Tag cloud widget – edit which tags are shown

  • praptolium

    (@praptolium)


    9 years ago

    Hey gang!

    I’m pretty new to WordPress, but I have a tag cloud widget in my sidebar and what I want to do is make it discern which tags to include, and which to exclude.

    The Website can be found here

    More specifically, I want the tag cloud to include all tags from the “Blog” category of posts, and exclude all others.

    I’m a bit confused as to where I should do this, since I can’t seem to find where to edit the php/html of that particular widget, and googling it hasn’t really helped…

    If y’all could point me in the right direction, that would be swell!! ??

    Thanks!

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  • Hi, I can suggest you 3 solutions based on your level of experience with WordPress:

    1) Easy and quick “fix”
    If you only use the “Blog tag cloud” on your website, you could delete all the tags associated to post/pages that are not under the “Blog” category and use tags only when you add a new post in the “Blog” category. Doing this your tag cloud won’t show any extraneous tag.

    2) Tag filter plugin
    You could try to install a plugin that filters which tags to show and allow you to configure a custom tag cloud widget in your sidebar. Like “Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget”, for example.
    But be aware that this is not officially compatible with your WordPress version, which is the 4.3.1, so it might not work
    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ultimate-tag-cloud-widget/

    3) Manually tweak your theme (it requires programming experience)
    You could edit your theme and manually add a custom tag cloud widget, configuring it as explained here
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_tag_cloud
    If you feel confident enough to try this, have a look at this topic since it’s relevant to your problem
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/how-to-customize-widget-tag-cloud

    Hope one of these solutions can work for you:)

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