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Post Tags and Archives

Display the Tag Cloud or the Archive directly in posts and pages, and change their look in the options.

By Thomas Schmall·Tags·Free
5(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Post Tags and Archives is a WordPress tags plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.

5/51 reviews
100active installs
6.6K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Tag clouds and Archives are useful for visitors, but also for search engines to find and index what topics your blog relates to. “Post Tags and Archives” makes it easy to add Tag Clouds or Archives to posts and pages via shortcodes.
Before, you could only put it in the sidebar or widgets. That could hurt the search ranking for relevant terms and crowds the sidebar. So one either had to truncate the cloud and archive – or get rid of them (or use some more complicated trickery).
Now you can just drop them in your posts and change the look easily via the options.

Options

Should be self-explanatory.

The advanced features: Please be careful with the HTML parts.
The archive-format setting “options for dropdown-menu” is for people who want to setup forms. You have t…

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
5 ★
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4 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress2.3+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.1

  • (Mar 2013) has_cap – fixed for current wordpress version
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Thomas SchmallThomas Schmall
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.1
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2014
WP Requires
2.3+
Tested Up To
5.6.17
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
6.6K+
Added
Mar 12, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

tagscloudarchivearchivestag cloud

Developer

T
Thomas Schmall
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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