diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 8269acd9242c..93848ee75628 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 /src/plugins/vis_types/pie/ @elastic/kibana-app
 /src/plugins/visualize/ @elastic/kibana-app
 /src/plugins/visualizations/ @elastic/kibana-app
+/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/ @elastic/kibana-app
 /src/plugins/url_forwarding/ @elastic/kibana-app
 /packages/kbn-tinymath/ @elastic/kibana-app
 
diff --git a/.i18nrc.json b/.i18nrc.json
index 2670e0554a0d..3301cd04ad06 100644
--- a/.i18nrc.json
+++ b/.i18nrc.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "expressionRepeatImage": "src/plugins/expression_repeat_image",
     "expressionRevealImage": "src/plugins/expression_reveal_image",
     "expressionShape": "src/plugins/expression_shape",
+    "expressionTagcloud": "src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud",
     "inputControl": "src/plugins/input_control_vis",
     "inspector": "src/plugins/inspector",
     "inspectorViews": "src/legacy/core_plugins/inspector_views",
diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
index 4addef8fbb93..66e09579e986 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ for use in their own application.
 |Expression Shape plugin adds a shape function to the expression plugin and an associated renderer. The renderer will display the given shape with selected decorations.
 
 
+|{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/README.md[expressionTagcloud]
+|Expression Tagcloud plugin adds a tagcloud renderer and function to the expression plugin. The renderer will display the Wordcloud chart.
+
+
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/field_formats/README.md[fieldFormats]
 |Index pattern fields formatters
 
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 6cb23b279925..09532dc28bbb 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '<rootDir>/packages/*/jest.config.js',
     '<rootDir>/src/*/jest.config.js',
     '<rootDir>/src/plugins/*/jest.config.js',
+    '<rootDir>/src/plugins/chart_expressions/*/jest.config.js',
     '<rootDir>/src/plugins/vis_types/*/jest.config.js',
     '<rootDir>/test/*/jest.config.js',
     '<rootDir>/x-pack/plugins/*/jest.config.js',
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml b/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
index 2070bad7b163..0dc17484ccb0 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
@@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ pageLoadAssetSize:
   expressionMetric: 22238
   expressionShape: 34008
   interactiveSetup: 18532
+  expressionTagcloud: 27505
diff --git a/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts b/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
index 58234be1317a..e3d8185e73e5 100644
--- a/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
+++ b/src/dev/typescript/projects.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const PROJECTS = [
 
   ...findProjects('packages/*/tsconfig.json'),
   ...findProjects('src/plugins/*/tsconfig.json'),
+  ...findProjects('src/plugins/chart_expressions/*/tsconfig.json'),
   ...findProjects('src/plugins/vis_types/*/tsconfig.json'),
   ...findProjects('x-pack/plugins/*/tsconfig.json'),
   ...findProjects('examples/*/tsconfig.json'),
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/.i18nrc.json b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/.i18nrc.json
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..df4e39309f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/.i18nrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "prefix": "expressionTagcloud",
+  "paths": {
+    "expressionTagcloud": "."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/README.md b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/README.md
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ae7635ffe017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# expressionTagcloud
+
+Expression Tagcloud plugin adds a `tagcloud` renderer and function to the expression plugin. The renderer will display the `Wordcloud` chart.
+
+---
+
+## Development
+
+See the [kibana contributing guide](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions setting up your development environment.
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/services.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/constants.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/services.ts
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/constants.ts
index abec36c4aae7..3d834448a94e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/constants.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { createGetterSetter } from '../../kibana_utils/public';
-import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../data/public';
+export const PLUGIN_ID = 'expressionTagcloud';
+export const PLUGIN_NAME = 'expressionTagcloud';
 
