In Joomla, tags refer to content tags, not HTML or meta tags. They function differently and offer unique benefits for your website.
Here’s what you learn:
What Tags are in Joomla?
- Function: Tags are essentially keywords or phrases that you assign to your Joomla content items, such as articles, news feeds, contacts, and even media.
- Purpose: Unlike categories that restrict content to a single classification, tags allow for a more flexible organization. You can assign multiple relevant tags to each item, creating connections and improving discoverability.
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Benefits of Using Tags in Joomla:
- More helpful navigation: Visitors can click a tag to see a list of all content items that share that tag, making it easier to find related information.
- Improved SEO (indirectly): Tags can help search engines understand the content of your website better by providing additional keywords and context. This can potentially improve your search engine ranking.
- Easy to Organize: Tags help you group things by what they have in common, even if they seem different.
- Content Discovery: Tags can help surface hidden gems on your website. Visitors browsing a specific tag might discover other interesting articles they wouldn’t have found otherwise.
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How Tags Work in Joomla:
- Assigning Tags: You’ll find a dedicated “Tags” section within the editor when creating or editing content. Type in the relevant tags separated by commas and save your content.
- Optional Tag Hierarchy: Joomla allows you to create parent-child relationships between tags (optional). This can be useful for establishing broader themes and subcategories within your tags.
- Managing Tags: The Joomla Tags Manager provides a central location to view, edit, or delete all existing tags on your website.
How to create Tags in Joomla 5
Creating Tags While adding or editing content, there are the following steps:
Step 1: First, log into the Joomla website admin panel.
Step2: Go to Components=>Tags
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Step3: Enter the detail as below:
Step 4: In the above screenshot, we created the Joomla5 tag and clicked the save button.
How to use tags in Joomla?
Step 5: Insert tag into content – Create an article or edit any existing article in Joomla 5 You will find tags in the below screenshot.
In the Joomla article, you can add a new tag or select existing tags by typing the tag name, hitting the enter button, or adding a comma.
Joomla offers tagging for Contacts, Newsfeeds, articles, etc.
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Step 5: Display tags on the front end – You can see tags on the site’s front end. and when you click on the tag all content will be displayed that is assigned to that tag.
