Including Custom Post Type posts in a page template contextually (or should I widget?)

Custom Archive Page What you’re describing is a custom archive page. https://www.google.com/search?q=custom+archive+page https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Archive_Index Child Theme Forget widgetised areas. They’re not necessary based on what you described. Simply fork (copy and manipulate) your archives template page by using using a child theme rather than directly editing the parent theme (edits won’t survive theme updates). https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes Featured … Read more

How to add a class to Tag cloud widget link?

You only want to add a class name based on the counts. Your above code looks like you may have copy/pasted from somewhere but you don’t need all that. I just tested this with wp_generate_tag_cloud_data (#L869) and wp_tag_cloud() and it’s working. Unfortunately for a basic test site like mine, the small count represents the largest … Read more