-export const [getFormatService, setFormatService] = createGetterSetter<
-  DataPublicPluginStart['fieldFormats']
->('data.fieldFormats');
+export const EXPRESSION_NAME = 'tagcloud';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/__snapshots__/tagcloud_function.test.ts.snap
similarity index 98%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/__snapshots__/tagcloud_function.test.ts.snap
index 2888d7637546..56b24f0ae004 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/__snapshots__/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/__snapshots__/tagcloud_function.test.ts.snap
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`interpreter/functions#tagcloud returns an object with the correct structure 1`] = `
 Object {
-  "as": "tagloud_vis",
+  "as": "tagcloud",
   "type": "render",
   "value": Object {
     "syncColors": false,
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5df32e3991ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { tagcloudFunction } from './tagcloud_function';
+
+export const functions = [tagcloudFunction];
+
+export { tagcloudFunction };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.test.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.test.ts
index 1671c0b01a66..2c6e021b5107 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.test.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { createTagCloudFn } from './tag_cloud_fn';
+import { tagcloudFunction } from './tagcloud_function';
 
-import { functionWrapper } from '../../expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/tests/utils';
-import { Datatable } from '../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
+import { functionWrapper } from '../../../../expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/tests/utils';
+import { Datatable } from '../../../../expressions/common/expression_types/specs';
 
