Emilian Robert Vicol

Public release of ByREV Fast Category Cloud , a wordpress plugin that shows categories as a tag cloud.
ByREV Fast Category Cloud Features:
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<li>True Fade Color ~ all the colors change independently, but the correct proportion of each variety of colors: red, green and blue.)</li>
<li>Cache Result ~ for fast loading and use less resources (default timeout cache = 60s)</li>
<li>Show Count Post ~ number of items is displayed outside the category link, so SEO is not affected.</li>
<li>Sort by : ascending order, descending, alphabetical and random.</li>
<li>Limit Category ~ Show a fixed number of categories (option)</li>
<li>Exclude category with lower number of posts</li>
<li>Minimum and maximum font size can be of any value</li>
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Highly optimized for speed and memory
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<li>Plugin is divided in two: “Basic Version” which can be used by inserting PHP code in template pages, and a “Widget Version” which can be manipulated in the WordPress configuration page. The fastest is the “Basic Version”.</li>
<li>Cache help to increase speed and conserve CPU resources.</li>
<li>Both scripts are under 100 lines of code, each have exactly 97 lines each.</li>
<li>For most routines have been tested several versions of code and was chosen the fastest of them.</li>
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Fast Category Cloud WordPress Plugin

Public release of ByREV Fast Category Cloud , a wordpress plugin that shows categories as a tag cloud.

LordPretender

This widget is exactly the same as the native tag cloud widget but the content now depends on the current category.

Fast Category Cloud WordPress Plugin vs Tag Cloud per Category