Fed up with the 45 tag cloud limit on the standard WordPress install?
WordPress (.org self hosted) is one of my favorite applications.
It’s really slick – the gold standard for blogging. Well made and thought out.
Besides the WordPress developers, I salute the plugin developers too.
I have one small gripe however…. (well, two)….
WordPress installs with a default 45 tag limit in the tag cloud, along with a larger maximum font than I like.
I alter the code to make the tag cloud more useful for readers; which is why my tag cloud is much bigger than on many other blogs.
Every time WordPress is upgraded the defaults are reset. My tag cloud shrinks to 45 again.
Here is how I change the tag cloud. It is not difficult, but you do have to take care not to botch it up.
On your hosting server:
- Look for the wp-includes folder.
- Find the category-template.php file.
- Open the file in the edit view (my webhost makes this easy).
- Use a search tool (I use the one in my browser) to find: wp_tag_cloud
- Alter the number 45 to 300. (Or some other number >45).
- Consider changing the largest font size (I have changed mine down from 20 to 16).
- Make sure you save!
Here is an example of what the code looks like after changing:
function wp_tag_cloud( $args = ” ) {
$defaults = array(
‘smallest’ => 8, ‘largest’ => 16, ‘unit’ => ‘pt’, ‘number’ => 300,
PS: It would also be nice if the Hello Dolly plug in did not keep reinstalling whenever WordPress is updated. I never use it and always delete it to reduce clutter and prevent plugin update messages for something I never use.
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Hi Alex,
Good Post.
I too have a blog and would like to know the below information -
1) How many maximum tags can be included while creating new post?
2) I am an new blogger and have included about 300+ tags in one post. Will i be blacklisted in searchengines?
sai
Hello Sai,
Thank you.
I do not know the answers to your questions, sorry.
That said; 300 tags in one post seems excessive to me. I have 300 as my upper limit for the purpose of having up to 300 tags spread across a variety of posts over a period of time. It has never been my intention to have large numbers of tags per post.
300 tags in one post seems ‘spammy’ to me so I would not be surprised if it might have some kind of negative effect.
You might find the resources on this page of some help:
http://www.blackshaman.com/Blogging.html
You might also want to ask yourself if this type of approach is common to other areas of your life, unrelated to Internet Marketing.
Thanks Alex for your prompt reply.
I too felt the same and will try to limit by 10-20 tags per post
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