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Brandon Brigham
Brandon Brigham
3,716 Points
Posted by Brandon Brigham
Brandon Brigham
3,716 Points

Anybody know how to create a category cloud in wordpress? Or know of a plugin?

I'm trying to show a category cloud on my blog page (similar to a tag cloud but for categories)

Is there a way to do this manually? Or does anyone know of a plugin that is current and that works?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

The other poster was close. You can pass in some arguments to wp_tag_cloud to make it work for categories. This is what you are looking for.

<?php wp_tag_cloud( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category' ) ); ?>

Source: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_tag_cloud#Display_a_Category_Cloud

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points
Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Brandon,

You may find this page of the codex codex useful. wp_tag_cloud, if you need help implementing this let me know :)

Craig

Brandon Brigham
Brandon Brigham
3,716 Points
Brandon Brigham
Brandon Brigham
3,716 Points

Hi Craig -

Thanks for info - I'm looking for something with categories though and not tags - Not sure if this is even possible....

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Brandon,

That page of the docs explains that the cloud can be used to show categories. As Sue Dough has shown, you simply update the taxonomy value in the array.

Craig