New function get_the_tag similar to get_the_category w/ patch

[tacker]

wp-includes/category-template.php

@@ -203 +203 @@
        echo get_the_tags( $before, $sep, $after );
 }
 
+function get_the_tag($id = 0) {
+    global $post;
+    if ( !$post )
+        return false; // in-the-loop function
+
+    $id = (int) $id;
+    if ( !$id )
+        $id = (int) $post->ID;
+
+    $tags = get_post_tags( $post->ID );
+    if ( empty( $tags ) )
+        return false;
+
+    return $tags;
+}
+
 function category_description($category = 0) {
        global $cat;
        if ( !$category )

[ryan]

To be more consistent with the category API, your code in get_the_tag() should replace the code in get_the_tags(), and the code currently in get_the_tags() should be in the_tags().

[ryan]

(In [5235]) Change get_the_tags() to return an array of tags. Move tag list code to the_tags(). fixes #4123