diff --git a/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php b/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
index 7d856836b66..855787480df 100644
--- a/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
+++ b/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
@@ -6,13 +6,24 @@ class block_blog_tags extends block_base {
         $this->version = 2006032000;
     }
 
+    function instance_allow_multiple() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function has_config() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function instance_allow_config() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     function get_content() {
 
         global $CFG;
 
         $timewithin = time() - 7776000; // last 90 days
         $topentries = 20; // get the 20 most popular tags
-        
 
         if ($this->content !== NULL) {
             return $this->content;
@@ -38,30 +49,43 @@ class block_blog_tags extends block_base {
         $sql .= 'ORDER BY ct DESC, t.text ASC ';
         $sql .= "LIMIT $topentries ";
 
-        $tags = get_records_sql($sql) or array();
+        if ($tags = get_records_sql($sql)) {
 
-        $size = 20; $lasttagcount = -1; $sizecount = 1;
-        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-            $class = "$tag->type s$size";
-            $link = $CFG->wwwroot.'/blog/index.php?filtertype=site&tagid='.$tag->id;
-            
-            $this->content->text .= '<a href="'.$link.'" class="'.$class.'">'.$tag->text.'</a> ';
+            $size = 20; $lasttagcount = -1; $sizecount = 1;
+            $etags = array();
+            foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+                $tag->class = "$tag->type s$size";
+                $etags[] = $tag;
 
-            /// Set the size class
-            if ($tag->ct != $lasttagcount) {
-                $size -= $sizecount;
-                $lasttagcount = $tag->ct;
-                $sizecount = 1;
-            } else {
-                $sizecount++;
+                /// Set the size class
+                if ($tag->ct != $lasttagcount) {
+                    $size -= $sizecount;
+                    $lasttagcount = $tag->ct;
+                    $sizecount = 1;
+                } else {
+                    $sizecount++;
+                }
             }
-        }
 
+            usort($etags, "blog_tags_sort");
+            
+            foreach ($etags as $tag) {
+                $link = $CFG->wwwroot.'/blog/index.php?filtertype=site&tagid='.$tag->id;
+                $this->content->text .= '<a href="'.$link.'" class="'.$tag->class.'">'.$tag->text.'</a> ';
+            }
+
+        }
         return $this->content;
     }
 
     function applicable_formats() {
         return array('all' => true, 'my' => false);
     }
+
 }
+
+function blog_tags_sort($a, $b) {
+    return strcmp($a->text, $b->text);
+}
+
 ?>