 describe('interpreter/functions#tagcloud', () => {
-  const fn = functionWrapper(createTagCloudFn());
+  const fn = functionWrapper(tagcloudFunction());
   const context = {
     type: 'datatable',
     rows: [{ 'col-0-1': 0 }],
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3553c4660ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/expression_functions/tagcloud_function.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+
+import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../../../visualizations/common/prepare_log_table';
+import { TagCloudVisParams } from '../types';
+import { ExpressionTagcloudFunction } from '../types';
+import { EXPRESSION_NAME } from '../constants';
+
+const strings = {
+  help: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloudHelpText', {
+    defaultMessage: 'Tagcloud visualization.',
+  }),
+  args: {
+    scale: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.scaleHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Scale to determine font size of a word',
+    }),
+    orientation: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.orientationHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Orientation of words inside tagcloud',
+    }),
+    minFontSize: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.minFontSizeHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Min font size',
+    }),
+    maxFontSize: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.maxFontSizeHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Max font size',
+    }),
+    showLabel: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.showLabelHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Show chart label',
+    }),
+    palette: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.paletteHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Defines the chart palette name',
+    }),
+    metric: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.metricHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'metric dimension configuration',
+    }),
+    bucket: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.bucketHelpText', {
+      defaultMessage: 'bucket dimension configuration',
+    }),
+  },
+  dimension: {
+    tags: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.dimension.tags', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Tags',
+    }),
+    tagSize: i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.dimension.tagSize', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Tag size',
+    }),
+  },
+};
+
+export const errors = {
+  invalidPercent: (percent: number) =>
+    new Error(
+      i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.invalidPercentErrorMessage', {
+        defaultMessage: "Invalid value: '{percent}'. Percentage must be between 0 and 1",
+        values: {
+          percent,
+        },
+      })
+    ),
+  invalidImageUrl: (imageUrl: string) =>
+    new Error(
+      i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.invalidImageUrl', {
+        defaultMessage: "Invalid image url: '{imageUrl}'.",
+        values: {
+          imageUrl,
+        },
+      })
+    ),
+};
+
+export const tagcloudFunction: ExpressionTagcloudFunction = () => {
+  const { help, args: argHelp, dimension } = strings;
+
+  return {
+    name: EXPRESSION_NAME,
+    type: 'render',
+    inputTypes: ['datatable'],
+    help,
+    args: {
+      scale: {
+        types: ['string'],
+        default: 'linear',
+        options: ['linear', 'log', 'square root'],
+        help: argHelp.scale,
+      },
+      orientation: {
+        types: ['string'],
+        default: 'single',
+        options: ['single', 'right angled', 'multiple'],
+        help: argHelp.orientation,
+      },
+      minFontSize: {
+        types: ['number'],
+        default: 18,
+        help: argHelp.minFontSize,
+      },
+      maxFontSize: {
+        types: ['number'],
+        default: 72,
+        help: argHelp.maxFontSize,
+      },
+      showLabel: {
+        types: ['boolean'],
+        default: true,
+        help: argHelp.showLabel,
+      },
+      palette: {
+        types: ['string'],
+        help: argHelp.palette,
+        default: 'default',
+      },
+      metric: {
+        types: ['vis_dimension'],
+        help: argHelp.metric,
+        required: true,
+      },
+      bucket: {
+        types: ['vis_dimension'],
+        help: argHelp.bucket,
+      },
+    },
+    fn(input, args, handlers) {
+      const visParams = {
+        scale: args.scale,
+        orientation: args.orientation,
+        minFontSize: args.minFontSize,
+        maxFontSize: args.maxFontSize,
+        showLabel: args.showLabel,
+        metric: args.metric,
+        ...(args.bucket && {
+          bucket: args.bucket,
+        }),
+        palette: {
+          type: 'palette',
+          name: args.palette,
+        },
+      } as TagCloudVisParams;
+
+      if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
+        const argsTable: Dimension[] = [[[args.metric], dimension.tagSize]];
+        if (args.bucket) {
+          argsTable.push([[args.bucket], dimension.tags]);
+        }
+        const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
+        handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
+      }
+      return {
+        type: 'render',
+        as: EXPRESSION_NAME,
+        value: {
+          visData: input,
+          visType: EXPRESSION_NAME,
+          visParams,
+          syncColors: handlers?.isSyncColorsEnabled?.() ?? false,
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/index.ts
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d8989abcc3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export * from './constants';
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_functions.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_functions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1aba30380b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_functions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { PaletteOutput } from '../../../../charts/common';
+import {
+  Datatable,
+  ExpressionFunctionDefinition,
+  ExpressionValueRender,
+  SerializedFieldFormat,
+} from '../../../../expressions';
+import { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from '../../../../visualizations/common';
+import { EXPRESSION_NAME } from '../constants';
+
+interface Dimension {
+  accessor: number;
+  format: {
+    id?: string;
+    params?: SerializedFieldFormat<object>;
+  };
+}
+
+interface TagCloudCommonParams {
+  scale: 'linear' | 'log' | 'square root';
+  orientation: 'single' | 'right angled' | 'multiple';
+  minFontSize: number;
+  maxFontSize: number;
+  showLabel: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface TagCloudVisConfig extends TagCloudCommonParams {
+  metric: ExpressionValueVisDimension;
+  bucket?: ExpressionValueVisDimension;
+}
+
+export interface TagCloudVisParams extends TagCloudCommonParams {
+  palette: PaletteOutput;
+  metric: Dimension;
+  bucket?: Dimension;
+}
+
+export interface TagcloudRendererConfig {
+  visType: typeof EXPRESSION_NAME;
+  visData: Datatable;
+  visParams: TagCloudVisParams;
+  syncColors: boolean;
+}
+
+interface Arguments extends TagCloudVisConfig {
+  palette: string;
+}
+
+export type ExpressionTagcloudFunction = () => ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
+  'tagcloud',
+  Datatable,
+  Arguments,
+  ExpressionValueRender<TagcloudRendererConfig>
+>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_renderers.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_renderers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d426aa061a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/expression_renderers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { ChartsPluginSetup } from '../../../../charts/public';
+
+export interface TagCloudTypeProps {
+  palettes: ChartsPluginSetup['palettes'];
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec934e7affe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/common/types/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+export * from './expression_functions';
+export * from './expression_renderers';
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/jest.config.js b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c88c150d6f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: '@kbn/test',
+  rootDir: '../../../../',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud'],
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/kibana.json b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/kibana.json
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..26d5ef9750e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/kibana.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "id": "expressionTagcloud",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "kibanaVersion": "kibana",
+  "server": true,
+  "ui": true,
+  "requiredPlugins": ["expressions", "visualizations", "charts", "presentationUtil", "fieldFormats"],
+  "requiredBundles": ["kibanaUtils"],
+  "optionalPlugins": [],
+  "owner": {
+    "name": "Kibana App",
+    "githubTeam": "kibana-app"
+  },
+  "description": "Expression Tagcloud plugin adds a `tagcloud` renderer and function to the expression plugin. The renderer will display the `Wordcloud` chart."
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ebc3d586d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export * from './tagcloud_component';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud.scss b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud.scss
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud.scss
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.test.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.test.tsx
similarity index 93%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.test.tsx
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.test.tsx
index b4d4e70d5ffe..542a9c1cd9bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.test.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
  */
 import React from 'react';
 import { Wordcloud, Settings } from '@elastic/charts';
-import { chartPluginMock } from '../../../charts/public/mocks';
-import type { Datatable } from '../../../expressions/public';
+import { chartPluginMock } from '../../../../charts/public/mocks';
+import type { Datatable } from '../../../../expressions/public';
 import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 import { findTestSubject } from '@elastic/eui/lib/test';
-import TagCloudChart, { TagCloudChartProps } from './tag_cloud_chart';
-import { TagCloudVisParams } from '../types';
+import TagCloudChart, { TagCloudChartProps } from './tagcloud_component';
+import { TagCloudVisParams } from '../../common/types';
 
