[Resolved] Exclude tags from tag cloud blog on GP sidebar element

[George]

I am using this code in an attempt to exclude certain tags from a tag cloud widget block that I have on my GP sidebar element:

add_filter( 'widget_tag_cloud_args', 'gm_exclude_tag_from_tag_cloud');
function gm_exclude_tag_from_tag_cloud( $args ) {
  $args[ 'exclude' ] = '46,42,48,43,49,47,50';
  return $args;
}

It doesn’t seem to work. I suspect it’s because I use a tag cloud block and not an actual WordPress widget. Is there a solution?

[David]

Hi George,

i assume they would use the wp_tag_cloud function in the Block.
And that has a filter hook:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_tag_cloud/

And you can see its Args here:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_tag_cloud/

So simply swapping the hook name may work:

add_filter( 'wp_tag_cloud', 'gm_exclude_tag_from_tag_cloud');
function gm_exclude_tag_from_tag_cloud( $args ) {
  $args[ 'exclude' ] = '46,42,48,43,49,47,50';
  return $args;
}

[George]

Thanks, David.

It’s so weird, it only removes one tag beginner and shows this message at the top:
4a href="SITEURL/tag/beginner/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-42 tag-link-position-1" style="font-size: 10pt;" aria-label="beginner (3 items)">beginner

I’ve attached a URL.

[David]

Found this:

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33990

No fix as yet. Might want to resort to a classic widget or use a shortcode

[George]

Awesome, shortcode works, thanks David!

[David]

Glad to hear that 🙂

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