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Tag Groups: Getting Started

  • Introduction to Tag Groups
  • Installation of Tag Groups
  • First Steps With Tag Groups
  • Design and Colors in Tag Groups
  • Feature Overview (Free Version)
  • Glossary of Useful Words for Tag Groups

Working with Tag Groups

  • Creating and Editing Groups
  • Working with Tags
  • Use the Posts Filter for Tags
  • Use the Groups Filter for Tags
  • Bulk Actions in Tag Groups
  • Back End Post Filter
  • Organizing Groups with a Parent Level
  • Using the Tag Meta Box on the Post Edit Screen
  • Translating Tag Group Names with WPML

Tag Groups: Front End Features

  • Integration with WooCommerce
  • Post Tags: Show Tag Groups on Posts
  • Theming: Design and Colors
  • Using the Post Filter on the Front End
  • How To Use Gutenberg Blocks With Tag Groups
  • How to Use Shortcodes With Tag Groups

Accordion Tag Cloud

  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Alphabetical Tag Index

  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Overview
  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Gutenberg Block
  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Shortcode Parameters

Alphabetical Tag Cloud

  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Tabbed Tag Cloud

  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Groups Info

  • Tag Groups Info – Overview
  • Tag Groups Info – Shortcode Parameters

Tag List

  • Tag List – Overview
  • Tag List – Gutenberg Block
  • Tag List – Shortcode Parameters

Dynamic Post Filter (Pro)

  • Dynamic Post Filter – Overview
  • Dynamic Post Filter – Gutenberg Block
  • Dynamic Post Filter – Shortcode Parameters

Post List (Pro)

  • Post List – Overview
  • Post List – Gutenberg Block
  • Post List – Shortcode Parameters

Shuffle Box (Pro)

  • Shuffle Box – Overview
  • Shuffle Box – Gutenberg Block
  • Shuffle Box – Shortcode Parameters
  • Create a Custom Color Scheme for Shuffle Box
  • Hide the “not assigned” button in the Shuffle Box

Simple Tag Cloud (Pro)

  • Simple Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Simple Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Simple Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Cloud Search (Pro)

  • Tag Cloud Search – Overview
  • Tag Cloud Search – Gutenberg Block
  • Tag Cloud Search – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Groups Menu (Pro)

  • Tag Groups Menu – Overview
  • Tag Groups Menu – Shortcode Parameters

Toggle Post Filter (Pro)

  • Toggle Post Filter – Overview
  • Toggle Post Filter – Overview of Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Body (Posts) – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Body (Posts) – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Text Search – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Text Search – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Slider Button – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Slider Button – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Order Menu, Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Order Menu – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Menu – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Menu – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Reset Button – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Groups: For Developers

  • Constants
  • Modifying the Post Query
  • Modifying the Term Query
  • Theme Modifications (PHP)
  • Filters and Actions (Hooks)
  • REST API

Tag Groups: Settings

  • Home
  • Taxonomies
  • Front End
  • Back End
  • Tools
  • Troubleshooting

Tag Groups: Instructional Videos

  • Installation and Getting Started (Free Version)
  • Installation and Setup
  • 1. Installation and First Use
  • 2. How to use the Tag Meta Box
  • 3. How to use the Shuffle Box
  • 4. How to use the Toggle Post Filter
  • Videos About the Premium Version

Tag Groups: Frequently Asked Questions

  • How to … ? Which feature is the right for me?
  • Can I use the plugin with more than one taxonomy?
  • Can I use the plugin with pages?
  • Can I use the plugin with categories?
  • Can I use tag groups with custom taxonomies?
  • Can I have multiple levels of tag groups (parents)?
  • Where can I find a WordPress developer or web designer for customization?
  • How to display tags in a custom sort order?
  • How do I add custom CSS?
  • How to Make the Alphabetical Tag Index or the Tag List Responsive?
  • Can I use tag groups with custom taxonomies?
  • Can I have multiple levels of tag groups (parents)?
  • Where do I find the IDs of WordPress tags, posts or categories?
  • How can I display a tag cloud in a widget?
  • Can I use the plugin with more than one taxonomy?
  • Can I use the plugin with categories?
  • Can I use the plugin with page tags?
  • What are the minimum system requirements to install Tag Groups?
  • How can I customize a Gutenberg Block beyond the given options?
  • “The free Tag Groups plugin cannot be active together with Tag Groups Premium.”
  • Does Tag Groups work with the Polylang plugin?
  • Where can I get customization of the plugin code?

