Template:Cite web

Cite web

General-purpose template for web sources.

Quick start

{{Cite web
| url   = https://example.com/article
| title = Article Title
| website = Example News
| date  = June 15, 2021
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
url	Full URL — required
title	Page title — required
author	Author name (or use last/first)
date	Publication date
website	Website name (alias: work)
publisher	Publisher if different from work
access-date	Date retrieved
quote	Key quote
via	Access method for paywalled content

Archives

archive-wayback, archive-wayback-date, archive-today, archive-today-date, archive-megalodon, archive-megalodon-date

Example

{{Cite web
| url = https://decrypt.co/100820/milady-nft-prices-tank
| title = Milady NFT Prices Tank After Founder Doxxed
| last = Copeland
| first = Tim
| date = May 19, 2022
| work = Decrypt
| access-date = October 31, 2025
}}

Backward compatibility

• work also accepted for website
• archive-url → archive-wayback
• archive-is → archive-today