WordPress now has tags built in where in earlier versions you had to install a WordPress plugin to use them. With this update it leaves many beautiful WordPress themes NOT tag ready.

If you want to take advantage of WP2.3.1 tag system but use a WordPress theme that doesn’t have the tag code built in, you can easily use this code below and update the theme yourself.

Open your single.php file for editing. Prior to doing this please DO make a back up just in case you screw up. Look for this line of code:

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(’<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>’); ?>

<?php wp_link_pages(array(’before’ => ‘<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>

Below that add this code:

<?php the_tags(’Tags:’, ‘, ‘, ‘<br />’); ?>

The best thing to do is grab the code directly from WordPress.org’s DOC site. That way the code doesn’t get messed up when you copy it to clip board.

You can get the same code as well as many variations of the code and additional support HERE.

Also you can add the tag code to your index.php, page.php file as well as your archive.php file. For additional support please visit WordPress.org or drop a comment below and I can help you.