 jest.mock('../services', () => ({
   getFormatService: jest.fn(() => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.tsx
similarity index 93%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.tsx
rename to src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.tsx
index b89fe2fa90ed..163a2e8ce38a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_chart.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/components/tagcloud_component.tsx
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 import { throttle } from 'lodash';
 import { EuiIconTip, EuiResizeObserver } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { Chart, Settings, Wordcloud, RenderChangeListener } from '@elastic/charts';
-import type { PaletteRegistry } from '../../../charts/public';
-import type { IInterpreterRenderHandlers } from '../../../expressions/public';
+import type { PaletteRegistry } from '../../../../charts/public';
+import type { IInterpreterRenderHandlers } from '../../../../expressions/public';
 import { getFormatService } from '../services';
-import { TagCloudVisRenderValue } from '../tag_cloud_fn';
+import { TagcloudRendererConfig } from '../../common/types';
 
 import './tag_cloud.scss';
 
 const MAX_TAG_COUNT = 200;
 
-export type TagCloudChartProps = TagCloudVisRenderValue & {
+export type TagCloudChartProps = TagcloudRendererConfig & {
   fireEvent: IInterpreterRenderHandlers['event'];
   renderComplete: IInterpreterRenderHandlers['done'];
   palettesRegistry: PaletteRegistry;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export const TagCloudChart = ({
                 color="warning"
                 content={
                   <FormattedMessage
-                    id="visTypeTagCloud.feedbackMessage.tooSmallContainerDescription"
+                    id="expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.tooSmallContainerDescription"
                     defaultMessage="The container is too small to display the entire cloud. Tags might be cropped or omitted."
                   />
                 }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export const TagCloudChart = ({
                 color="warning"
                 content={
                   <FormattedMessage
-                    id="visTypeTagCloud.feedbackMessage.truncatedTagsDescription"
+                    id="expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.truncatedTagsDescription"
                     defaultMessage="The number of tags has been truncated to avoid long draw times."
                   />
                 }
@@ -231,6 +231,5 @@ export const TagCloudChart = ({
   );
 };
 
