show the tags in a list

This might work for you:

<?php
$tags = get_tags( array('orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC') );
foreach ( (array) $tags as $tag ) {
echo '<a href="' . get_tag_link ($tag->term_id) . '" rel="tag">' . $tag->name . ' (' . $tag->count . ') </a>';
}
?>

I used the code shown above and it worked great.

I’m trying to sort my tags by initial letter (all the A’s under A, etc.).

From the “get_tags” function page I think the “name_like” argument should pull this off, but for some reason, it’s not working. This is what I have:

<ul>
<?php
$tags = get_tags( array('name_like' => "a", 'order' => 'ASC') );
foreach ( (array) $tags as $tag ) {
echo '<li><a href="' . get_tag_link ($tag->term_id) . '" rel="tag">' . $tag->name . ' </a></li>';
}
?>
</ul>

Any thoughts on what I’m doing wrong? Am I using the name_like argument wrong?

How can i include or exclude particular tags in the list ?

I am using the following code in my sidebar to show the list of tags with count for each.

<?php
$tags = get_tags( array('orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC') );
foreach ( (array) $tags as $tag ) {
echo '<li><a href="' . get_tag_link ($tag->term_id) . '" rel="tag">' . $tag->name . ' (' . $tag->count . ') </a></li>';
}
?>

Is there a way to have only the top (for example) 15 tags to show in this list with a link below the tags to a page where I will show all my tags in a specific format, e.g. cloud.

Cheers,
Simon.