Matt Martz

<p>Creates a function that can be placed in a wordpress template for a category cloud that exists without the requirement of widgets or a widget ready theme.</p>
<p>I created this plugin after I started using a single column theme that is not widget ready.  I found that there were multiple plugin widgets available, but no plugin that would allow me to just place a php function into my theme to display a category cloud.</p>
<p>Some ideas for oter uses of this plugin:</p>
<ol>
<li>Install WP-Sticky and Exec-PHP.  Create a Sticky post which will stay at the top of your page and type the php code for this plugin in the post.  Now you have a Category Cloud that stays at the top of your page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ol>
<li>WordPress 2.x</li>
<li>Web server that supports PHP</li>
</ol>
<h3>Upgrade</h3>
<ol>
<li>Deactivate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
<li>Delete the previous <code>no-widget-category-cloud</code> folder from the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Upload the new <code>no-widget-category-cloud</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
</ol>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<pre><code><?php nw_catcloud(small_size,big_size,size_unit,align,orderby,order,min_posts,hide_empty,title); ?>

small_size = font size, integer (default 75)
big_size = font size, integer (default 200)
size_unit = %, px, pt (default %)
align = left, right, center, justify (default left)
orderby = count, name (default name)
order = asc, desc (default asc)
min_posts = minimum number of posts, integer (default 1)
hide_empty = 0,1 (default 1, 1=yes,0=no)
title = string (This can contain HTML to format the title) 
</code></pre>
<ol>
<li>Open the theme files, in your favorite editor, that you wish to add the category cloud to (index.php, single.php, page.php, etc…).</li>
<li>Add a line that looks like above.  You can also use the defaults by not specifiying anything between the parentheses. See example 2 below.</li>
<li>Enjoy.</li>
<li>As I mentioned in the description you can also use this plugin with Exec-PHP and it would make a nice combo with WP-Sticky.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<ol>
<li><code><?php nw_catcloud(75,200,'%','left','name','asc',1,1,'<h2 class="posttitle" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Categories</h2>'); ?></code></li>
<li><code><?php nw_catcloud(); ?></code></li>
</ol>
<h3>To Do</h3>
<ol>
<li>I am open to suggestions.</li>
<li>I am sure I will think of something.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Credit</h3>
<p>I’ve got to give credit where credit is due.  And that credit goes to Lee Kelleher and his Category Cloud Widget.  I used a lot of his code in this plugin modifying it where needed to make it work the way I wanted.</p>


No Widget Category Cloud

Creates a function that can be placed in a wordpress template for a category cloud that exists without the requirement of widgets or a widget ready th …