Tag Groups: Troubleshooting

  • “Error loading block: The response is not a valid JSON response.”
  • Shortcodes (tabs, accordion or other) don’t work in (sidebar) widgets
  • I cannot use multiple tag clouds on the same page
  • I use a plugin to aggregate inline JS and the cache size grows rapidly
  • I don’t see all tags in the Tag Meta Box
  • How To Use The Debug Log?
  • The plugin changes design elements (accordions, tabs, sliders, buttons, handles) in other places of my site
  • When I click on a tag in the tag cloud, the list of posts is empty or incomplete
  • Some shortcode parameters are not effective
  • There is a gray box around the tag cloud or the tabs or accordion are messed up
  • Instead of the tag cloud the page just renders an empty space
  • I cannot save HTML in the tag description
  • Where are my tags? My tags are gone
  • The processes in Troubleshooting – First Aid don’t complete
  • Authors cannot add tags to groups
  • Tag Cloud: When I Click on a Tag, the Posts Don’t Differentiate by Groups
  • I don’t see any or all posts
  • Debugging a WordPress Ajax Error
  • The list on the Tag Groups Administration page doesn’t load. I see the wheel spinning forever or an error message

Tag Clouds and Tag Lists

  • How to display tags in a custom sort order?
  • Can I use the shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks multiple times on the same page?
  • Where do I find the IDs of tags, posts or categories?
  • How can I display a tag cloud in a widget?
  • Can I have two tag clouds on the same page?
  • How can I change the text in the Shuffle Box?

Post Filters

  • How can I display the posts in custom order?
  • How can I change the length of the post excerpts?
  • How to change the size of the first posts in the masonry layout of the Toggle Post Filter
  • How to limit the size of the menu in the Dynamic Post Filter?
  • How can I change the text in the Dynamic Post Filter?

Tag Groups: CSS and Styling

  • How do I add custom CSS?
  • How to Make the Alphabetical Tag Index or the Tag List Responsive?
  • How do I change the styling of the post tags under the posts?
  • How can I change the colors and other styling?

Administration

  • What is a tag slug?
  • How can I show less tag groups on the back end?
  • How can I use permissions to restrict editing of tag groups?

Tag Groups: Maintenance and Optimization

  • How to Reduce the Number of Loaded Scripts for Better Speed and SEO
  • How to improve the performance of the Toggle Post Filter/Dynamic Post Filter
  • Running Maintenance
  • How to Improve the Speed of Tag Clouds
  • Migrating your Tags and Posts
  • Home
  • TaxoPress Documentation
  • Tag Groups
  • Tag Groups: Front End Features
  • Post List (Pro)
  • Post List – Shortcode Parameters

Post List – Shortcode Parameters

Shortcode

[tag_groups_post_list]

Example

[tag_groups_post_list include=1,2,3,5 display_amount=1]

Data Types

  • string: A text. For identifiers that won’t be visible to visitors you often have to replace spaces with _ or -. If the string contains spaces, you need to wrap it in quotes.
  • integer: A number without decimal places.
  • 0 or 1: 0 turns the feature off and 1 on.

Parameters

Tags and Terms

taxonomy

Restrict the tags only to these taxonomies. Available are only taxonomies that have been activated in the Settings.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of taxonomy namesTaxonomies selected in the settings under “Basics”.taxonomy=post_tag,product_tag

operator

How the tags should be logically connected. Possible values are “OR” (At least one group matches.) or “AND” (All groups match.).

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringORoperator="AND"

Groups

include

Tag groups that will be selectable by visitors. In the short code you use the IDs, which you find in the left column in the list of groups. Empty or not used means that all tag groups will be used.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of integersempty (=all)include=1,5,9

Posts

author

Filter by author.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
author ID or comma-separated list of IDsoffauthor=1,3

cat

Filter by category.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
category IDoffcat=5

caching_time

Time in minutes that results remain in the cache.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer10caching_time=10

posts_per_page

How many posts appear under the filter. Use -1 to show all.

Please note that high numbers of posts may impact the performance.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer5posts_per_page=10

pager

  • 0: off
  • 1: Simple pager; visitors can load the next or previous page.
  • 2: Pagination; visitors can click on a page number

It is also possible to use the cursor keys left and right to flip through pages.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer0pager=2

pager_position

  • top
  • bottom
  • both
accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringbottompager_position=both

orderby

Which field to use for sorting.

optiondescription
author 
date 
modified 
title 
comment_count 
accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringdateorderby=title

order

Whether to sort the posts in ascending or descending order. Ascending order also means from oldest to newest.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringDESCorder=asc

display_amount

Whether to display a line that shows the total amount of posts. This message appears only if the number is greater than zero.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10display_amount=1

search

Filter by a search term

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptysearch=hello

tag

Filter by a tag slug.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptytag=my-tag

tag__and

Filter by a list of tag IDs. Combine them with “and”.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of tag IDsemptytag__and=12,45

tag__in

Filter by a list of tag IDs. Combine them with “or”. (“in” a set of tags)

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of tag IDsemptytag__in=12,45

tag__not_in

Filter by a list of tag IDs. Combine them with “nor”. (“not in” a set of tags)

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of tag IDsemptytag__not_in=12,45

tag_id

Filter by a tag ID.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integeremptytag_id=10

tag_slug__and

Filter by a list of tag slugs. Combine them with “and”.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of tag slugsemptytag_slug__and=my-tag,your-tag

tag_slug__in

Filter by a list of tag slugs. Combine them with “or”. (“in” a set of tags)

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of tag slugsemptytag_slug__in=my-tag,your-tag

template

HTML code that contains some placeholders. If you use only one template on your entire website, it is recommended to leave this parameter empty and edit the default template in the Front End settings.

