Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget
This plugin aims to be the most configurable tag cloud widget out there, able to suit all your weird tag cloud needs.
4.6(49 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget is a WordPress tags plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 49 reviews. It has been downloaded 245K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 48% this week. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.
4.6/549 reviews
4.0K+active installs
245K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
This is the highly configurable tag cloud widget, the main features for this plugin is:
- All, single author or multiple authors per cloud
- Select which taxonomies or post types to show tags for
- Rules for which posts to include when fetching tags
- Inclusion/exclusion functions
- A bunch of ordering, coloring and styling options
- Multiple strategies for selecting terms with the option to create your own. Built in strategies for most popular, random, recently added, from current list of posts
- Short code and API for developers
The development of this plugin has stopped. I will make sure that the basic features still work with upcoming WordPress versions, but no new features or changes will be made.
The code is available on github and if you’re in need of new features, you’re welcome t…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.649 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Still working
by taxumi·7 years ago
This plugin surprisingly works very well on my 4.9.5 WordPress installation. Great and unique plugin for this function.
Bug with Polylang
by MZsolt·8 years ago
I would use with Oshine template.
Unfortunately, it conflicts with one of the plugins. Specifically with the Polylang plugin.
The page stops loading wherever I use the ultimate tag cloud widget.
For reasons of relevance, the polylang remains, but it would be good if this interaction would be corrected because I like the Ultimate Tag Cloud plugin.
Seems to be broken
by Rocco Marco Guglielmi·10 years ago
Seems to be broken
nice
by tonyx4x44·10 years ago
very nice… need an option to make the text bold though
Nice Plugin
by Hello·10 years ago
Very nice plugin and working great for my website.
Thanks.
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 17This week: 65Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.7
98.6%
Other
1.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.7.2
- #69: Fix issues selection strategies
Contributors
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