Tag Display

Activate the plugin, then go to Tag Display in the main WordPress menu to pick a template and configure colors. From there, add tags to your posts in one of three ways:

1. 01Shortcode – paste [s7n_tag_display] into any post or page.
2. 02Gutenberg block – search for “Tag Display” in the block inserter.
3. 03Automatic – enable auto-display in Tag Display → Content Types and tags appear on every post without touching the editor.

Yes. Choose between Default, Minimal, Cloud, Outlined, and Hashtag templates:

• From the settings page: Tag Display → General Settings → Default Template .
• Via shortcode: [s7n_tag_display template="outlined"]
• Via Gutenberg block: select the block and use the Template option in the sidebar.

In the block editor, click the + button and search for “Tag Display”. Add the block to your post. Use the sidebar panel ( Display Settings , Link Options , Title ) to override the template, ordering, tag limit, and other options for that specific block – independently of the global settings.

All attributes are optional and override the global settings for that specific instance:

[s7n_tag_display template="hashtag" order="count_desc" max="8" exclude="news,draft" nofollow="true" new_tab="true" show_count="true" title="Related topics:"]

• template – default , minimal , cloud , outlined , hashtag
• order – alpha_asc , alpha_desc , count_desc , count_asc , random (default: global setting)
• max – maximum number of tags to show, e.g. max="5" (0 = all)
• exclude – comma-separated slugs to hide, e.g. exclude="news,uncategorized"
• nofollow – true to add rel="nofollow" to tag links
• new_tab – true to open links in a new tab
• show_count – true to show the post count next to each tag, e.g. WordPress (12)
• title – custom label above the tags, e.g. title="Topics:" (empty string hides the title)

Open Tag Display → General Settings :

• Tag Order – alphabetical (A → Z / Z → A), by post count (most/least used), or random.
• Max Tags – show only the first N tags (0 = show all).
• Exclude Tags – comma-separated slugs of tags to always hide.

These settings can also be overridden per-instance via shortcode or Gutenberg block.

In Tag Display → General Settings → Exclude Tags , enter the slugs (not names) of the tags you want to hide, separated by commas. Example: news, uncategorized, draft .

To find a tag’s slug, go to Posts → Tags in the WordPress admin.

Yes. Go to Tag Display → Content Types , enable auto-display for posts, pages, or custom post types, and choose whether tags appear before or after the content.

Go to Tag Display → General Settings and enable the rel=”nofollow” or Open in new tab checkboxes. These can also be set per-instance via shortcode ( nofollow="true" , new_tab="true" ) or Gutenberg block sidebar.

Yes. Place a file named tag-display-template-{name}.php in your theme (or child theme) root folder, where {name} is the template you want to override: default , minimal , cloud , outlined , or hashtag .

Example: to override the default template, create wp-content/themes/your-theme/tag-display-template-default.php .

The plugin picks it up on the next page load. A commented example file is included in the plugin’s examples/ folder.

The following variables are available in your custom template:

• $tags – array of WP_Term objects ( ->name , ->slug , ->count )
• $display_title – label text above the tags
• $display_nofollow – boolean, whether to add rel="nofollow"
• $display_new_tab – boolean, whether to open links in a new tab
• $display_show_count – boolean, whether to show post count next to each tag

Smart Visibility automatically adapts tag display based on how many tags a post has – improving both SEO and user experience. When the count falls below a configurable threshold, the plugin applies the behavior you choose:

• Hide – suppresses the tag block entirely (no HTML output). Best for SEO: avoids thin tag sections.
• Hidden – renders tags with display:none so they are present in the DOM but invisible. Useful when you want to toggle them via JavaScript without a page reload.
• Collapse – renders a “Show tags” button; the visitor can expand the list on click. Best for UX on posts with few tags.
• SEO hidden – tags are visually invisible to visitors but present in the DOM for search crawlers.

To enable it, go to Tag Display → Smart Visibility , turn on the toggle, set your Minimum Tag Threshold (default: 3), and pick a behavior. When a post has at least as many tags as the threshold, it displays normally – Smart Visibility is completely transparent.

Content Density Analysis (advanced): you can also trigger Smart Visibility based on tag density – the ratio of tags to words in the post. Enable “Content Density Analysis” in the Smart Visibility tab and set a density threshold (default: 0.005, which equals 1 tag per 200 words). If the density is below the threshold, the selected behavior applies even if the tag count meets the minimum.

Per-instance override via shortcode:

[s7n_tag_display smart="true" min="3" behavior="collapse"]

• smart – true to enable, false to force-disable for this instance regardless of the global setting
• min – minimum tag threshold for this instance
• behavior – hide , hidden , collapse , or seo ; use force to bypass Smart Visibility entirely for this instance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8. If you run into a compatibility issue, open a thread on the support forum.