Title: List all keywords?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# List all keywords?

 *  [hofo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hofo/)
 * (@hofo)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/)
 * Hi,
    I need a shove in the right direction. Rather than create a category each
   time I need some new taxonomy edge for a post, I’d like to simply add a “keyword”
   field to each new post. Then in my template I’d have some code that looks through
   all the posts for “keyword” fields and makes a list of all the values, with each
   item linking to a list of the posts that use that value. Sort of like the Searchwords
   thingy described at Gadgetopia ([http://wordpress.org/support/10/2468](http://wordpress.org/support/10/2468))
   but extended to allow the blog-wide list. It would be sort of like a free-form
   category field. Any ideas on how I’d go about implementing this? I know I could
   just do some SQL, but I was hoping someone had done this already.

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112354)
 * This help?
    [http://wiki.wordpress.org/Plugin/keywords](http://wiki.wordpress.org/Plugin/keywords)
 *  Thread Starter [hofo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hofo/)
 * (@hofo)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112455)
 * Hmm. No, not really. That adds keywords to a meta field in the header. I’m looking
   for something that will make a list of all the distinct keywords in all the posts.
   I’ve figured out what to do, maybe I’ll just roll my own plugin…
 *  [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * (@alphaoide)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112460)
 * Add a custom meta _keywords_
 *  Thread Starter [hofo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hofo/)
 * (@hofo)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112876)
 * Sorry, I suppose I wasn’t making myself clear. I’d like to display the summary
   list of keywords used on the page to the user. So sticking them in a meta tag
   won’t help me, thanks.
    On the good side, I wrote the sodding plugin myself. 
   I’m still ironing some kinks out, but I was amazed at how easy it really was.
   After I get it cleaned up and working thoroughly I’ll unleash it on the world.
 *  [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * (@alphaoide)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112879)
 * I don’t if we’re talking about the same meta.
    You could add your own custom 
   meta. It’s visible in advanced view in posting section of admin panel. I also
   found the following plugin so useful to display the custom meta in your post.
   [http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/06/30/plugin-get-custom/](http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/06/30/plugin-get-custom/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-all-keywords/#post-112879)
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