WordPress Tags Page

Posted by Sech in Tips on Jun 16th, 2008 | no responses

I rather have the total control of how my sidebars look. Although the WordPress widgets are easy to use and great time savers, they don't always work well with all the themes.

I like the Tag Cloud but I noticed that a big Tag Cloud on a sidebar does not look good. So I decided to put the Tag Cloud on a separate page:

http://blog.nonstopsites.us/tags/

Here are the instructions to do it:

If you have tons of tags and you want to display them all in one place, but not on the main page of your blog, you can create a tag archive page. Here's how.

  1. Make a copy of your single.php or index.php template, and name it something like "tag-archive.php"
  2. At the top of your tag archive template, insert this:
    <?php
    /*
    Template Name: Tag Archive
    */
    ?>
  3. Replace everything from
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    to
    <?php endif; ?>
    (aka The Loop) with the <?php wp_tag_cloud(); ?> function. You can download a Kubrick-compatible tag archive template here.
  4. Upload the new template file tag-archive.php to your theme folder.
  5. Create a new page and call it something like "Tag Archives". Under Page Template in the sidebar, select the new template you created. Leave the body of the page blank, and publish it.
  6. Make sure you link to the new page in your navbar or sidebar so people can find the tag archive page

Displaying Tags on a Tag Archive Page

 

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