Template:Moddb/doc

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Important:This template has been recently edited to allow users to links any ModDB pages outside "mods", if you encounter a page using old ModDB links with "numbers" instead of "game-id", or if they appear to be broken, please update them.

Link to ModDB.

Parameters and Examples

Parameter	Description	Example	Preview
No Parameters	Creates a link to ModDB home page.	{{Moddb}}	ModDB
{{{1}}}	Creates a link to a mod, game, or other pages on ModDB. By default it was set to other, allowing any ModDB links to be used, one downsides is that some older pages (and even some newer one) with old ModDB links will stops working, but it will be eventually fixed.	{{Moddb|mods/black-mesa}}	ModDB page
{{{2}}}	Alternative name of the link.	{{Moddb||ModDB Home page}} {{Moddb|mods/black-mesa|Black Mesa on ModDB}}	ModDB Home page Black Mesa on ModDB
{{{page}}}	Changes the page URL from other (default) to mods, games or rtx. We recommend using the default other settings as this will allow any ModDB links to be used, without requiring another parameters.	{{Moddb|page=mod|black-mesa|Black Mesa on ModDB}} {{Moddb|page=games|half-life-2|Half-Life 2 on ModDB}} {{Moddb|page=rtx|1=/|2=RTX Remix Compatible Games}} {{Moddb|page=other|about|About ModDB}}	Black Mesa on ModDB Half-Life 2 on ModDB RTX Remix Compatible Games About ModDB
{{{icon}}}	Hide/shows the icon. Values: show (default), hide	{{Moddb|icon=hide}}	ModDB

See also

Cross-wiki link templates

Template	Preview
{{wikipedia}} {{wiki}} {{w}}	Wikipedia
{{cow}}	Combine OverWiki
{{l4dwiki}}	Left 4 Dead Wiki
{{pcgw}}	PCGamingWiki
{{portalwiki}}	Portal Wiki
{{sboxwiki}}	S&Box Wiki
{{tfwiki}}	Team Fortress Wiki
{{twhl}}	TWHL Wiki
{{quakewiki}}	Quake Wiki
{{cswiki}}	Counter-Strike Wiki

Social media link templates

Template	Preview
{{bluesky}}	Bluesky
{{discord}}	Discord
{{reddit}}	Reddit
{{steam community}}	Steam Community
{{twitch}}	Twitch
{{twitter}} {{x}}	X (Twitter)
{{youtube}}	YouTube

Storefront link templates

Template	Preview
{{steam store}}	Steam Store
{{epic}} {{egs}}	Epic Games Store
{{gplay}}	Google Play
{{gog}}	GOG.com
{{ms store}}	Microsoft Store
{{nintendo store}}	Nintendo Store

Other link templates

Template	Preview
{{steam}}	Steam Protocol
{{email}} {{e}}	[email protected]
{{github}}	GitHub
{{gamebanana}}	GameBanana
{{moddb}}	ModDB
{{rtsl}}	RTSL
{{protondb}}	ProtonDB
{{steamdb}} {{sdb}}	SteamDB
{{gdrive}} {{gd}}	Google Drive