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Clouddy

by JacLas

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Description

Clouddy renders a visual tag cloud (post_tag or any other taxonomy) with dynamic sizing
and a smooth color transition based on tag popularity. Configuration is global; embed the
cloud with a block, a widget, or a shortcode.

Sizing and color are computed in PHP only as a normalized weight; the actual font size and
color are produced in CSS (custom properties + calc() + color-mix()), so you can override
everything with plain CSS — no !important needed.

Features:

  • Selection modes: most popular, rarest, random, and hybrid (some popular + some rare).
  • Display orders independent of selection: by count, alphabetical, random, and “lens” orders
    (longest / most popular / rarest in the center).
  • Exclusion blocklist, configurable taxonomy, adjustable size range and colors.
  • Server-side cache (Transients) with invalidation on content and term changes.
  • Clean, override-friendly HTML; accessible navigation container with an aria-label.
  1. Upload the clouddy folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install the plugin through the
    WordPress “Plugins” screen.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
  3. Go to Settings Clouddy to configure the cloud (the configuration is global).
  4. Place the cloud with the [clouddy] shortcode, the Clouddy block, or the widget.
How do I change the tag sizes?

In Settings Clouddy set the minimum and maximum text size and the unit (rem/em/px). Each
tag’s size is interpolated between those values based on the tag’s popularity.

Can I style the cloud with my own CSS?

Yes. The default stylesheet only sets custom properties on the container; every value can be
overridden with regular CSS, and the default stylesheet can be dequeued entirely.

0.5.4

  • Fixed: the block editor preview is now styled correctly (tags are spaced and sized) — the stylesheet is also loaded in the editor, not only on the front end.

0.5.3

  • Lowered the minimum requirements to WordPress 6.3 and PHP 8.0.
  • Documentation, readme and metadata cleanup in preparation for the WordPress.org plugin directory.

0.5.2

  • Hybrid mode fix: when the rare share is 0 (or equals the total number of tags), the cloud now respects the limit instead of fetching all tags.

0.5.1

  • The minimum and maximum text size fields now accept two decimal places (step 0.01).

0.5.0

  • Internationalization: the interface base language is now English, with bundled Polish (pl_PL), French (fr_FR), German (de_DE) and Spanish (es_ES) translations. Added the Domain Path header.

0.4.0

  • Three new “lens” display orders: “Longest in the center” (by name length), “Most popular in the center” and “Rarest in the center” (by post count) — the chosen ranking in the middle, the rest toward both ends.
  • Panel: the “Random” order option moved to the end of the list.

0.3.0

  • Settings panel: clearer field names and a hint for each option.
  • Tag source (taxonomy) as a dropdown of registered taxonomies — no need to type the name from memory.
  • Exclusion blocklist as a tag search by name with chips — no manual IDs.
  • Cache lifetime given in minutes; the setting actually affects the cache TTL.

0.2.0

  • Split tag selection and display order into two independent settings (new “Order” field: by count, alphabetical, random).

0.1.0

  • Plugin skeleton: bootstrap, autoload, lifecycle hooks.
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