Custom Template for more than 1 Tag

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WordPress let me create custom tag templates, i have lots of tags, and i want to display the post tagged with some tags with a template, and the post tagged with other tags with another template.
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As this image shows the template hierarchy let me create the tag template easily, giving to the page the name or the id of the tag.
But i want to create 1 template tag for a great number of tags (instead of making 1 template for every different tag), and another template tag for the remaining one.

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  1. Here’s an example that “abuses” the tag description field to store a template name for the tag. We use the tag_template filter to get the tag description if it exists and include a template file with the description as part of the name. You could extend this to whitelist specific template names so typos don’t result in trying to load a file that doesn’t exist:

    function wpd_tag_template( $templates = '' ){
    $tag = get_queried_object();
    if( !empty( $tag->description ) ){
        $templates = locate_template( 'custom-tag-' . $tag->description . '.php', false );
    }
    return $templates;
}
add_filter( 'tag_template', 'wpd_tag_template' );

    So for example the description contains template-1, WordPress will load the file custom-tag-template-1.php for this tag.

  2. You can use tag.php for the great number of tags and use tag-{slug}.php for remaining ones.

    Also, you can use conditional tags for all in one file, tag.php:

    if ( is_tag( '{tag-one}' ) ) {
  // only for tag with slug "tag-one"
} elseif ( is_tag( '{tag two}' ) ) {
  // only for tag with slug "tag-two"
} elseif ( is_tag( '{tag three}' ) ) {
  // only for tag with slug "tag-three"
} else {
  // Load default view for a great number of tags
}

    Even, is_tag() accepts an array of slugs or ids.

    I hope I get it right.