[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21165: Make categories widget work with custom taxonomies

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#21165: Make categories widget work with custom taxonomies
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 Reporter:  scribu       |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Changes (by helen):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 I had anticipated that this would be awkward, which is why I had asked for
 screenshots.

 * The widget is still labeled "Categories" - yes, the one for tags is
 labeled "Tag Cloud", but the descriptor of what the UI is makes it quite
 different.
 * The restriction to hierarchical taxonomies is strange from a user
 perspective seeing as it's not restricted that way for tag clouds.
 * The way the restriction is done in the code is also strange - should be
 passed as an arg to `get_taxonomies()` instead of retrieving everything
 and then skipping.
 * I also don't see much of a way for a taxonomy not to be shown in these
 selects - tag cloud has a `show_tagcloud` arg when registering a taxonomy.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21165#comment:28>
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