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[resolved] Tags and Categories and Simple Tagging plug-in (5 posts)

  1. pkl
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I am new to WordPress, and this is probably a very basic question...

    In short: I installed the Simple Tagging plug-in, imported my posts, converted categories to tags, and now have a tag cloud that shows "uncategorized" at maximum size and every other at minimum size...

    This happened because I have 2,600+ posts imported from Blogger (which means that my old labels were imported as categories), and the earlier posts (ca. 1,300) did not have labels, so were imported as "uncategorized".

    It seems that the Simple Tagging cloud shows a combination of categories and tags. This means that with over 1,000 posts in the "uncategorized" category, and less than 100 for the next largest category or tag, the tag cloud is not much of a cloud anymore...

    The only solution I can see right now is to go back and create categories and tags for the 1,300 posts that currently have neither (apart from the "uncategorized" category)... Just time alone is a sufficient reason for me to not do that.

    Is there another way around this? For instance, is there a way to have posts not attached to any category at all? (Not even the "uncategorized" one.) Or can Simple Tagging be set up to only show tags in the tag cloud? (I removed the "uncategorized" tag.) Or are there changes in the template I can make to show only tags?

    (I plan to prune the categories down to 20 or so, and use tags as I used labels in Blogger, but this will not take care of the problem.)

    Since this post is specifically about Simple Tagging, I tried to ask this question in the comments section, but it seems that comments are disabled, so I am trying here instead.

  2. pkl
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    To clarify the questions (and add one):

    1. Is there a way to have posts not attached to any category at all? (Not even the "uncategorized" one.)

    2. Can specific categories be hidden from the tag cloud/list? (Maybe there is a plug-in?)

    3. Can WP/Simple Tagging be set up to only show tags in the tag cloud/list? (Maybe through the template?)

    Any help is appreciated!

  3. Otto42
    Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #

    1. Is there a way to have posts not attached to any category at all? (Not even the "uncategorized" one.)

    No.

    2. Can specific categories be hidden from the tag cloud/list? (Maybe there is a plug-in?)
    2. Can WP/Simple Tagging be set up to only show tags in the tag cloud/list? (Maybe through the template?)

    Both of these questions should really be addressed to the author of the Simple Tagging plugin.

  4. pkl
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Thanks! Although it seems to me that the two last questions are also more generally about what is possible in WordPress (Simple Tagging is not actively maintained anymore it seems, since this morning.)

  5. pkl
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Good news: I finally figured out how to hide categories from the tag cloud. (Under tag options, right under my nose...! I guess it works better when I have had some sleep.)

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