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Limit tag cloud text size? (5 posts)

  1. joshkadis
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I'd like to limit the largest font size in the default Tag Cloud widget, and it looks like the place to do that is in the 'largest' argument of the wp_generate_tag_cloud function around line 599 of wp-includes/categories-template.php

    But it doesn't seem to work when I clear my cache and refresh the site. I've also gone into Dashboard->Appearance->Widgets and resaved the Tag Cloud widget for good measure.

    Am I looking in the wrong place?

    Thanks.

  2. kgraeme
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Modifying the core files is a bad plan because it makes upgrade difficult.

    Try this tag cloud plugin
    http://wpmudevorg.wordpress.com/project/featured-blog-tag-cloud-widget-and-shortcode

    It lets you set font size, how many tags it shows, order alphabetically or by popularity, and even point to a different blog.

  3. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #

    There's another better tag cloud widget out there in the WP plugin repo. Blanking on the name, but it has all kinds of extra tag cloud options.

  4. wssinfo
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Found this extremely easy.
    Via FTP or however you can edit pages on your server navigate to:
    /wp-includes/category_template.php

    Open with your editor of choice.

    Every "category_template.php" page will have a different number of lines depending on a number of factors, but for me it was on line 528.
    Look for this code snippet:

    function wp_tag_cloud( $args = '' ) {
    	$defaults = array(
    		'smallest' => 8, 'largest' => 22, 'unit' => 'pt', 'number' => 45,
    		'format' => 'flat', 'separator' => "\n", 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC',
    		'exclude' => '', 'include' => '', 'link' => 'view', 'taxonomy' => 'post_tag', 'echo' => true
    	);

    Where 'largest' => 22, change that number to whatever font size you desire.

    There are a number of different arguments you can change there as well, but this worked for me.

  5. SteveAtty
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Yes but each time you upgrade WPMU you'll lose that change.

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