-// default export required for React.Lazy
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
 export { TagCloudChart as default };
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4819430cda79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export { tagcloudRenderer } from './tagcloud_renderer';
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/tagcloud_renderer.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/tagcloud_renderer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58e177dac677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/expression_renderers/tagcloud_renderer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import React, { lazy } from 'react';
+import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
+import { I18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import { ExpressionRenderDefinition } from '../../../../expressions/common';
+import { VisualizationContainer } from '../../../../visualizations/public';
+import { withSuspense } from '../../../../presentation_util/public';
+import { TagcloudRendererConfig } from '../../common/types';
+import { ExpressioTagcloudRendererDependencies } from '../plugin';
+import { EXPRESSION_NAME } from '../../common';
+
+export const strings = {
+  getDisplayName: () =>
+    i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.renderer.tagcloud.displayName', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Tag Cloud visualization',
+    }),
+  getHelpDescription: () =>
+    i18n.translate('expressionTagcloud.renderer.tagcloud.helpDescription', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Render a tag cloud',
+    }),
+};
+
+const LazyTagcloudComponent = lazy(() => import('../components/tagcloud_component'));
+const TagcloudComponent = withSuspense(LazyTagcloudComponent);
+
+export const tagcloudRenderer: (
+  deps: ExpressioTagcloudRendererDependencies
+) => ExpressionRenderDefinition<TagcloudRendererConfig> = ({ palettes }) => ({
+  name: EXPRESSION_NAME,
+  displayName: strings.getDisplayName(),
+  help: strings.getHelpDescription(),
+  reuseDomNode: true,
+  render: async (domNode, config, handlers) => {
+    handlers.onDestroy(() => {
+      unmountComponentAtNode(domNode);
+    });
+    const palettesRegistry = await palettes.getPalettes();
+
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <VisualizationContainer handlers={handlers}>
+          <TagcloudComponent
+            {...config}
+            palettesRegistry={palettesRegistry}
+            renderComplete={handlers.done}
+            fireEvent={handlers.event}
+            syncColors={config.syncColors}
+          />
+        </VisualizationContainer>
+      </I18nProvider>,
+      domNode
+    );
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d170c49b663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { ExpressionTagcloudPlugin } from './plugin';
+
+export type { ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup, ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart } from './plugin';
+
+export function plugin() {
+  return new ExpressionTagcloudPlugin();
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cbc9ac7c670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '../../../../core/public';
+import { ExpressionsStart, ExpressionsSetup } from '../../../expressions/public';
+import { ChartsPluginSetup } from '../../../charts/public';
+import { tagcloudRenderer } from './expression_renderers';
+import { tagcloudFunction } from '../common/expression_functions';
+import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../../field_formats/public';
+import { setFormatService } from './services';
+
+interface SetupDeps {
+  expressions: ExpressionsSetup;
+  charts: ChartsPluginSetup;
+}
+
+/** @internal  */
+export interface ExpressioTagcloudRendererDependencies {
+  palettes: ChartsPluginSetup['palettes'];
+}
+
+interface StartDeps {
+  expression: ExpressionsStart;
+  fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
+}
+
+export type ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup = void;
+export type ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart = void;
+
+export class ExpressionTagcloudPlugin
+  implements
+    Plugin<ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup, ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart, SetupDeps, StartDeps> {
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, { expressions, charts }: SetupDeps): ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup {
+    const rendererDependencies: ExpressioTagcloudRendererDependencies = {
+      palettes: charts.palettes,
+    };
+    expressions.registerFunction(tagcloudFunction);
+    expressions.registerRenderer(tagcloudRenderer(rendererDependencies));
+  }
+
+  public start(core: CoreStart, { fieldFormats }: StartDeps): ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart {
+    setFormatService(fieldFormats);
+  }
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/services.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/services.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..541e46a84726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/public/services.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { createGetterSetter } from '../../../kibana_utils/public';
+import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../../field_formats/public';
+
+export const [getFormatService, setFormatService] = createGetterSetter<FieldFormatsStart>(
+  'fieldFormats'
+);
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c94416827131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { ExpressionTagcloudPlugin } from './plugin';
+
+export function plugin() {
+  return new ExpressionTagcloudPlugin();
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03dd05db25fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/server/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from '../../../../core/public';
+import { ExpressionsServerStart, ExpressionsServerSetup } from '../../../expressions/server';
+import { tagcloudFunction } from '../common/expression_functions';
+
+interface SetupDeps {
+  expressions: ExpressionsServerSetup;
+}
+
+interface StartDeps {
+  expression: ExpressionsServerStart;
+}
+
+export type ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup = void;
+export type ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart = void;
+
+export class ExpressionTagcloudPlugin
+  implements
+    Plugin<ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup, ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart, SetupDeps, StartDeps> {
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, { expressions }: SetupDeps): ExpressionTagcloudPluginSetup {
+    expressions.registerFunction(tagcloudFunction);
+  }
+
+  public start(core: CoreStart): ExpressionTagcloudPluginStart {}
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2d50e4cd4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_tagcloud/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "common/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../presentation_util/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../expressions/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../visualizations/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../charts/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../field_formats/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/kibana.json b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/kibana.json
index 1c427600b5de..b51d5d49cb7b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/kibana.json
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/kibana.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "ui": true,
   "server": true,
   "requiredPlugins": ["data", "expressions", "visualizations", "charts"],
-  "requiredBundles": ["kibanaUtils", "kibanaReact", "visDefaultEditor"],
+  "requiredBundles": ["kibanaReact", "visDefaultEditor"],
   "owner": {
     "name": "Kibana App",
     "githubTeam": "kibana-app"
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts
index b2414762f6e4..06e1c516d9e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/plugin.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,14 @@
  */
 