In order to prevent that WordPress parses the HTML and adds malformed <p></p> tags, it is recommended to encode it before using it.

Possible placeholders are: {post_id}, {post_title}, {post_guid} (link to the post, {post_excerpt} (automatically generated), {post_date}, {post_author}, {image_src} or {image_src|image size} (followed by the dimensions – will create also width and height attributes), {image_alt}, {post_category}, {post_tags}, {custom_field:<name>}

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringsee belowtemplate='JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJ0YWctZ3JvdXBzLWRlZmF1bHQtcG9zdC10ZW1wbGF0ZSUyMiUzRSUwQSUyMCUzQ2hlYWRlciUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIydGctZW50cnktaGVhZGVyJTIyJTNFJTNDYSUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjIlN0JwZXJtYWxpbmslN0QlMjIlMjByZWwlM0QlMjJib29rbWFyayUyMiUzRSUzQ2ltZyUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMiU3QmltYWdlX3NyYyU3QzEwMHgxMDAlN0QlMjIlMjBhbHQlM0QlMjIlN0JpbWFnZV9hbHQlN0QlMjIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMnRnLWVudHJ5LWltYWdlJTIyJTIwJTJGJTNFJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUwQSUyMCUyMCUzQ2gzJTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJ0Zy1lbnRyeS10aXRsZSUyMiUzRSUzQ2ElMjBocmVmJTNEJTIyJTdCcGVybWFsaW5rJTdEJTIyJTIwcmVsJTNEJTIyYm9va21hcmslMjIlM0UlN0Jwb3N0X3RpdGxlJTdEJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRmgzJTNFJTBBJTIwJTIwJTNDJTNGcGhwJTIwX2UoJ1Bvc3RlZCUyMG9uJTIwJTdCcG9zdF9kYXRlJTdEJTIwYnklMjAlN0Jwb3N0X2F1dGhvciU3RC4nJTJDJTIwJ3RhZ19ncm91cHNfcHJlbWl1bScpJTIwJTNGJTNFJTBBJTIwJTIwJTNDcCUzRSU3QnBvc3RfY2F0ZWdvcnklN0QlM0MlMkZwJTNFJTBBJTIwJTNDJTJGaGVhZGVyJTNFJTBBJTIwJTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJ0Zy1lbnRyeS1jb250ZW50JTIyJTNFJTBBJTIwJTIwJTNDcCUzRSU3QnBvc3RfZXhjZXJwdCU3RCUzQyUyRnAlM0UlMEElMjAlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0UlMEElM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U='

Default template:

<header class="tg-entry-header">
<img src="{image_src|100x100}" alt="{image_alt}" class="tg-entry-image" />
<h3 class="tg-entry-title"><a href="{post_guid}" rel="bookmark">{post_title}</a></h3>
Posted on {post_date} by {post_author}.
<p>{post_category}</p></header>
<div class="tg-entry-content"><p>{post_excerpt}</p></div>

Image sizes

The following formats are possible:

  • keywords like “thumbnail”, “medium”, “large” or any custom image size((Custom sizes may be registered by your theme or another plugin.)). This method provides the best performance when loading an image. You can change the sizes in the general Media settings of your WordPress site and then use a plugin such as Regenerate Thumbnails to generate the new sizes.
  • width and height, separated by “x”. On both sides you can use numbers (sizes in pixel), percentages or the keyword “auto”. The image loaded by the browser may actually be larger and scaled down.

Examples for the image tag:

<img src=”{image_src|medium}” alt=”{image_alt}” class=”tg-entry-image” />
<img src=”{image_src|100×150}” alt=”{image_alt}” class=”tg-entry-image” />
<img src=”{image_src|100%×auto}” alt=”{image_alt}” class=”tg-entry-image” />

Labels and Messages

message_nothing_found

Message to show if no posts were found.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“Nothing found.”message_nothing_found=""

message_load_more

Label of the link to load more posts, if the pager is active.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“Load more”message_load_more=""

message_go_back

Label of the link to go back, if the pager is active.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“Go back”message_go_back=""

message_amount_singular

Message if one post was found, if display_amount is active.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“1 post found.”message_amount_singular="One recipe found."

message_amount_plural

Message if many posts were found, if display_amount is active. May contain the placeholder {count}

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“{count} posts found.”message_amount_plural="We found {count} recipes."

Advanced Styling

You can set here classes to be referred to in CSS. You need some knowledge of CSS to use these options.

div_class

Define a class for the <div>.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptydiv_class=“change-pointer”

article_class

Define a class for the enclosing <article>.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringtg-postarticle_class=“make-it-dark”
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