what are macros?

Question

I'm suddenly seeing references to "macros" in Confluence questions. Is there some kind of guide to macros?

Josh Costella · Accepted Answer

Hi @Alison Frane

Here is a great place to start: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/what-are-macros/

https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/extend-the-functionality-of-confluence-cloud/

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

They are control strings you insert into the body of a page, which then render something more clever than simple text when the page is refreshed.  It could be as simple as a panel or a lozenge around a bit of text, all the way through to complex things like reading a list of issues from Jira and displaying them in place.

There are loads of them in Confluence, you can insert them from the formatting menu, or just type in a / and look through the auto-fill menu that pops out.