wp_tag_cloud( array|string|null $args = '' )

Display tag cloud.

Contents

Description Description

The text size is set by the ‘smallest’ and ‘largest’ arguments, which will use the ‘unit’ argument value for the CSS text size unit. The ‘format’ argument can be ‘flat’ (default), ‘list’, or ‘array’. The flat value for the ‘format’ argument will separate tags with spaces. The list value for the ‘format’ argument will format the tags in a UL HTML list. The array value for the ‘format’ argument will return in PHP array type format.

The ‘orderby’ argument will accept ‘name’ or ‘count’ and defaults to ‘name’. The ‘order’ is the direction to sort, defaults to ‘ASC’ and can be ‘DESC’.

The ‘number’ argument is how many tags to return. By default, the limit will be to return the top 45 tags in the tag cloud list.

The ‘topic_count_text’ argument is a nooped plural from _n_noop() to generate the text for the tag link count.

The ‘topic_count_text_callback’ argument is a function, which given the count of the posts with that tag returns a text for the tag link count.

The ‘post_type’ argument is used only when ‘link’ is set to ‘edit’. It determines the post_type passed to edit.php for the popular tags edit links.

The ‘exclude’ and ‘include’ arguments are used for the get_tags() function. Only one should be used, because only one will be used and the other ignored, if they are both set.

Parameters Parameters

$args

(array|string|null) (Optional) Override default arguments.

Default value: ''

Top ↑

Return Return

(void|array) Generated tag cloud, only if no failures and 'array' is set for the 'format' argument. Otherwise, this function outputs the tag cloud.

Top ↑

Source Source

File: wp-includes/category-template.php 

function wp_tag_cloud( $args = '' ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'smallest' => 8, 'largest' => 22, 'unit' => 'pt', 'number' => 45,
		'format' => 'flat', 'separator' => "\n", 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC',
		'exclude' => '', 'include' => '', 'link' => 'view', 'taxonomy' => 'post_tag', 'post_type' => '', 'echo' => true,
		'show_count' => 0,
	);
	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	$tags = get_terms( $args['taxonomy'], array_merge( $args, array( 'orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC' ) ) ); // Always query top tags

	if ( empty( $tags ) || is_wp_error( $tags ) )
		return;

	foreach ( $tags as $key => $tag ) {
		if ( 'edit' == $args['link'] )
			$link = get_edit_term_link( $tag->term_id, $tag->taxonomy, $args['post_type'] );
		else
			$link = get_term_link( intval($tag->term_id), $tag->taxonomy );
		if ( is_wp_error( $link ) )
			return;

		$tags[ $key ]->link = $link;
		$tags[ $key ]->id = $tag->term_id;
	}

	$return = wp_generate_tag_cloud( $tags, $args ); // Here's where those top tags get sorted according to $args

	/**
	 * Filters the tag cloud output.
	 *
	 * @since 2.3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $return HTML output of the tag cloud.
	 * @param array  $args   An array of tag cloud arguments.
	 */
	$return = apply_filters( 'wp_tag_cloud', $return, $args );

	if ( 'array' == $args['format'] || empty($args['echo']) )
		return $return;

	echo $return;
}

Expand full source code Collapse full source code View on Trac

Top ↑

Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
4.8.0 Added the show_count argument.
2.3.0 Introduced.

Top ↑

Top ↑

Uses Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/category-template.php: wp_generate_tag_cloud()

Generates a tag cloud (heatmap) from provided data.
wp-includes/category-template.php: wp_tag_cloud

Filters the tag cloud output.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merge user defined arguments into defaults array.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: get_term_link()

Generate a permalink for a taxonomy term archive.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: get_terms()

Retrieve the terms in a given taxonomy or list of taxonomies.
wp-includes/link-template.php: get_edit_term_link()

Retrieves the URL for editing a given term.
wp-includes/plugin.php: apply_filters()

Call the functions added to a filter hook.
wp-includes/load.php: is_wp_error()

Check whether variable is a WordPress Error.
Show 3 more uses Hide more uses

Top ↑

User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

  6. Skip to note content
    You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this noteVote results for this note: 0You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note
    Contributed by Codex —

    Change Title Text of Cloud Links

    Use the topic_count_text_callback argument to pass in a new callback function. The original function default_topic_count_text() is located in /wp-includes/category-template.php This example changes the title text from the default “topics” to “pictures”.

    <?php 
	wp_tag_cloud( array( 'topic_count_text_callback' => 'my_tag_text_callback' ) ); 

	function my_tag_text_callback( $count ) {
		return sprintf( _n( '%s picture', '%s pictures', $count ), number_format_i18n( $count ) );
	}
?>

You must log in before being able to contribute a note or feedback.