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Cloud Tags in WordPress

Posted on | July 10, 2009 | No Comments

Cloud tags are a feature used in many blogs to show how popular certain subjects are to the writers. By making a list of all the tags used on a blog, WordPress can assign different font sizes and colors for tags used more often, creating a visual representation of what is popular in the blog.

Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 Terms

Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 Terms

You can set up a tag cloud by assigning tags to your posts (learn more about posting items here) and then enabling the Tag Cloud sidebar widget.

  1. Go to the Widget Page by clicking the ‘Widgets’ subtab in the ‘Appearance’ tab.
  2. Drag the Tag Cloud Widget into a sidebar on the right.
Tag Cloud Widget

Tag Cloud Widget

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