 import { PluginInitializerContext, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from 'kibana/public';
-import { Plugin as ExpressionsPublicPlugin } from '../../expressions/public';
 import { VisualizationsSetup } from '../../visualizations/public';
 import { ChartsPluginSetup } from '../../charts/public';
 
-import { createTagCloudFn } from './tag_cloud_fn';
 import { getTagCloudVisTypeDefinition } from './tag_cloud_type';
-import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../data/public';
-import { setFormatService } from './services';
 import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
-import { getTagCloudVisRenderer } from './tag_cloud_vis_renderer';
 
 /** @internal */
 export interface TagCloudPluginSetupDependencies {
-  expressions: ReturnType<ExpressionsPublicPlugin['setup']>;
   visualizations: VisualizationsSetup;
   charts: ChartsPluginSetup;
 }
@@ -30,11 +24,6 @@ export interface TagCloudVisDependencies {
   palettes: ChartsPluginSetup['palettes'];
 }
 
-/** @internal */
-export interface TagCloudVisPluginStartDependencies {
-  data: DataPublicPluginStart;
-}
-
 /** @internal */
 export class TagCloudPlugin implements Plugin<void, void> {
   initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext<ConfigSchema>;
@@ -43,23 +32,13 @@ export class TagCloudPlugin implements Plugin<void, void> {
     this.initializerContext = initializerContext;
   }
 
