Linkify Tags
- Author:Scott Reilly
- Version:2.0.2
- Last update:2011-06-22
- Compatibility:WP 2.8 – 3.3.2
- Comments:go here
- Download:[ zip ]
- Description:
Turn a list of tag IDs and/or slugs into a list of links to those tags.
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Extended Description
Turn a list of tag IDs and/or slugs into a list of links to those tags.
The plugin provides a widget called “Linkify Tags” as well as a template tag,
c2c_linkify_tags(), to easily indicate tags to list and how to list them. Tags are specified by either ID or slug. See other parts of the documentation for example usage and capabilities.Links: Plugin Homepage | Plugin Directory Page | Author Homepage
Find out more at the plugin’s WordPress Plugin Repository page.
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Screenshots
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Installation
- Unzip
linkify-tags.zipinside the/wp-content/plugins/directory for your site (or install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer) - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
- Use the c2c_linkify_tags() template tag in one of your templates (be sure to pass it at least the first argument indicating what tag IDs and/or slugs to linkify — the argument can be an array, a space-separate list, or a comma-separated list). Other optional arguments are available to customize the output.
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Template Tags
The plugin provides one template tag for use in your theme templates, functions.php, or plugins.
Functions
<?php c2c_linkify_tags( $tags, $before = '', $after = '', $between = ', ', $before_last = '', $none = '' ) ?>
Displays links to each of any number of tags specified via tag IDs/slugs
Arguments
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$tags
A single tag ID/slug, or multiple tag IDs/slugs defined via an array, or multiple tags IDs/slugs defined via a comma-separated and/or space-separated string -
$before
(optional) To appear before the entire tag listing (if tags exist or if ‘none’ setting is specified) -
$after
(optional) To appear after the entire tag listing (if tags exist or if ‘none’ setting is specified) -
$between
(optional) To appear between tags -
$before_last
(optional) To appear between the second-to-last and last element, if not specified, ‘between’ value is used -
$none
(optional) To appear when no tags have been found. If blank, then the entire function doesn’t display anything
Examples
- These are all valid calls:
<?php c2c_linkify_tags(43); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("books"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43 92 102"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book movies programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book 92 programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43,92,102"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book,movies,programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book,92,programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43, 92, 102"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book, movies, programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("book, 92, programming-notes"); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags(array(43,92,102)); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags(array("43","92","102")); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags(array("book","movies","programming-notes")); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags(array("book",92,"programming-notes")); ?><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43 92"); ?>
Outputs something like:
<a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/tags/books">Books</a>, <a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/tags/movies">Movies</a><?php c2c_linkify_tags("43, 92", "<li>", "</li>", "</li><li>"); ?></ul>
Outputs something like:
<ul><li><a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/tags/books">Books</a></li><li><a href="http://yourblog.com/archives/tags/movies">Movies</a></li></ul><?php c2c_linkify_tags(""); // Assume you passed an empty string as the first value ?>
Displays nothing.
<?php c2c_linkify_tags("", "", "", "", "", "No related tags."); // Assume you passed an empty string as the first value ?>
Outputs:
No related tags.Filters
The plugin exposes one action for hooking.
c2c_linkify_tags (action)
The ‘c2c_linkify_tags’ hook allows you to use an alternative approach to safely invoke
c2c_linkify_tags()in such a way that if the plugin were to be deactivated or deleted, then your calls to the function won’t cause errors in your site.Arguments:
- same as for
c2c_linkify_tags()
Example:
Instead of:
<?php c2c_linkify_tags( "43, 92", 'Tags: ' ); ?>Do:
<?php do_action( 'c2c_linkify_tags', "43, 92", 'Tags: ' ); ?>
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What happens if I tell it to list something that I have mistyped, haven’t created yet, or have deleted?
A. If a given ID/slug doesn’t match up with an existing tag then that item is ignored without error.Q. How do I get items to appear as a list (using HTML tags)?
A. Whether you use the template tag or the widget, specify the following information for the appropriate fields/arguments:Before text:
<ul><li>(or<ol><li>)
After text:</li></ul>(or</li></ol>)
Between tags:</li><li>
Release Log
2.0.2
- Note compatibility through WP 3.3+
- Add link to plugin directory page to readme.txt
- Update copyright date (2012)
2.0.1
- Note compatibility through WP 3.2+
- Minor code formatting changes (spacing)
- Fix plugin homepage and author links in description in readme.txt
2.0
- Add Linkify Tags widget
- Rename
linkify_tags()toc2c_linkify_tags()(but maintain a deprecated version for backwards compatibility) - Rename ‘linkify_tags’ action to ‘c2c_linkify_tags’ (but maintain support for backwards compatibility)
- Add Template Tag, Screenshots, and Frequently Asked Questions sections to readme.txt
- Add screenshot of widget admin
- Changed Description in readme.txt
- Note compatibility through WP 3.1+
- Update copyright date (2011)
1.2
- Add filter ‘linkify_tags’ to respond to the function of the same name so that users can use the do_action() notation for invoking template tags
- Fix to prevent PHP notice
- Wrap function in if(!function_exists()) check
- Reverse order of implode() arguments
- Remove docs from top of plugin file (all that and more are in readme.txt)
- Note compatibility with WP 3.0+
- Minor tweaks to code formatting (spacing)
- Add Upgrade Notice section to readme.txt
- Remove trailing whitespace
1.1
- Add PHPDoc documentation
- Add title attribute to link for each tag
- Minor formatting tweaks
- Note compatibility with WP 2.9+
- Drop compatibility with WP older than 2.8
- Update copyright date
- Update readme.txt (including adding Changelog)
1.0
- Initial release
Copyright & Disclaimer
Copyright © 2009-2011 by Scott Reilly (aka coffee2code)Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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