Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget

This is the highly configurable tag cloud widget, the main features for this plugin is:

• All, single author or multiple authors per cloud
• Select which taxonomies or post types to show tags for
• Rules for which posts to include when fetching tags
• Inclusion/exclusion functions
• A bunch of ordering, coloring and styling options
• Multiple strategies for selecting terms with the option to create your own. Built in strategies for most popular, random, recently added, from current list of posts
• Short code and API for developers

The development of this plugin has stopped. I will make sure that the basic features still work with upcoming WordPress versions, but no new features or changes will be made.

The code is available on github and if you’re in need of new features, you’re welcome to submit a pull request for it.

Quick links:

• Short code information: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-tag-cloud-widget/other_notes/#Theme-integration-/-Shortcode
• Short code configuration options: https://github.com/rickard2/utcw/blob/master/CONFIG.md
• Playground which shows some configuration options: https://0x539.se/wordpress/tag-cloud-playground/
• Custom selection strategy documentation: https://github.com/rickard2/utcw/blob/master/STRATEGY.md

Feedback

This plugin is under active development and my goal is to try to help everyone who have issues or suggestions for this plugin. If you find bugs or have feature requests please use GitHub issues, if you need support please use the WordPress forums.

My contact information is

• rickard (a) 0x539.se (email, hangouts, you name it)
• twitter.com/rickard2

If you use this plugin and like it, please consider leaving a donation.

Theme integration / Shortcode

You can integrate the widget within your own theme even if you’re not using standard WordPress widgets. Just install and load the plugin as described and use the function

<?php do_utcw($args); ?>

…with $args being a array of key => value pairs for the options you would like to set. For example if you’d like to change the title of the widget:

<?php
$args = array( "title" => "Most awesome title ever" );

do_utcw( $args );

Read the full description on the official page →