-  public setup(
-    core: CoreSetup,
-    { expressions, visualizations, charts }: TagCloudPluginSetupDependencies
-  ) {
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, { visualizations, charts }: TagCloudPluginSetupDependencies) {
     const visualizationDependencies: TagCloudVisDependencies = {
       palettes: charts.palettes,
     };
-    expressions.registerFunction(createTagCloudFn);
-    expressions.registerRenderer(getTagCloudVisRenderer(visualizationDependencies));
-    visualizations.createBaseVisualization(
-      getTagCloudVisTypeDefinition({
-        palettes: charts.palettes,
-      })
-    );
+
+    visualizations.createBaseVisualization(getTagCloudVisTypeDefinition(visualizationDependencies));
   }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart, { data }: TagCloudVisPluginStartDependencies) {
-    setFormatService(data.fieldFormats);
-  }
+  public start(core: CoreStart) {}
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bfaf557c6baf..000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_fn.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-
-import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, Datatable, Render } from '../../expressions/public';
-import { prepareLogTable, Dimension } from '../../visualizations/public';
-import { TagCloudVisParams, TagCloudVisConfig } from './types';
-
-const name = 'tagcloud';
-
-interface Arguments extends TagCloudVisConfig {
-  palette: string;
-}
-
-export interface TagCloudVisRenderValue {
-  visType: typeof name;
-  visData: Datatable;
-  visParams: TagCloudVisParams;
-  syncColors: boolean;
-}
-
-export type TagcloudExpressionFunctionDefinition = ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
-  typeof name,
-  Datatable,
-  Arguments,
-  Render<TagCloudVisRenderValue>
->;
-
-export const createTagCloudFn = (): TagcloudExpressionFunctionDefinition => ({
-  name,
-  type: 'render',
-  inputTypes: ['datatable'],
-  help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.help', {
-    defaultMessage: 'Tagcloud visualization',
-  }),
-  args: {
-    scale: {
-      types: ['string'],
-      default: 'linear',
-      options: ['linear', 'log', 'square root'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.scale.help', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Scale to determine font size of a word',
-      }),
-    },
-    orientation: {
-      types: ['string'],
-      default: 'single',
-      options: ['single', 'right angled', 'multiple'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.orientation.help', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Orientation of words inside tagcloud',
-      }),
-    },
-    minFontSize: {
-      types: ['number'],
-      default: 18,
-      help: '',
-    },
-    maxFontSize: {
-      types: ['number'],
-      default: 72,
-      help: '',
-    },
-    showLabel: {
-      types: ['boolean'],
-      default: true,
-      help: '',
-    },
-    palette: {
-      types: ['string'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.paletteHelpText', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Defines the chart palette name',
-      }),
-      default: 'default',
-    },
-    metric: {
-      types: ['vis_dimension'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.metric.help', {
-        defaultMessage: 'metric dimension configuration',
-      }),
-      required: true,
-    },
-    bucket: {
-      types: ['vis_dimension'],
-      help: i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.bucket.help', {
-        defaultMessage: 'bucket dimension configuration',
-      }),
-    },
-  },
-  fn(input, args, handlers) {
-    const visParams = {
-      scale: args.scale,
-      orientation: args.orientation,
-      minFontSize: args.minFontSize,
-      maxFontSize: args.maxFontSize,
-      showLabel: args.showLabel,
-      metric: args.metric,
-      ...(args.bucket && {
-        bucket: args.bucket,
-      }),
-      palette: {
-        type: 'palette',
-        name: args.palette,
-      },
-    } as TagCloudVisParams;
-
-    if (handlers?.inspectorAdapters?.tables) {
-      const argsTable: Dimension[] = [
-        [
-          [args.metric],
-          i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.dimension.tagSize', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Tag size',
-          }),
-        ],
-      ];
-      if (args.bucket) {
-        argsTable.push([
-          [args.bucket],
-          i18n.translate('visTypeTagCloud.function.adimension.tags', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Tags',
-          }),
-        ]);
-      }
-      const logTable = prepareLogTable(input, argsTable);
-      handlers.inspectorAdapters.tables.logDatatable('default', logTable);
-    }
-    return {
-      type: 'render',
-      as: 'tagloud_vis',
-      value: {
-        visData: input,
-        visType: name,
-        visParams,
-        syncColors: handlers?.isSyncColorsEnabled?.() ?? false,
-      },
-    };
-  },
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_vis_renderer.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_vis_renderer.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 279bfdfffee6..000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/tag_cloud_vis_renderer.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import React, { lazy } from 'react';
-import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
-import { I18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
-
-import { VisualizationContainer } from '../../visualizations/public';
-import { ExpressionRenderDefinition } from '../../expressions/common/expression_renderers';
-import { TagCloudVisDependencies } from './plugin';
-import { TagCloudVisRenderValue } from './tag_cloud_fn';
-
-const TagCloudChart = lazy(() => import('./components/tag_cloud_chart'));
-
-export const getTagCloudVisRenderer: (
-  deps: TagCloudVisDependencies
-) => ExpressionRenderDefinition<TagCloudVisRenderValue> = ({ palettes }) => ({
-  name: 'tagloud_vis',
-  displayName: 'Tag Cloud visualization',
-  reuseDomNode: true,
-  render: async (domNode, config, handlers) => {
-    handlers.onDestroy(() => {
-      unmountComponentAtNode(domNode);
-    });
-    const palettesRegistry = await palettes.getPalettes();
-
-    render(
-      <I18nProvider>
-        <VisualizationContainer handlers={handlers}>
-          <TagCloudChart
-            {...config}
-            palettesRegistry={palettesRegistry}
-            renderComplete={handlers.done}
-            fireEvent={handlers.event}
-            syncColors={config.syncColors}
-          />
-        </VisualizationContainer>
-      </I18nProvider>,
-      domNode
-    );
-  },
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/to_ast.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/to_ast.ts
index 8a2fb4e84397..c8810aa0397e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/to_ast.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/to_ast.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../data/public';
 import { buildExpression, buildExpressionFunction } from '../../expressions/public';
 import { getVisSchemas, SchemaConfig, VisToExpressionAst } from '../../visualizations/public';
-import { TagcloudExpressionFunctionDefinition } from './tag_cloud_fn';
 import { TagCloudVisParams } from './types';
 
