Wordpress: Adding class selectors to the_tags(); output

Question

How do I get the_tags() to output each tag so that it comes assigned with a unique class selector? So for example: the_tags() currently outputs something like this:

<a href="http://myblog.com/tag/kittens" rel="tag">kittens</a>

However, I'd like to output something like this:

<a href="http://myblog.com/tag/kittens" rel="tag" class="tag-kittens">kittens</a>

Is it possible to do this? If so, how? Thanks!

Answer 1

Also you can overload working of get_the_tags(); function. Just add next code to your functions.php theme file:

// add custom class to tag
function add_class_the_tags($html){
    $postid = get_the_ID();
    $html = str_replace('<a','<a class="class-name"',$html);
    return $html;
}
add_filter('the_tags','add_class_the_tags');

Answer 2

this code from www.lawturn.com

/* SlSlib tags add class */
<?php if(has_tag()) : ?>

    <?php
    $tags = get_the_tags(get_the_ID());
      foreach($tags as $tag){
        echo '<a href="'.get_tag_link($tag->term_id).'" rel="tag" class="tag-'.$tag->name.'">'.$tag->name.'</a>';
    } ?>

<?php endif; ?>