested
Author link	`authorlink`	Title of article about the author on the wiki (if there is one)	Page name	optional
Co-authors	`coauthors`	Co-authors of the cited source	Line	optional
Source date	`date`	Date the source was published	Line	suggested
Title	`title`	Title of the cited page	Line	required
URL	`url`	Online location of the text of the cited source	URL	required
Archive URL	`archiveurl`	Archived copy of the web page	URL	suggested
Archive date	`archivedate`	Date the page was archived	Line	suggested
Access date	`accessdate`	Date the URL was accessed	Line	suggested
Website	`work`	Title of the website; can be wikilinked	Line	suggested
Publisher	`publisher`	Name of the publisher; not needed if same as the website	Line	optional
Pages	`pages`	Pages cited; not the number of pages in the source, only applicable for paged media	Line	optional
Language	`language`	Language in which the source is written, if not English	Line	optional
Format	`format`	Format of the source, if not HTML Example PDF	Line	optional
Quote	`quote`	Relevant text quoted from the cited source, including terminating punctuation	String	optional

Usage

Required parameters

TemplateData

See also