Posted 4 months ago #
Hi,
My tag cloud NEVER updates, it still has the same tags visible from the first few posts I made back in April. It seemed to update for a while but it hasn't changed for about 2 months now.
I'm using WP-Cumulus plugin but it's exactly the same result with the standard tags widget.
It's very annoying.
I have a second blog where the tags are working and update almost instantly.
Does anyone have any idea as to what might be the problem?
Thanks
Posted 4 months ago #
Could you try the regular tag cloud widget that comes with WP and see if it shows a different set of tags? My plugin simply uses the output from WordPress's wp_tag_cloud function, so there should be no difference, unless you're using the 'wp_tag_cloud parameters' option in the plugin to get or exclude specific tags.
If you've used a lot of tags very frequently in the past, they'll rank higher than new ones you've only used once. I have that on my blog. The tags in my cloud hardly ever change either.
Posted 4 months ago #
Hi roytanck,
Thanks for your help.
Regular tag cloud does indeed show the same tags.
So let's say a tag has two topics associated with it, and there are also a number of other tags associated with two topics.
Do the tags that were added to the cloud first just stay there until another tag overtakes them?
I guess so, as this seems to be what is happening.
Posted 4 months ago #
It's my understanding that the number of articles a tag is attached to determines its importance, and that the 45 most important ones are shown. I think it would be a nice feature to suggest to the WordPress developers to somehow include a tag's age into the algorithm, or when it's been used last. But currently, that's not the case as far as I'm aware of.
Posted 4 months ago #
Thanks
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