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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
  • Working with Tag Groups
  • Using the Tag Meta Box on the Post Edit Screen

Using the Tag Meta Box on the Post Edit Screen

This is a feature of the Pro plan.

The default box where you add tags naturally does not use tag groups. Therefore, the plugin offers a “Tag Meta Box” that helps you edit post tags separated by groups. The Meta Box is by default off. You can activate and configure it in the Back End settings. The Meta Box works both with the Classic and the Gutenberg editors.

The meta box can be adjusted like the other boxes on the post edit screen: You can move it around (below the text box and into the sidebar), fold it and hide it by deselecting it in the “Screen Options” (Only available in the classic editor, not in Gutenberg) on the very top. If you use the plugin’s meta box, it is recommended to disable the default tag box in the settings.

In the Meta Box you can open particular tag groups, or open all by clicking on the arrow-down icon on the right side of the box. The arrow-up icon closes all groups again.

Alternatively, you can choose to open some or all tag groups by default and hide the open and close buttons.

Once a group is open, the tag input field is already populated with tags that belong to that group for that post. Click into the field and click on one of the tags that appear in the menu, or start typing to see all tags of this group that match the text.

When you type a tag, you can finish it by pressing Enter or by typing a comma.

Tags can be edited by clicking into the name or by moving the cursor into the name.

On the right of the tag group name you find two buttons: The left one adds all tags of this group, the right one closes this group in the editor.

Depending on the settings, you may also add new tags or add a tag that is currently in another group, in order to move it to this group. Added and moved tags will be marked green and yellow. If the settings allow you to move tags, you can also move them by drag and drop.((Only with a mouse, currently not possible on touch screens.))

Tags appear in their respective groups, as set on the tags page. If a tag is assigned to more than one group, then all of these groups are available in the meta box, but you can choose to use this tag only with one of these groups in this post. For example, the tag “Leonardo da Vinci” may be assigned to the groups “painters” and “scientists” on the tags page. In a post about his paintings, however, you may want to use it only in the group “painters.”

Nothing is final until you save that post. Until then, no new tags will be created, no tags moved to other groups and no post tags changed.

Only when you save the post, it will receive the new tags and keep the old tags that it had before and that were hidden in groups that you kept close.

Please note that other plugins and themes don’t use tag groups. For them, all tags form just one unsorted group. If you want to display them in groups to your visitors, you need to use the Gutenberg blocks orĀ shortcodes of this plugin or modify your theme. You can also display post tags under the posts sorted by groups.

Additional notes and restrictions

Note 1: Since tags are separated in the input field by comma (“,”), tag names cannot contain this character in order to work with the meta box.

Note 2: The meta box works only correctly if tag names are unique. It is not sufficient if tags with identical names are differentiated by their “slugs” (piece of the link). Please note that WordPress considers also two tags that differ only by capitalization as duplicates and refuses to accept more than one of each variation.

Note 3: If you display both the default tag box and the Tag Meta Box, you should avoid any contradictory or double actions, like adding the same tag to both boxes or renaming a tag in one box and removing the same tag in the second tag box. It is strongly recommended to use only one of the two tag boxes.

Note 4: If you add a tag to a post while the Tag Meta Box is turned off in the settings, or if you add it with Quick Edit in the list of posts, then this tag will be added for all of the groups that the tag is assigned to. That means that without the Tag Meta Box you won’t be able to fine-tune the groups of a tag for a particular post.
If you apply all tags to posts with the same groups that they have on the tags page, then it is perfectly fine to disable the Tag Meta Box.

Tags: Gutenberg

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