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Tag Groups: Getting Started

  • Introduction to Tag Groups
  • How to Install Tag Groups Free
  • How to Install Tag Groups Pro
  • First Steps With Tag Groups
  • Tag Groups Free vs Pro

How to Use Groups for Tags

  • Creating and Editing Groups
  • Filter Tag Groups on the Tags Screen
  • Bulk Actions for Groups on the Tags Screen
  • Organizing Groups with a Parent Level
  • Using the Tag Groups Metabox on the Post Edit Screen

Display Options for Tags

  • How To Use Gutenberg Blocks With Tag Groups
  • How to Use Shortcodes With Tag Groups
  • Tag Groups Themes: Design and Colors
  • How to Design Tag Colors in Tag Groups
  • How to Modify a Theme in Tag Groups
  • Create Your Own Accordion and Tab Themes

Tag List

  • Tag List – Overview
  • Tag List – Gutenberg Block
  • Tag List – Shortcode Parameters

Tabbed Tag Cloud

  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters
  • Tabbed Tag Cloud – Themes

Alphabetical Tag Index

  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Overview
  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Gutenberg Block
  • Alphabetical Tag Index – Shortcode Parameters

Alphabetical Tag Cloud

  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters
  • Alphabetical Tag Cloud – Themes

Accordion Tag Cloud

  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters
  • Accordion Tag Cloud – Themes

Tag Groups Info

  • Tag Groups Info – Overview
  • Tag Groups Info – Shortcode Parameters

Show Tags Under Posts (Pro)

  • How to Show Tag Groups on Posts
  • Change the Icons on Tags Under Posts

Shuffle Box (Pro)

  • Shuffle Box – Overview
  • Shuffle Box – Gutenberg Block
  • Shuffle Box – Shortcode Parameters
  • Create a Custom Color Scheme for Shuffle Box
  • Hide the “not assigned” button in the Shuffle Box

Simple Tag Cloud (Pro)

  • Simple Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Simple Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Simple Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Table Tag Cloud (Pro)

  • Table Tag Cloud – Overview
  • Table Tag Cloud – Gutenberg Block
  • Table Tag Cloud – Shortcode Parameters

Post List (Pro)

  • Post List – Overview
  • Post List – Gutenberg Block
  • Post List – Shortcode Parameters

Dynamic Post Filter (Pro)

  • Dynamic Post Filter – Overview
  • Dynamic Post Filter – Gutenberg Block
  • Dynamic Post Filter – Shortcode Parameters
  • I Don’t See Posts In the Dynamic Post Filter

Tag Cloud Search (Pro)

  • Tag Cloud Search – Overview
  • Tag Cloud Search – Gutenberg Block
  • Tag Cloud Search – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Groups Menu (Pro)

  • Tag Groups Menu – Overview
  • Tag Groups Menu – Shortcode Parameters

Toggle Post Filter (Pro)

  • Toggle Post Filter – Overview
  • Toggle Post Filter – Shortcodes Overview
  • Toggle Post Filter, Posts – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Posts – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Menu – Gutenberg Blocks
  • Toggle Post Filter, Menu – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Text Search – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Text Search – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Slider Button – Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Slider Button – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Order Menu, Gutenberg Block
  • Toggle Post Filter, Order Menu – Shortcode Parameters
  • Toggle Post Filter, Reset Button – Shortcode Parameters

Tag Groups: Settings

  • The Home Screen in Tag Groups
  • Taxonomies and the Tag Groups Plugin
  • Front End Settings
  • Back End Settings in Tag Groups
  • Tools
  • Troubleshooting
  • Control Who Can Edit the Tag Groups

Tag Groups: Frequently Asked Questions

  • Glossary of Useful Words for Tag Groups
  • How to Display Tags in a Custom Sort Order?
  • Can I Use Tag Groups Multiple Times on The Same Page?
  • Which Tag Groups Feature Do I Need?
  • Can I Use the Tag Groups Plugin with Pages?
  • Can I Use the Tag Groups plugin with Categories?
  • How to Make the Alphabetical Tag Index or the Tag List Responsive?
  • Can I Use Tag Groups with Custom Taxonomies?
  • What are the Minimum System Requirements to Install Tag Groups?
  • “The free Tag Groups plugin cannot be active together with Tag Groups Pro.”

