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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
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  • TaxoPress Documentation
  • Tag Groups
  • Tag Groups: Front End Features
  • Shuffle Box (Pro)
  • Shuffle Box – Overview

Shuffle Box – Overview

The Shuffle Box is a tag cloud where you can search tags by groups and by their names. Tags are filtered live after you clicked a button or while you type, and they re-arrange with a nifty animation.

This tag cloud can be inserted alternatively with a shortcode or a Gutenberg block. Several parameters let you customize labels, included groups, sort order, amount of tags and much more.

In sidebar widgets you can currently use only the shortcode. Simply past it in a text widget.

The Shuffle Box is responsive and even adjusts dynamically when you change the size of the window.

How it works

Initially the Shuffle Box loads all applicable tags (according to your block options or shortcode parameters, for example the maximum amount) on the page. The filtering then works on that sample by hiding tags that don’t match the filter.

That means that the filter won’t load any news tags dynamically from the database. When you press a button or enter a text, all displayed tags are taken from the initially loaded sample that you see when the filter is off.

The maximum amount of tags that you can set in the options is therefore the total amount of tags that appear when the filter is off (that means set to “all groups”, with no search text entered). It is not the amount of tags per group.

Examples

The following screenshot shows a tag cloud that has been filtered by the group “Places”. We are using the parameter “append” to display the post count for each tag and we use the default theme.

The text filter can be used together with a group filter, or applied to all tags in all displayed groups:

The options allow you to use only the group filter, only the text filter, or both in combination.

Performance

Please note that recalculating the new tag positions after each change unavoidably affects the performance for huge numbers of tags.

Try to keep the total (that is when the filter is off and shows all tags) number of tags below 200-300. You can do so by displaying only selected groups or setting a max. amount (consider a tag order by post count). If you need to display hundreds of tags, test the Shuffle Box in all common browsers.((We have seen performance issues for 300+ tags particularly in the Safari browser.))

If you have more tags and need a fast text filter, you can try the Tag Cloud Search, which doesn’t offer animation.

Settings and Parameters

For all available options, see

  • the settings of the Gutenberg block
  • the list of shortcode parameters.

Tags with multiple groups

If you use the same tag with various groups and want to make sure, that the tag links only to those posts that use this tag with a particular group, you need to activate an additional option.

Use the toggle switch in the Gutenberg block or in the shortcode the parameter:

add_premium_filter=1

If the resulting list is unexpectedly empty or misses posts, please try to run Maintenance.

If “all groups” is selected, the posts won’t be filtered by tag group.

Please note that the placeholder {count} (used with “prepend”, “append” and “custom_title”) always shows the total number of posts for each tag – not per group.

Tags: Gutenberg

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I had a support issue and the response was same day. I find the plugin extremely fast and easy to implement.

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