Template:POTD
Usage
[edit]Displays the English Wikipedia's current picture of the day (POTD) in a box of no more than 600 pixels wide, without the blurb (explanatory text), for use on user pages. To always display the current day's POTD, use {{POTD}}; to permanently feature a particular day's POTD, use {{POTD|date=[date]}}, where the [date] parameter can be given in any valid format.
It is also possible to create your own custom POTD layouts, in case the already-existing versions will not look good within your user page design. Mix and match the following components to make your own. This system will only work for POTDs selected beginning January 1, 2007. Be sure to replace [date] with an appropriate date value. For a dynamically updating version, use {{#time:Y-m-d}} (example: {{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|image}}).
| Template | Description | Renders as |
|---|---|---|
{{POTD/[date]|image}} |
The name of the image, without the File: prefix |
Linaria vulgaris flowers - Keila.jpg |
{{POTD/[date]|size}} |
The size of the image, without the trailing px |
300 |
{{POTD/[date]|caption}} |
The image caption (blurb) | Linaria vulgaris, also known as the common toadflax, yellow toadflax, or butter-and-eggs, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Europe, Siberia and Central Asia. It has also been introduced to and is now common in North America. It is a perennial plant with short spreading roots, a stem height of 15 to 90 centimetres (6 to 35 inches), and fine glaucous blue-green leaves. The flowers are pale yellow with an orange lower tip, borne in dense terminal racemes from mid-summer to mid-autumn, and visited mostly by bumblebees. Its fruit is a globose capsule containing numerous small seeds. The species is most commonly found as a wildflower, toadflax, but is sometimes cultivated as a cut flower or in children's gardens. These L. vulgaris flowers were photographed in Keila, Estonia. This picture was focus-stacked from 30 separate images. |
{{POTD/[date]|title}} |
A link to the article the image represents | Linaria vulgaris |
{{POTD/[date]|texttitle}} |
A linkless short caption, also useful as an alt attribute | Linaria vulgaris |
{{POTD/[date]|credit}} |
The credit line of the image, including the genre (e.g. photograph, painting) | Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus |
There are two additional predefined layouts:
{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}: This has the image and caption above each other with no borders. Used on some of the Main Page alternatives and also suitable for user pages.{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|row}}: This has the image and caption encapsulated in (usually) a single table row. This is the version used on the current Main Page.
It is also possible to permanently feature a POTD for a selected day. Just add a specific value for the date you want. For example, today's POTD is {{POTD/2025-11-04|image}}. Likewise, you can use date parameters with the other templates as well. If you like the pre-made formats, you can use date parameters there as well, like this: {{Pic of the day|date=2025-11-04}} or {{POTD|date=2025-11-04}}. Again, this system will only work for POTDs selected beginning January 1, 2007.