I was pretty annoyed with the default tag cloud widget. It does a lot of things wrong, like inconsistent HTML markup and hardcoded font sizes. So I wanted to write my own. Digging through the code I found out that the wordpress wp_tag_cloud() function is pretty powerful. In fact, it could do almost everyhing I want. So I abandoned my plan to rewrite everything from scratch and added a nice admin interface to my tag cloud widget.
This plugin makes the options for wp_tag_cloud() available to a tag cloud widget and a shortcode. This means that you can easily choose things like font sizes, HTML markup and ordering. See the wp_tag_cloud page for what the settings can do.
Additionally, it is possible to sort tags by count and alphabetically at the same time. It is also possible to add a counter to the tags, so that your visitors can see how many posts are associated with each tag. The plugin also adds a sensible CSS class to every tag.
Here's a demo of the new shortcode:
Tag cloud
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The easiest way to use this plugin is to drag the widget into one of your sidebars.
There is as well the shortcode [nktagcloud]. Examples:
- [nktagcloud] This displays the tag cloud as configured on the options page.
- [nktagcloud single=yes] This does the same but shows only the tags of the current post.
- [nktagcloud post_id=1234] Displays the tags of the post identified by post_id.
- [nktagcloud separator="" categories=no] Remove separator and categories.
Using the tag cloud in your theme
You can call the function nktagcloud_shortcode() from your theme to get the same output as from the shortcode. Example:
<?php
if ( function_exists( 'nktagcloud_shortcode' ) ) {
echo nktagcloud_shortcode( null );
}
There's also the nk_wp_tag_cloud() function. You can use it to generate a tag cloud with a different configuration than the plugin's one. It accepts the same parameters as wp_tag_cloud(). Example:
<?php
if ( function_exists( 'nk_wp_tag_cloud' ) ) {
echo nk_wp_tag_cloud( 'single=yes&separator= - &categories=no' );
}?>
Additonal parameters (all strings):
- single: Only tags of the current post ('Yes', 'No')
- categories: Inlude categories in the cloud ('Yes', 'No')
- replace: Convert blanks to non-breaking spaces ('Yes', 'No')
- post_id: Display only tags of the specified post (post ID)
- mincount: Show only tags that have been used at least so many times
- separator: Tag separator
- inject_count: Add a counter to the tag ('Yes', 'No')
- inject_count_outside: Add the counter outside of the tag hyperlink ('Yes', 'No')
- nofollow: Add the noffow attribute to the tags in the cloud ('Yes', 'No')
Downloads are at the plugin's WordPress.org page.
Most plugin demos are disabled at the moment. I'll restore them as soon as possible.
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