Steven

<p>WP-Syntax provides clean syntax highlighting using<br />
<a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/" rel="nofollow ugc">GeSHi</a> — supporting a wide range of popular<br />
languages.  It supports highlighting with or without line numbers and maintains formatting while copying snippets of code<br />
from the browser.</p>
<p>It avoids conflicts with other 3rd party plugins by running an early<br />
pre-filter and a late post-filter that substitutes and pulls the code snippets<br />
out first and then pushes them back in with highlighting at the end.  The<br />
result is source code formatted and highlighted the way you intended.</p>
<p>Usage, Supported Languages, Styling Guidelines, and Release Notes are available<br />
in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a> section.</p>
<p>Want to contribute? WP-Syntax can be found on GitHub. <a href="https://github.com/shazahm1/WP-Syntax" rel="nofollow ugc">Fork and submit your pull requests today!</a></p>
<h4>Basic Usage</h4>
<p>Wrap code blocks with <code><pre lang="LANGUAGE" line="1"></code> and <code></pre></code> where <strong>“LANGUAGE”</strong><br />
is a <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/" rel="nofollow ugc">GeSHi</a> supported language syntax.<br />
The <code>line</code> attribute is optional. <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/other_notes/" rel="ugc">More usage examples</a></p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Wrap code blocks with <code><pre lang="LANGUAGE" line="1"></code> and <code></pre></code> where <strong>“LANGUAGE”</strong> is a <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/" rel="nofollow ugc">GeSHi</a> supported<br />
language syntax. See below for a full list of supported languages.<br />
The <code>line</code> attribute is optional.</p>
<p><strong>Example 1: PHP, no line numbers</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="php">
<div id="foo">
<?php
  function foo() {
    echo "Hello World!\\n";
  }
?>
</div>
</pre>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Example 2: Java, with line numbers</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="java" line="1">
public class Hello {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Hello World!");
  }
}
</pre>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Example 3: Ruby, with line numbers starting at 18</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="ruby" line="18">
class Example
  def example(arg1)
    return "Hello: " + arg1.to_s
  end
end
</pre>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Example 4: If your code already has html entities escaped, use <code>escaped="true"</code> as an option</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="xml" escaped="true">
&lt;xml&gt;Hello&lt;/xml&gt;
</pre>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Example 5: PHP, with line numbers and highlighting a specific line</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="php" line="1" highlight="3">
<div id="foo">
<?php
  function foo() {
    echo "Hello World!\\n";
  }
?>
</div>
</pre>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Example 6: PHP, with a caption (file and/or file path of the source file)</strong></p>
<pre><code><pre lang="php" src"https://github.com/shazahm1/Connections/blob/master/connections.php">
<div id="foo">
<?php
  function foo() {
    echo "Hello World!\\n";
  }
?>
</div>
</pre><h3>Supported Languages</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>The following languages are most supported in the <code>lang</code> attribute:</p>
<p>abap, actionscript, actionscript3, ada, apache, applescript, apt_sources, asm,<br />
<strong>asp</strong>, autoit, avisynth, <strong>bash</strong>, bf, bibtex, blitzbasic, bnf, boo, <strong>c</strong>,<br />
c_mac, caddcl, cadlisp, cil, cfdg, cfm, cmake, cobol, cpp-qt, <strong>cpp</strong>,<br />
<strong>csharp</strong>, <strong>css</strong>, d, dcs, delphi, diff, div, dos, dot, eiffel, email, erlang,<br />
fo, fortran, freebasic, genero, gettext, glsl, gml, bnuplot, groovy, haskell,<br />
hq9plus, <strong>html4strict</strong>, idl, ini, inno, intercal, io, <strong>java</strong>, <strong>java5</strong>,<br />
<strong>javascript</strong>, kixtart, klonec, klonecpp, latex, <strong>lisp</strong>, locobasic, lolcode<br />
lotusformulas, lotusscript, lscript, lsl2, lua, m68k, make, matlab, mirc,<br />
modula3, mpasm, mxml, <strong>mysql</strong>, nsis, oberon2, <strong>objc</strong>, ocaml-brief, ocaml,<br />
oobas, <strong>oracle11</strong>, oracle8, pascal, per, pic16, pixelbender, <strong>perl</strong>,<br />
php-brief, <strong>php</strong>, plsql, povray, powershell, progress, prolog, properties,<br />
providex, <strong>python</strong>, qbasic, <strong>rails</strong>, rebol, reg, robots, <strong>ruby</strong>, sas,<br />
scala, scheme, scilab, sdlbasic, smalltalk, smarty, <strong>sql</strong>, tcl, teraterm,<br />
text, thinbasic, tsql, typoscript, <strong>vb</strong>, <strong>vbnet</strong>, verilog, vhdl, vim,<br />
visualfoxpro, visualprolog, whitespace, whois, winbatch, <strong>xml</strong>, xorg_conf,<br />
xpp, z80</p>
<p>See the <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/geshi-doc.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GeSHi Documentation</a><br />
for a full list of supported languages.</p>
<p>(Bold languages just highlight the more popular ones.)</p>
<h3>Styling Guidelines</h3>
<p>WP-Syntax colors code using the default GeSHi colors.  It also uses inline<br />
styling to make sure that code highlights still work in RSS feeds.  It uses a<br />
default <code>wp-syntax.css</code> stylesheet for basic layout.  To customize your styling,<br />
copy the default <code>wp-content/plugins/wp-syntax/wp-syntax.css</code> to your theme’s<br />
template directory and modify it.  If a file named <code>wp-syntax.css</code> exists in<br />
your theme’s template directory, this stylesheet is used instead of the default.<br />
This allows theme authors to add their own customizations as they see fit.</p>
<h3>Advanced Customization</h3>
<p>WP-Syntax supports a <code>wp_syntax_init_geshi</code> action hook to customize GeSHi<br />
initialization settings.  Blog owners can handle the hook in a hand-made plugin<br />
or somewhere else like this:</p>
<pre><code><?php
add_action('wp_syntax_init_geshi', 'my_custom_geshi_styles');

function my_custom_geshi_styles(&$geshi)
{
    $geshi->set_brackets_style('color: #000;');
    $geshi->set_keyword_group_style(1, 'color: #22f;');
}
?>
</code></pre>
<p>This allows for a great possibility of different customizations. Be sure to<br />
review the <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/geshi-doc.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GeSHi Documentation</a>.</p>


WP-Syntax

WP-Syntax provides clean syntax highlighting for embedding source code within pages or posts.

No Widget Category Cloud vs WP-Syntax