WordPress tutorial, Display wordpress Tags In Dropdown Menu without plugin. we given simple code here which you need to put in theme functions.php file.
If you want to display the tags in drop down menu then use following code in functions.php file.
Display wordpress Tags In Dropdown Menu without plugin
02function dropdown_tag_cloud( $args = '' ) {
04'smallest' => 8, 'largest' => 22, 'unit' => 'pt', 'number' => 45,
05'format' => 'flat', 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC',
06'exclude' => '', 'include' => ''
08$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
10$tags = get_tags( array_merge($args, array('orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC')) );
15$return = dropdown_generate_tag_cloud( $tags, $args );
16if ( is_wp_error( $return ) )
19echo apply_filters( 'dropdown_tag_cloud', $return, $args );
22function dropdown_generate_tag_cloud( $tags, $args = '' ) {
25'smallest' => 8, 'largest' => 22, 'unit' => 'pt', 'number' => 45,
26'format' => 'flat', 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC'
28$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
33$counts = $tag_links = array();
34foreach ( (array) $tags as $tag ) {
35$counts[$tag->name] = $tag->count;
36$tag_links[$tag->name] = get_tag_link( $tag->term_id );
37if ( is_wp_error( $tag_links[$tag->name] ) )
38return $tag_links[$tag->name];
39$tag_ids[$tag->name] = $tag->term_id;
42$min_count = min($counts);
43$spread = max($counts) - $min_count;
46$font_spread = $largest - $smallest;
47if ( $font_spread <= 0 )
49$font_step = $font_spread / $spread;
52if ( 'name' == $orderby )
53uksort($counts, 'strnatcasecmp');
57if ( 'DESC' == $order )
58$counts = array_reverse( $counts, true );
62$rel = ( is_object($wp_rewrite) && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) ? ' rel="tag"' : '';
64foreach ( $counts as $tag => $count ) {
65$tag_id = $tag_ids[$tag];
66$tag_link = clean_url($tag_links[$tag]);
67$tag = str_replace(' ', ' ', wp_specialchars( $tag ));
68$a[] = "\t<option value='$tag_link'>$tag ($count)</option>";
76$return = "<ul class='wp-tag-cloud'>\n\t<li>";
77$return .= join("</li>\n\t<li>", $a);
78$return .= "</li>\n</ul>\n";
81$return = join("\n", $a);
85return apply_filters( 'dropdown_generate_tag_cloud', $return, $tags, $args );
In footer or sidebar file or where you want to display the tags in dropdown use the following code.
Display wordpress Tags In Dropdown Menu without plugin 1<select name="tag-dropdown" onchange="document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">
2<option value="#">Liste d'auteurs</option>
3<?php dropdown_tag_cloud('number=0&order=asc'); ?>