Tag Groups: Troubleshooting

  • Tags Not Visible in the WordPress Admin After Installing Tag Groups
  • Debugging a WordPress Ajax Error
  • Shortcodes Don’t Work Inside Widgets
  • I Cannot Use Multiple Tag Clouds on the Same Page
  • I Don’t See All Tags in the Tag Meta Box
  • How To Use The Debug Log in Tag Groups
  • Instead of the Tag Cloud There’s An Empty Space
  • Can Not Save HTML in the Tag Description
  • Tag Cloud: When I Click on a Tag, the Posts Don’t Differentiate by Groups
  • “Error loading block: The response is not a valid JSON response.”

Questions About Post Filters

  • Using the Post Filter on Frontend URLs
  • How to Choose a Custom Order in the Post Filter
  • How to Change the Length of the Post Excerpts
  • Change the Size of the First Posts in the Masonry Layout
  • Limit the Size of the Menu in the Dynamic Post Filter

Tag Groups: Maintenance and Optimization

  • How to Reduce the Number of Loaded Scripts for Better Speed and SEO
  • How to Improve the Performance of the Toggle Post Filter/Dynamic Post Filter
  • Running Maintenance
  • How to Improve the Speed of Tag Groups
  • Migrating your Tags and Posts to Tag Groups

Tag Groups: For Developers

  • Tag Groups and the REST API
  • Filters and Actions in Tag Groups
  • Modifying the Post Query
  • Modifying the Term Query
  • Using Tag Groups in Theme Files
  • Useful Constants for the Tag Groups Plugin

Tag Groups Integrations

  • Integration with WooCommerce Attributes
  • Does Tag Groups Work with the Polylang Plugin?
  • Translating Tag Group Names With WPML
  • Home
  • TaxoPress Documentation
  • The Tag Groups Plugin
  • How to Use Groups for Tags
  • Using the Tag Groups Metabox on the Post Edit Screen

Using the Tag Groups Metabox on the Post Edit Screen

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  • Additional notes and restrictions

This is a feature of Tag Groups Pro.

The default WordPress “Tags” box does not use tag groups. Therefore, the Tag Groups plugin offers a “Tag Meta Box” that helps you edit post tags separated by groups. The default box is disabled when using our plugin.

This screenshot below shows the metabox provided by the Tag Groups plugin:

On the right of the tag group name you find two buttons: The left one adds all tags of this group, the right one closes this group in the editor.

Depending on the settings, you may also add new tags or add a tag that is currently in another group, in order to move it to this group. Added and moved tags will be marked green and yellow. If the settings allow you to move tags, you can also move them by drag and drop.

Tags appear in their respective groups, as set on the tags page. If a tag is assigned to more than one group, then all of these groups are available in the meta box, but you can choose to use this tag only with one of these groups in this post. For example, the tag “Leonardo da Vinci” may be assigned to the groups “painters” and “scientists” on the tags page. In a post about his paintings, however, you may want to use it only in the group “painters.”

Nothing is final until you save that post. Until then, no new tags will be created, no tags moved to other groups and no post tags changed.

Only when you save the post, it will receive the new tags and keep the old tags that it had before and that were hidden in groups that you kept close.

Please note that other plugins and themes don’t use tag groups. For them, all tags form just one unsorted group. If you want to display them in groups to your visitors, you need to use the Gutenberg blocks or shortcodes of this plugin or modify your theme. You can also display post tags under the posts sorted by groups.


Additional notes and restrictions #

Note 1: Since tags are separated in the input field by comma (“,”), tag names cannot contain this character in order to work with the meta box.

Note 2: The meta box works only correctly if tag names are unique. It is not sufficient if tags with identical names are differentiated by their “slugs” (piece of the link). Please note that WordPress considers also two tags that differ only by capitalization as duplicates and refuses to accept more than one of each variation.

Note 3: If you display both the default tag box and the Tag Meta Box, you should avoid any contradictory or double actions, like adding the same tag to both boxes or renaming a tag in one box and removing the same tag in the second tag box. It is strongly recommended to use only one of the two tag boxes.

Note 4: If you add a tag to a post while the Tag metabox is turned off in the settings, or if you add it with Quick Edit in the list of posts, then this tag will be added for all of the groups that the tag is assigned to. That means that without the Tag Meta Box you won’t be able to fine-tune the groups of a tag for a particular post. If you apply all tags to posts with the same groups that they have on the tags page, then it is perfectly fine to disable the Tag Meta Box.

Organizing Groups with a Parent Level
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  • Additional notes and restrictions

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