Popular Tags

NOTE: This module's original name was "popular-tags", but since been renamed to "popular_tags". So try both "popular_tags" and "popular-tags" in case one of them doesn't work for you.

This module allows the users to select taxonomy terms/tags by just clicking on them rather than typing them (auto-complete) or selecting them from a select box/checkbox/radio etc. It shows them a list of tags, sorted by popularity (defined as how many nodes are tagged with it), up to a configurable maximum number. Also, when you hover over a listed tag, it shows how many times it has been used.

This helps the user see what the most commonly used tags, rather than having to guess. It also avoids creation of numerous closely related and similar tags because the user can see such a tag if it already exists. The fact that the tag is only a click away, encourages users to coalesce around a tighter vocabulary than one would have in the absence of this module.

Requirements

Drupal 7.x / 8.x and "taxonomy" module (part of core).

Installation & Usage

See the screenshots for usage examples. To use popular_tags, do the following.

1. Copy the entire popular_tags directory the Drupal sites/all/modules
   directory (or sites//modules).
2. Login as an administrator. Enable the module in the "Administer" -> "Modules"
3. Visit the term-reference fields in your content types (at admin/structure/types/manage//fields/ under Structure>Content Types>MyType>Manage Fields>MyField)
4. Under the "Popular
   Tags" fieldset, check the "Use Clickable Popular Tags?" checkbox.
5. Now create or edit a node of MyType and right under the tag field you'll see a list of clickable popular tags (provided that some tags do exist).

That's it. Now whenever you edit a node of that content type, you will have clickable/popular tags listed for you, ordered by their popularity (frequency of usage).

Similar Projects

Active Tags is somewhat similar, but targets a different problem - namely showing the tags that have been added, rather than listing tags that you can add.

Drupal 8 version just released!

This module now supports Drupal 8 in addition to Drupal 7. So please download the latest D8 version and provide feedback by posting issues.

Project Sponsorship

Development of this module is sponsored by SpinSpire, a Drupal development company based in Florida that specializes in High Performance Web & Mobile projects.