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Clouddy renders a visual tag cloud (post_tag or any other taxonomy) with dynamic sizing
and a smooth color transition based on tag popularity. Configuration is global; embed the
cloud with a block, a widget, or a shortcode.
Sizing and color are computed in PHP only as a normalized weight; the actual font size and
color are produced in CSS (custom properties + calc() + color-mix()), so you can override
everything with plain CSS — no !important needed.
Features:
- Selection modes: most popular, rarest, random, and hybrid (some popular + some rare).
- Display orders independent of selection: by count, alphabetical, random, and “lens” orders
(longest / most popular / rarest in the center). - Exclusion blocklist, configurable taxonomy, adjustable size range and colors.
- Server-side cache (Transients) with invalidation on content and term changes.
- Clean, override-friendly HTML; accessible navigation container with an aria-label.
Screenshots
Tag cloud with a color gradient and post counts.
Tag cloud styled as pills; size and color scale with tag popularity.
Clouddy in use on a live site.
The global settings panel (under Settings).