Posted 1 year ago #
Full Disclosure: This is a repost from another forum section, made after realizing this is a more appropriate location (delete if necessary!)
[moderator says] Removed the other thread... :)
When writing a new blog post, notice how there's an expandable "tag cloud" on the right side.
What file (and where) do I hack to get ALL the existing tags (not just the most popular ones) to display?
Posted 1 year ago #
Since I think it's a bad idea in the long run, if I want to do this I'll probably code a plugin to add an additional menu which lists all the existing tags. The tags can be pulled from the terms table and the existing javascript functionality can be used to update the tags panel when one of these is chosen.
This way, you can simply disable that massive tag list at some point without overly confusing your users.
Again I think it's a bad idea because at some point, the total number of tags will be so massive, you probably spend more time loading/sending the html related to the tags than everything else on the page.
Posted 1 year ago #
You may have a point.
The ability to select from the most commonly used tags is a convenience, but I'm also finding it makes users lazy (they just keep selecting from the same tags over and over when there are others that are more apt to their topic).
Perhaps there's a better solution than the one I'm describing, or I just have to get used to the idea of having multiple tags describe the same concept, or duplicate tags (with an extra "s" at the end, different capitalization, misspellings, etc).
Posted 1 year ago #
Unfortunately I don't think there's anyway to get around that issue.
For the projects I've used WordPress on, I'm fortunate in that the users who have edit capabilities are all staff of my clients. So I can be draconian and set down editorial guidelines for them, or let their bosses/managers chew them over for subpar tagging :)
However, I am working on another project that would allow public entry of certain taxonomy terms. My solution to this, which may not be possible in your situation, is to provide a specialized input template that does postprocessing on the tags, removing capitalization and redundant 's'. Misspelling would probably require a dictionary function unfortunately.
Posted 1 year ago #
There has to be a plugin or function of some description that allows the admin user to toggle the view between "all" and "most popular" tags, I agree with William that it encourages user laziness.
Has there been any update on this?
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