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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
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Tabbed Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Note: This shortcode is also available as Gutenberg block. You can configure the block without using any code or parameters. Read more about the block options.

Shortcode

[tag_groups_cloud]

Example

[tag_groups_cloud collapsible=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 or 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

smallest

Font-size in pt of the smallest tags.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer12smallest=12

largest

Font-size in pt of the largest tags.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer22largest=20

include_terms

Here you can specify tags/terms by their IDs that alone should be included.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of integersempty (= no restriction)include_terms=4,5,212
Available only in the shortcode!

exclude_terms

Here you can specify a list of tag/term IDs that should be excluded. exclude_terms is ignored if you use include_terms.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
comma-separated list of integersempty (= no restriction)exclude_terms=3,2,11
Available only in the shortcode!

orderby

Which field to use for sorting.

Since WordPress doesn’t natively offer natural sort order, we have to first order them by name and then by natural sort order. If you limit the number of tags with amount, the amount of tags is therefore determined by cutting off with “name” sorting and then sorting them with “natural”.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringnameorderby=natural

order

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

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string (“ASC” or “DESC”)ASCorder=desc

amount

Maximum amount of tags in one cloud (per group).

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer0 (unlimited)amount=30

hide_empty

Whether to hide or show tags that are not assigned to any post.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 11 (hide empty)hide_empty=1

threshold

Set a minimum count of published posts that use a tag for this tag to appear. Posts are counted across all groups. Please also pay attention to the value of hide_empty.

DefaultPossible ValuesExample
0integerthreshold=2

tags_post_id

Display only tags that are assigned to the post (or page) with a specified ID. If the value is set to 0, the plugin will try to retrieve the current post ID. Turn it off with -1.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer-1 (all tags displayed)tags_post_id=0

assigned_class

A modification of the tags_post_id parameter: Rather than hiding tags that are not assigned to the post (or page), they can be styled differently. Tags will receive this class name with appended _1 or _0. (If you output the tags as an array, a new element with the key “assigned” will be true or false.)

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringempty (off)assigned_class=“color-for-assigned-tag”

separator

A separator between the tags.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptyseparator=“•”

adjust_separator_size

Whether to adjust the separator’s size to the size of the following tag.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 11adjust_separator_size=1

separator_size

The size of the separator, if not automatically adjusted to the size of the following tag.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer12separator_size=12

prepend

Prepend to each tag label. Can obtain the placeholder {count} that will be replaced with the post count for that tag.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptyprepend=“#”

append

Append to each tag label. Can obtain the placeholder {count} that will be replaced with the post count for that tag.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptyappend=“{count}”

link_append

Append something to each tag’s link, for example a query.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptylink_append=“track=this”
Available only in the shortcode!

link_target

Set the “target” attribute for the links of the tags. Possible values are: _blank, _self, _parent or _top. In the shortcode you can also set the name of a frame.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string: “_blank”, “_self”, “_parent”, “_top”, or the name of a frameempty (= opens in the same window, same as using _self)link_target=“_blank”

show_tag_count

Whether to show the number of posts as tooltip (behind the tag description) when hovering the mouse over the tag.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 11 (show)show_tag_count=0

custom_title

tooltip when hovering the mouse over a tag; placeholders: {count} for post count, {description} for tag description, {name} for tag name

If you also use custom_title_plural then the text of custom_title will be used for a post count of 1 and you can use here the singular form

DefaultPossible ValuesExample
depends on show_tag_countstringcustom_title="One post uses {name}"

custom_title_zero

tooltip when hovering the mouse over a tag; placeholders: {count} for post count, {description} for tag description, {name} for tag name

This text will be used for tags that have a post count of 0 (i.e. they are not used with any published post).

DefaultPossible ValuesExample
not usedstringcustom_title_zero="No post uses {name}"

custom_title_plural

tooltip when hovering the mouse over a tag; placeholders: {count} for post count, {description} for tag description, {name} for tag name

This text will be used for tags that have a post count of >1. You can use here plural forms.

DefaultPossible ValuesExample
not usedstringcustom_title_plural="{count} posts use {name}"

add_premium_filter

When you use the premium plugin, additional query parameters in the links make sure that we can distinguish between the same tag that is used in different groups. If the resulting posts are not complete and troubleshooting doesn’t help, you can disable it here.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10 (no filter)add_premium_filter=1

Groups and Tabs

include

Tag groups that will be considered in the tag cloud. 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 integersallinclude=“1,5,9”

exclude

groups to exclude

DefaultPossible ValuesExample
nonecomma-separated list of group IDsexclude=2,3,5

groups_post_id

Display only groups of which at least one assigned tag is also assigned to the post (or page) with the ID x. If set to 0, it will try to retrieve the current post ID. Matching groups will be added to the list specified by the parameter include

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer-1 (all groups displayed).groups_post_id=14

show_tabs

Whether to show the tabs. This option is useful if you want to show only one group – see include.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 11show_tabs=0

hide_empty_tabs

Whether to hide tabs without tags.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10 (Not implemented for PHP function with second parameter set to ‘true’. Not effective with groups_post_idhide_empty_tabs=1

show_all_groups

Whether to force showing all groups. Useful with the parameters tags_post_id and assigned_class.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10show_all_groups=1
Available only in the shortcode!

show_not_assigned

Whether to show all not-assigned tags as an own group.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10show_not_assigned=1

not_assigned_name

The name used in the tab of not-assigned tags, if you activated show_not_assigned.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
string“not assigned”not_assigned_name=“Other”

collapsible

Whether tabs are collapsible (toggle open/close).

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 1Settings in the back end.collapsible=1

mouseover

Whether tabs can be selected by hovering over with the mouse pointer (without clicking).

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 1Settings in the back end.mouseover=1

active

Whether tabs are initially expanded or collapsed. Useful in connection with the parameter collapsible.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 11active=1

delay

Since version 1.29.0, we reveal the tag cloud only after the tabs have finished rendering. This prevents that visitors of your site first see tags in a list (often with bullets) before the software is able to kick in. If for any reason you need to restore the previous behavior, you can turn it off here.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
integer1 (on)delay=0

group_in_class

Add class names to each tag that indicates its group ID (tg_tag_group_id_1) and group label (tg_tag_group_label_first_group).

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
0 or 10group_in_class=1

Advanced Styling

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

div_id

Define an ID for the enclosing <div>.

  1. If you display more than one tag cloud on the same page, each shortcode needs a different value. The safest solution is to leave it empty so that div_id automatically receives a random value.
  2. Avoid words that are used by WordPress such as “content” or “main”. Each ID must be unique for the entire page.
accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringempty (random value)div_id=“sidebar_01”

div_class

Define a class for the enclosing <div>.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringtag-groups-cloud-tabsdiv_class=“make-it-dark”

ul_class

Define a class for the <ul> that generates the tabs with the group labels.

accepted valuesdefaultexample shortcode
stringemptyul_class=“change-pointer”
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