| Template | Example output | Use |
| {{strong}} | strong semantic emphasis | To indicate <strong> emphasis instead of just simple typographical boldfacing. |
| {{strongbad}} | "Never use..." | Same as {{strong}} but in red. |
| {{stronggood}} | "Only use..." | Same as {{strong}} but in green. |
| {{em}} | mild semantic emphasis | As per {{strong}} but for the milder <em> emphasis (instead of / as well as typographical italicization). |
| {{var}} | strPrefix | To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{varserif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction. |
| {{varserif}} | strIllustratePrefix | (see {{var}} above) |
| {{tld}} | {{DEFAULTSORT|Y, X}} | To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code. |
| {{para}} | |year=2008 | To display template parameters with or without values. |
| {{param}} | {{{title|alt}}} | To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above. |
| {{tlx}} etc. | {{Template|1|2|...|10}} | To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code. |
| {{tag}} | "The <img>...</img> tags..." | To render HTML elements ("tags") as prose. |
| {{code}} | "Ensure the alt= parameter..." | To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code>...</code>. |
| {{subst:codenowiki}} | <code><nowiki> code ...
...</nowiki></code> | To wrap example code in <code> and nested <nowiki> tags. |
| {{syntaxhighlight}} | | ( or {{sxhl}} ) Wrapper for <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>, but will wrap overflowing text. |
| {{deprecated code}} | "Do not use <blink>." | ( or {{dc}} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<blink>) while {{dc|red{{=}}y}} uses red (<blink>). |
| {{pre}} | | For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text. |
| {{bq}} | | For indented blocks of content, such as block quotations, examples, poems, etc. |
| {{kbd}} | user input | To indicate user input. |
| {{key press}} | CtrlX | To indicate specific-keystroke input. |
| {{PlayStation key press}} | × | To indicate PlayStation-style gamepad key presses. |
| {{samp}} | example output | To indicate sample or example output. |
