=== Easy Chart Categories ===
Contributors: cheshire137
Donate link: http://www.3till7.net/2012/02/18/easy-chart-categories-wordpress-plugin/
Tags: plugin, categories, category, chart, charts, graphs, charting, shortcode, tags, taxonomy, taxonomies, pie, pie chart, visual, image
Requires at least: 2.8

This is a WordPress plugin that provides a WordPress shortcode that will display your categories in a chart and another that will display your tags.

== Description ==

This is a WordPress plugin that provides a WordPress [shortcode](http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode) that will display your categories in a chart and another shortcode that will display your tags.  This plugin requires that the [Easy Chart Builder plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-chart-builder/) by [dyerware](http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/dyerware/) is installed and activated.  See what it looks like on [my blog](http://www.3till7.net/2012/02/18/easy-chart-categories-wordpress-plugin/).

This plugin is also available in [my Github repository](https://github.com/moneypenny/Easy-Chart-Categories).

== Installation ==

1. Install the [Easy Chart Builder for WordPress plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-chart-builder/) by [dyerware](http://profiles.wordpress.org/dyerware/).
1. Activate the [Easy Chart Builder for WordPress plugin] through the WordPress administration 'Plugins' menu.
1. Upload the entire Easy Chart Categories plugin directory, or just easy-chart-categories.php, to your `/wp-content/plugins` directory.
1. Activate the plugin through the WordPress administration 'Plugins' menu.
1. Follow the usage instructions below, embedding one or more of the shortcodes in a page or post.

== Screenshots ==

1. Sample chart showing top 12 categories.
2. Sample chart showing top 12 tags.

== Usage ==

Show top 12 most popular categories in a pie chart:

    [easychart_categories]

Show top 12 most popular tags in a pie chart:

    [easychart_tags]

Show the first five categories, sorted by name, without counts, using custom colors, and with a summary data table of counts:

    [easychart_categories showcounts="false" groupcolors="556270, 4ECDC4, C7F464, FF6B6B, C44D58" number="5"
        orderby="name" order="ASC" hidechartdata="false"]

== Options ==

See options for the WordPress function [get_terms()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_terms) and for the [Easy Chart Builder plugin](http://www.dyerware.com/main/products/easy-chart-builder-plugin-parameters.html).  Also:

* `showcounts` - Show or hide the count for each category/tag.  Valid values:  `true`, `false`.  Defaults to `true`.