Fast Category Cloud 1.4 is the first public release of ByREV Fast Category Cloud , a wordpress plugin that shows categories as a tag cloud.
ByREV Fast Category Cloud Features:
- True Fade Color – all the colors change independently, but the correct proportion of each variety of colors: red, green and blue.)
- Cache Result – for fast loading and use less resources (default timeout cache = 60s)
- Show Count Post – number of items is displayed outside the category link, so SEO is not affected.
- Sort by : ascending order, descending, alphabetical and random.
- Limit Category – Show a fixed number of categories (option)
- Exclude category with lower number of posts
- Minimum and maximum font size can be of any value
Highly optimized for speed and memory
- Plugin is divided in two: “Basic Version” which can be used by inserting PHP code in template pages, and a “Widget Version” which can be manipulated in the WordPress configuration page. The fastest is the “Basic Version”.
- Cache help to increase speed and conserve CPU resources.
- Both scripts are under 100 lines of code, each have exactly 97 lines each.
- For most routines have been tested several versions of code and was chosen the fastest of them.
Download Links:
- byrev_cat-cloud.zip (Local) v1.4.2
- byrev_cat-cloud.zip (Mirror) v1.4.2
- byrev_cat-cloud.zip (Mirror 2) v1.4.2
Old Version:
- byrev_cat-cloud.zip (Local) v1.4.0
- byrev_cat-cloud.zip (Mirror) v1.4.0
How To Use (code in sidebar.php):
<?php if (function_exists('byrev_cat_cloud')) { ?>
<div><h3>Categories Cloud</h3>
<?php byrev_cat_cloud('mincount=1&limitcat=41&order=asc&min_scale=10&max_scale=20
&color_start=0000FF&color_end=CCCCCC&cache=ON&cahe_timeout=600&orderby=name'); ?>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div><h3>Categories</h3>
<ul><?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&show_count=1'); ?> </ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>or here is a simple code, that can be implemented anywhere in the wordpress theme:
<?php if (function_exists('byrev_cat_cloud')) byrev_cat_cloud(); ?>
Where:
- mincount – Minimum post count
- limitcat – Max no. of categories to display (MAX Value: 100)
- min_scale – Minimum font size
- max_scale – Maximum font size
- color_start – Starting Base Color (hexadecimal value of 6 letters and numbers : 0…9, A…F)
- color_end – Ending Fade Color (hexadecimal value of 6 letters and numbers : 0…9, A…F)
- cache – Enable Caching HTML Code. Valid value: on, off
- cahe_timeout – Time before the cache expires
- view_count – Enable display number of items in categories. Valid value: on, off
- orderby – Sort by : name, id or post count.
- order – Categories order. Valid value: rand, asc or desc
Update v1.4.2
- Possibility of exclusion categories by ID (comma separated)
<?php byrev_cat_cloud('exclude=1,25'); ?>
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Hey, This is great!! I really like this plugin. One question : how do I exclude categories from showing up in the category cloud?
@Dave
Only in manual implementation can be done using “exclude”. The following example excludes the category with the ID of 10,11,23 and 45 from the list.
Categories Cloud
< ?php byrev_cat_cloud('mincount=1&limitcat=41&order=asc&min_scale=10&max_scale=20
&color_start=0000FF&color_end=CCCCCC&cache=ON&cahe_timeout=600&orderby=name&exclude=10,11,23,45'); ?>
Is there a class I could add CSS for to make the font bold or even change the font to make it more designable?
@Travis no, no class or widget option for change font face or weight (yet)
But you can “code” in css by ID
#byrev_cat_cloud a {
font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic;
font-family:”Times New Roman”,Georgia,Serif;
}
not tested but should work!
You rock! That worked perfectly. Love the plugin. The only one that’s actually looked good for me. Job well done!
ok @Travis , I’m glad that was useful for you … have a nice day !
Hi,
Thanks for great plugin ! I am having trouble excluding catergories, I am using wp 3
the code seems to be right but it just wont exclude catergories, I have triple checked the catergory id’s, any thoughts or help, would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
tom
@Tom Mills
Sorry, My mistake, the possibility of exclusion is not implemented! will be implemented soon. (in maximum 24 hours)
AH – BRILLIANT – THANKS SOOOOO MUCH !!!!!
@Tom Mills
DONE!
or php code in (sidebar)
< ?php byrev_cat_cloud('exclude=1,25'); ?>Download links have been replaced with the new version 1.4.2 !
Excellent ! thanks for speedy help
Hi Great plugin. Works fine in sidebar, but how can I display in page content?
@Richard
use direct code in PHP (only in file template)
< ?php byrev_cat_cloud('exclude=1,25'); ?>