Extension:WikiCategoryTagCloud

MediaWiki extensions manual

WikiCategoryTagCloud Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Skin
Description	Allows users to add tag clouds based on categories to a page via the ‎<tagcloud> tag
Author(s)	Daniel Friesen Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.3.3 (2017-09-19)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.39+
PHP	5.5+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Tags ‎<tagcloud>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit PageContentSave
Quarterly downloads	17 (Ranked 123rd)
Public wikis using	1,274 (Ranked 216th)
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The WikiCategoryTagCloud extension allows users to add tag clouds based on categories to a page.

Usage

These in text parameters from the original extension still work the same:

min_count

Only display a tag for a category, if the category contains at least min_count articles. Default value: 0.

min_size

Defines the minimum text size. (Default: 77).

increase_factor

Defines the factor to increase the text size by the number of articles. Default value: 100.

exclude

Defined the categories you do not want to be displayed. Use underscore instead of spaces in category names, use comma to separate the categories, like this:

<tagcloud>exclude=television,television_series,celebrities,food,yoga</tagcloud>

makes television, television series, celebrities, food, yoga categories not to show up in the categories cloud.

The coloring in text parameters do not work anymore, instead we have XML parameters:

class

Adds CSS classes to the tag cloud itself (The tagcloud class is always included).

style

Adds CSS styles to the style parameter of the tag cloud.

linkclass

Adds CSS classes to the links.

linkstyle

Adds CSS styles to the links' style parameters.

in text parameters are place in between the two tags, and XML parameters are done inside the opening tag. Here's an example use showing where things are placed.

<tagcloud style="background: black;">
min_size=55
exclude=browse
</tagcloud>

Installation

• Download and move the extracted WikiCategoryTagCloud folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/WikiCategoryTagCloud
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'WikiCategoryTagCloud' );
  

• Optional: Add the pages to invalidate the cache for to MediaWiki:Tagcloudpages (one title per line).
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.