 const prepareDimension = (params: SchemaConfig) => {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export const toExpressionAst: VisToExpressionAst<TagCloudVisParams> = (vis, para
   const schemas = getVisSchemas(vis, params);
   const { scale, orientation, minFontSize, maxFontSize, showLabel, palette } = vis.params;
 
-  const tagcloud = buildExpressionFunction<TagcloudExpressionFunctionDefinition>('tagcloud', {
+  const tagcloud = buildExpressionFunction('tagcloud', {
     scale,
     orientation,
     minFontSize,
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/types.ts
index 710547667069..d855ae5ab65c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/types.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 import type { ChartsPluginSetup, PaletteOutput } from '../../charts/public';
 import type { SerializedFieldFormat } from '../../expressions/public';
-import { ExpressionValueVisDimension } from '../../visualizations/public';
 
 interface Dimension {
   accessor: number;
@@ -25,11 +24,6 @@ interface TagCloudCommonParams {
   showLabel: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface TagCloudVisConfig extends TagCloudCommonParams {
-  metric: ExpressionValueVisDimension;
-  bucket?: ExpressionValueVisDimension;
-}
-
 export interface TagCloudVisParams extends TagCloudCommonParams {
   palette: PaletteOutput;
   metric: Dimension;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/tsconfig.json
index 021237dd7ad5..043eed06c6bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     { "path": "../expressions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../visualizations/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../charts/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
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index 87d10ff1ff13..724e2fb953ba 100644
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-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.help": "タグクラウドのビジュアライゼーションです。",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.metric.help": "メトリックディメンションの構成です。",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.orientation.help": "タグクラウド内の単語の方向です。",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.paletteHelpText": "グラフパレット名を定義します",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.scale.help": "単語のフォントサイズを決定するスケールです",
+    "expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.tooSmallContainerDescription": "コンテナーが小さすぎてクラウド全体を表示できません。タグが切り取られたか省略されている可能性があります。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.truncatedTagsDescription": "描写時間が長くなるのを防ぐため、タグの数が切り捨てられています。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.bucketHelpText": "バケットディメンションの構成です。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloudHelpText": "タグクラウドのビジュアライゼーションです。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.metricHelpText": "メトリックディメンションの構成です。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.orientationHelpText": "タグクラウド内の単語の方向です。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.paletteHelpText": "グラフパレット名を定義します",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.scaleHelpText": "単語のフォントサイズを決定するスケールです",
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     "visTypeTagCloud.orientations.rightAngledText": "直角",
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-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.help": "标签云图可视化",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.metric.help": "指标维度配置",
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-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.paletteHelpText": "定义图表调色板名称",
-    "visTypeTagCloud.function.scale.help": "缩放以确定字体大小",
+    "expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.tooSmallContainerDescription": "容器太小，无法显示整个云。标签可能被裁剪或省略。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.feedbackMessage.truncatedTagsDescription": "标签数量已截断，以避免绘制时间过长。",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.bucketHelpText": "存储桶维度配置",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloudHelpText": "标签云图可视化",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.metricHelpText": "指标维度配置",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.orientationHelpText": "标签云图内的字方向",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.paletteHelpText": "定义图表调色板名称",
+    "expressionTagcloud.functions.tagcloud.args.scaleHelpText": "缩放以确定字体大小",
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     "visTypeTagCloud.orientations.rightAngledText": "直角",
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