SEO Tag Cloud Widget
SEO Tag Cloud Widget displays the tag cloud in a SEO-friendly way, using html markup.
Installation
- Download the latest version
- Upload `seo-tag-cloud.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to ‘Appearance’ or ‘Presentation’ or ‘Design’ menu
- Go to ‘Widgets’ menu
- Drag & Drop the SEO Tag Cloud Widget to the place you would like to display the tag cloud
- Optionally change the title
Screenshots
- This is how the sidemenu will look:
hi. Thanks for plugin
perfect.
Regards
Is the box size adjustable up or down?
Currently you can set the maximum number of links you’d like to show. Anything else is through the CSS. The output will be
ulordiv.Hi Gavriel.
Great plugin. Is there a way to control the the colours of the small and big links like the simple tag plugin?
Miklas.
Yes, you can use css, like this:
.seo-tag-cloud em em a {color: #46c;}
.seo-tag-cloud em em em em a {color: #86c;}
.seo-tag-cloud em em em em em em a {color: #b6c;}
You can see it in the side bar in effect.
What is the code to place in the sidebar, for those who don’t use widgets?
seo_tag_cloud()or
seo_tag_cloud_widget()You can also pass parameters in an array:
seo_tag_cloud(array('format'=>'list','orderby'=>'count', 'order'=>'DESC'))The possible values are:
format: flat | list
orderby: name | count
order: ASC | DESC | RAND
topic_count_text_callback: name of the callback function (see: seo_tag_cloud_default_topic_count_text in the seo-tag-cloud.php)
Thank you, Gavriel.
Best wishes from the USA.
Nice. Thanks for a customizable and SEO friendly keyword cloud. I appreciate the ability to have my cloud indexed. Thanks.
Blessings,
Wendy
Hey there,
Lovely plugin!
I was wondering if it is possible to ad ‘tags’ to ‘pages’ instead of only to ‘posts’…I guess this is possible, but think a plugin is needed or so.
Would love to hear an answer,
Thanks!
This is really a good plugin and it really helps for SEO.
I would like the links to show up without underlining, similar to the default tag cloud. Can you please tell me how to make this change?
Thanks.
You should be able to do that via CSS. Have a look at
function seo_tag_cloud_widget_style()Hey, I love this plugin, my only problem is that my tags aren’t different sizes. I tried messing around with the size through CSS, but it seemed to resize all of my tags, not just ones that are tagged more. Any thoughts?
This as well is set up by the default stylesheet. You can edit
function seo_tag_cloud_widget_style()to your needs.I’m sorry my friend, I have the same size problem. They are all the same size when not using widget. But I’m really a beginner. So, what are the parameters that I have to put inside the parenteses of “function seo_tag_cloud_widget_style()”, to make it look like a regular Tag Cloud? I’ve tried some stuffs, but it is always the same.
Thank you very much, best regards from Brazil!
If you’re not using the widget, you can add this to your code:
add_action('wp_head', 'seo_tag_cloud_widget_style');
Or you can add the css that’s in it to your css.
The default seo-tag-cloud style has this line:
.seo-tag-cloud em {font-style: normal; font-size: 1.07em;}
This should work with the nested
<em>-s as you would like it.You can also try this css:
.seo-tag-cloud em em a {font-size:12px;}
.seo-tag-cloud em em em em a {font-size:14px;}
.seo-tag-cloud em em em em em em a {font-size:16px;}
Yes! Now it worked for me!!
Thank’s for responding me with a special atencion!!
Your plugin is something that we all need, WP should incorporate it!
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Best regards!
Fernando
Except for having the keyword in the title tag, how exactly is this plugin better for SEO than having the default WP tag cloud?
Because seo-tag-cloud uses html markup, while wp_tag_cloud uses classes that have no meaning whatsoever to search engines.
Thanks for your hard, this is great plugin..
I want at this under post (at single post)
With related term : seo-tag-cloud list..
But no link on there, just list of word seo tag cloud..
May I know how to add seo-tag-widget to under post?
How to do like thats?
I’ve added a new format for you. Upgrade to version 1.3, then use
seo_tag_cloud(array('format'=>'nolink'));to display the tag cloud without the links.Could you explain in what way the markup of this plugin is better for SEO? Honestly, it kind of looks like a big mess…
Search engines don’t look at classes or styles. (Even if they do to see if part of the page is invisible, they don’t look at it in a way you and I do, they don’t see differences in the font size) So WP-s normal tag cloud is just a list of links for them with similar weight.
In Seo Tag Cloud the tags with higher weight are nested in more <em>-s and SE-s do see that and understand that because that’s the definition of <em>.
I installed and placed this widget on my page, but no cloud…..
Any ideas as to why? Does it take time to build a cloud?
No, the tag cloud is built on the fly. Are you sure you added the widget (besides enabling the plugin)? Do you see at least the header “Tags” in the sidemenu?
That’s a good way to optimize your blog. I keep getting tons of mail offering optimization methods, but some of them neglect the most basic of methods.
Blogs with some of the highest PR don’t have all the cool, flashy features. They have valuable content and page layouts that are set up to get noticed.
Thanks for the info.
Gavriel,
How are you?
Is there any code I can put in the footer, so it would give me the tags in the Home page, and then in the category page it shows, only the related tags from those categories, and in the single post it just desapier all the tags?
I already use the normal way in the footer that you tought me, but it doens’t change neither in the category page nor single. It always still the same.
Thank’s a lot!
Hey! Installed the new version of this widget. I like the ability to transform the text, however I think you should swap the order so that the radio-button comes before the label, not after. Found it a bit awkward to see which one I was actually selecting… =)
True. I fixed it and uploaded to the SVN. I love your blog
Awesome, thanks! Will get the update when WordPress says there is a new version *hint, hint* :p
First off, great plugin.
Is there a way to “limit” the number of tags showed?
like only the 10 most popular or something like that
thank you in advance
I just solved with the argument “number” in this way:
seo_tag_cloud(array(‘format’=>’flat’,'orderby’=>’count’, ‘order’=>’DESC’, ‘number’=>’5′))
Thanks again
Hehehe…I donate you by clicking the ads..
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hey, how do i put manually the option lowercase?
thnks
If you don’t have widgets, then either by editing the line in the CSS:
.seo-tag-cloud {font-size: 1.0em; text-transform: lowercase;}or if you have a function call somewhere in your theme, then it can be like this:seo_tag_cloud_widget_style(array('text-transform'=>'lowercase'));(after upgrading to SEO Tag Cloud 1.5)perfect! problem solved!
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Thanks for the plugin and the css to change the colors. It also works much faster than a snazzy flash tag cloud and as you say, Google will appreciate it more.
Is there a way to open the link in a new window ?
Since the links point to pages of the blog itself, I don’t think it’s necessary to open them in another window, but since you insisted I added an option for for you to open the links in another target. You can upgrade the plugin to the latest version. You’re also welcome to use the Donate button