diff --git a/wp-includes/category-template.php b/wp-includes/category-template.php
index 68cd74c8e5..971434baf2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/category-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/category-template.php
@@ -904,7 +904,8 @@ function wp_generate_tag_cloud( $tags, $args = '' ) {
 
 	// generate the output links array
 	foreach ( $tags_data as $key => $tag_data ) {
-		$a[] = "<a href='" . esc_url( $tag_data['url'] ) . "' class='" . esc_attr( $tag_data['class'] ) . "' title='" . esc_attr( $tag_data['title'] ) . "' style='font-size: " . esc_attr( str_replace( ',', '.', $tag_data['font_size'] ) . $args['unit'] ) . ";'>" . esc_html( $tag_data['name'] ) . "</a>";
+		$class = $tag_data['class'] . ' tag-link-position-' . ( $key + 1 );
+		$a[] = "<a href='" . esc_url( $tag_data['url'] ) . "' class='" . esc_attr( $class ) . "' title='" . esc_attr( $tag_data['title'] ) . "' style='font-size: " . esc_attr( str_replace( ',', '.', $tag_data['font_size'] ) . $args['unit'] ) . ";'>" . esc_html( $tag_data['name'] ) . "</a>";
 	}
 
 	switch ( $args['format'] ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 56f5e35e0a..71e991cb6e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-35983';
+$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-35984';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.