Cloud Widget

The Cloud widget displays a tag cloud of Listdom terms, such as Tags or Categories. Terms are shown in varying font sizes (usually reflecting their usage frequency), letting users see popular listing topics at a glance. This widget functions similarly to WordPress’s Tag Cloud, but for Listdom’s custom taxonomies.

Widget Options

Title

An optional title for the widget (e.g. “Popular Tags”). Leave blank for no title.

Taxonomy

Choose which listing taxonomy to display as a cloud:

• Tags (Default) - Listing tags (free-form keywords attached to listings).
• Categories - Listing categories (primary categories or types of listings).
• Locations - Listing locations (geographical terms).
• Features - Listing features/amenities.
• Labels - Listing labels or statuses.

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If you have Listdom Pro, an additional Custom Fields taxonomy (Attributes) is available in this list, allowing you to display a cloud of custom attribute terms. Pro

Display Count

Whether to show the number of listings for each term:

• No (Default) - Display just the term name.
• Yes - Display each term name followed by the number of listings in parentheses.

For example, a term might appear as “Restaurants (12)” if Display Count is Yes.

Hide Empty

Choose whether terms with zero listings should be included:

• Yes (Default) - Hide terms that have no listings.
• No - Show all terms even if they currently have no listings.

Typically, you’ll keep this set to Yes so that the cloud only shows relevant terms.

Sort By

How to sort the terms in the cloud:

• Name (Default) - Sort terms alphabetically.
• Count - Sort terms by the number of listings (descending), so more popular terms appear first.

Limit

The maximum number of terms to display in the cloud. Default: 24. The widget will include up to this many terms, chosen based on the sort order above. You can adjust this number if you want a larger or smaller cloud.

(If there are more terms than the limit, only the top terms (by name or count) will be shown.)

Examples

Popular Tags Cloud: Place the Cloud widget in your sidebar to show a cloud of popular listing tags. For instance, on a real estate site, visitors might see tags like Apartment, Villa, or Downtown grow larger if they’re used more often.

Multiple Clouds by Taxonomy: You can add this widget twice - one showing a Categories cloud and another showing Locations. Give each a distinct title (e.g., “Listing Categories” and “Locations”) to help users filter listings by those groupings.