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Author: Nicolas Kuttler

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.

Usage

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:

1. [nktagcloud] This displays the tag cloud as configured on the options page.
2. [nktagcloud single=yes] This does the same but shows only the tags of the current post.
3. [nktagcloud post_id=1234] Displays the tags of the post identified by post_id.
4. [nktagcloud separator="" categories=no] Remove separator and categories.

You can also call the nk_wp_tag_cloud() function directly from your theme, please see inc/page.php for the parameters. Example:

if ( function_exists( 'nk_wp_tag_cloud' ) ) {
    echo nk_wp_tag_cloud( 'single=yes&separator= - &categories=no' );
}

Support

Visit the plugin's home page to leave comments, ask questions, etc.

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