=== Creative Tag Cloud ===
Contributors: camthor
Donate link: bitcoin:bc1qsays7g89xs336hplrpja7y0s8msmfty6q83kxx
Tags: tags, tag cloud, cloud, spiral, waves
Requires at least: 4.9
Tested up to: 6.7.1
Stable tag: 0.3.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Make your WordPress site stand out with a colorful tag cloud. Display your tags in a spiral or in waves.

== Description ==


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This plugin provides two tag clouds:

1. Display your tags in a spiral, starting outside from the most-used tags.
2. Display your tags in horizontal waves, starting left from the most-used tags.

These tag clouds can be inserted in posts and pages with shortcodes or in widget areas with widgets.

Please don't expect the tag clouds to look perfect out of the box. There is a variety of parameters to fine-tune the size, the number of waves, cycles, distances and so on and you will need to adjust them to the number of tags, the available space and so on.

You can find more information on the [plugin website](https://chattymango.com/creative-tag-cloud/?pk_campaign=ctc&pk_kwd=readme "plugin website").

The documentation is available [here](https://documentation.chattymango.com/documentation/creative-tag-cloud/?pk_campaign=ctc&pk_kwd=readme).

**If you find this plugin useful, please give it a [5-star rating](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/creative-tag-cloud/reviews/?filter=5 "reviews"). Thank you!**

== Installation ==

1. Find the plugin in the list in the admin backend and click to install it. Or, upload the ZIP file through the admin backend. Or, upload the unzipped creative-tag-cloud folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

3. Insert one of the shortcodes or use a widget.

You can find more details on the [plugin website](https://chattymango.com/creative-tag-cloud/?pk_campaign=ctc&pk_kwd=readme "plugin website").

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Can I use the tag clouds with colors? =

Yes. The plugin comes with a default palette that can be activated in the widget or by adding color=1 to the shortcode. You will need some basic skills in CSS for custom colors.

= Can I use a spiral that goes from the center to the edge? =

Sorry, that is not possible.

= Can I use waves that go from the right side to the left? =

Sorry, that is not possible.

= Do these tag clouds look the same in all browsers? =

I briefly tested them in all modern browsers. There may, however, be small differences how they render.

== Screenshots ==

1. Spiral tag cloud

2. Wave tag cloud

3. Widget

== Changelog ==

### 0.3.2 ###

= Bug Fix =

* Fixed deprecation notice for PHP 8.0

### 0.3.1 ###

= Other =

* Better protection against other plugins messing up the design by changing the sort order of tags

### 0.3.0 ###

= Features =

* New shortcode parameter "hide_empty". Set to 0 if you want to show also tags that are not used with groups

= Other =

* Fixed wrong documentation for shortcode 

### 0.2.0 ###

= Other =

* Improved handling of font sizes with new parameters **largest** and **smallest**. Retired parameter **font_size_factor**.
* Renamed parameter **number** to **amount** for better consistency across WP.
* Fixed errors in the documentation.

= Older Versions =

The complete changelog is available [here](https://chattymango.com/changelog/creative-tag-cloud/?pk_campaign=tg&pk_kwd=readme).


== Upgrade Notice ==