“My Tag Cloud” plugin
Posted by stratosg in My Coding on Nov 22nd, 2008 | 26 commentsA few days back, Kim wrote a short post calling all readers on asking what plugin they would like to have coded, provided someone would code it for them. That was actually my part. This came after the successful co-operation between me and Mike for the YAFootnotes plugin. A few ideas have come up on the comments section but there were a couple that can actually be coded (at least for now). This plugin is one of them.
The request was made by “Yael K. Miller“. What she asked for is a plugin that can list post tags in a different way than a tag cloud. Specificaly, she wanted the first ten to be listed in an unordered list and the rest in a dropdown box. So, voila! This is exactly what this plugin can do. I won’t get into detail since i have a whole page for this plugin here.
Besides this plugin a small tweak on an existing one is coming and who knows what else. Please check out my plugins page for a full list. If you feel you want a plugin yourself leave a comment and let me know. If it is something i can do i’ll definitely try to!
Awesome! Thanks Stratos. I’m impressed by how fast you code these plugins.
@Kim Thanks for the feedback and all the help! I really appreciate it!
It’s amazing that you can come up with that so quickly. That is a nice talent you have. When I was younger I remember doing some simple things in DOS and thought it was pretty cool. Now that I am 50 I don’t even bother learning all the stiff around like CSS and PHP, as I don’t have the time. Maybe when I retire
I’m heading over to have a look at your plugins.
@Sire: Well others plant tomatoes when they retire… You can learn PHP
Thanks for your nice comment. If you need anything coding-related come back here 
You don’t have to wait to retire to plant tomatoes. I’ve got some growing now. I’m of Italian heritage so I even make my own sauce and wine, although I don’t grow enough tomatoes for the sauce, only for salads
I was actually joking but it turns out you really like it
I am Greek so we are kinda neighbors 
I knew you were joking, I’m not that old
Anyway, I’ve installed that plugin and I think it’s great, but it would look better on my blog if the ‘Choose tag’ part did not break the widget box. Is there anyway to shorten the width?
hm that’s a very valid point! actually it’s not because of “Choose tag” it’s because of the biggest tag you have which is: “Seacrh Engine Optimization”… Check out the plugin page… I created a tweak that you can use to avoid it
please come back if you have any more problems. thanks again for the feedback. it means alot!
Sorry, but I couldn’t find that twea
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sorry i actually added it after i left the comment
i really thought it would take a bit more time before you came by. check out now and sorry for misleading you
Stratos, you’re awesome. Thanks so much.
@Yael I hope you like it and if you have any problem/improvement or whatever please don’t hesitate to contact me!
It makes me happy to see the comments appreciating your effort mate..
Except from being a great guy,I assume you are really a talented coder 
Also why don’t you publish these plugins in wordpress extend plugin section ? Coz their are many people who are looking for useful plugins like this one and will surely thank you (As well as bless you) for your useful contribution..
@Rockstar sid: they are all listed in there… it actually brings some people back.. thanks for stopping by!
The drop down menu works for single words but is not working with two or more words.
Example “?tag=Butterfly%20Zoo” should render
“?tag=Butterfly-Zoo”
Also I had to change the ‘/tag/’
to ‘/?tag=’ for the top menu to work.
Thank you for your help.
Wordpress 2.8
Hey Andy thanks for dropping by. I just noticed this problem and as it turns out you are right
It was a pretty simple plugin and i didn’t consider all the aspects as it seems. Thanks for noticing. I might release a small update to include these fixes.
Thanks again!
I like your plugin and I’ll be waiting for the fix.
Have a wonderful day.
@Andy: I have upgraded the plugin to fix this small issue. Update and let me know if you face any more problems!
Great, will give it a try!
The “/tag/” was not changed to “/?tag=”.
I changed it and now it seems to work
@Andy: I kinda see the problem here. The permalinks is off. This is one thing i need to take care of too. Thanks for letting me know and i will let you know when i address the issue
Thanks for the reply and just to let you know, I like the plugin.
@Andy: I have the update ready! Please upgrade and let me know if it worked out or not…
Prefect!
If you plan on future development here is a wish list feature.
The pull down menu has an option of count or name.
For example.
The top part is the Top Ten post count and the pull down is alphabetical.
Cheers!