Tags

You can create folksonomies for your entries, users, and assets using Tags. Tags are another type of element.

With the release of Craft 4.4, we began consolidating features of other element types into entries.

A comparable tags field UI has not yet been introduced for entries. If you or your clients value this authoring experience, it is safe to continue using tags!

As part of that process, we introduced a console command that can automate the conversion of tags to channel sections:

php craft entrify/tags myTagGroupHandle

Read more about this transition (opens new window) on our blog.

# Tag Groups

Before you can create tags, you must create Tag Groups to contain them.

To create a new tag group, go to SettingsTags and click New Tag Group.

Each tag group holds a unique set of tags, and lets you define a custom set of fields that should be available to tags within the group. However, you don’t need to assign any fields to the Tag Group Field Layout in order to use the group.

There is no centralized editing view for tags (like there is for other element types), so fields you attach will only be editable via a slideout, after a tag has been created and assigned to a tag field.

# Assigning Tags

To assign tags to things (like Entries), you must create a Tags field and add it to a Field Layout.

Each Tags field is connected to a single tag group. Whatever you attach the field to (entries, assets, users, etc.) will be able to create new tags and create relations to any of the tags within that group.

# Querying Tags

You can fetch tags in your templates or PHP code using a tag query.

{# Create a new tag query #}
{% set myTagQuery = craft.tags() %}

Once you’ve created a tag query, you can set parameters on it to narrow down the results, and then execute it by calling .all(). An array of Tag (opens new window) objects will be returned.

See Element Queries to learn about how element queries work.

# Example

We can display a list of the tags in a “Blog Tags” tag group by doing the following:

  1. Create a tag query with craft.tags().
  2. Set the group parameter on it.
  3. Fetch the tags with .all().
  4. Loop through the tags using a for (opens new window) tag to create the list HTML.
{# Create a tag query with the 'group' parameter #}
{% set myTagQuery = craft.tags()
  .group('blogTags') %}

{# Fetch the tags #}
{% set tags = myTagQuery.all() %}

{# Display the tag list #}
<ul>
  {% for tag in tags %}
    <li><a href="{{ url('blog/tags/'~tag.id) }}">{{ tag.title }}</a></li>
  {% endfor %}
</ul>

# Parameters

Tag queries support the following parameters:

Param Description
afterPopulate Performs any post-population processing on elements.
andRelatedTo Narrows the query results to only tags that are related to certain other elements.
asArray Causes the query to return matching tags as arrays of data, rather than Tag (opens new window) objects.
cache Enables query cache for this Query.
clearCachedResult Clears the cached result (opens new window).
dateCreated Narrows the query results based on the tags’ creation dates.
dateUpdated Narrows the query results based on the tags’ last-updated dates.
fixedOrder Causes the query results to be returned in the order specified by id.
group Narrows the query results based on the tag groups the tags belong to.
groupId Narrows the query results based on the tag groups the tags belong to, per the groups’ IDs.
id Narrows the query results based on the tags’ IDs.
ignorePlaceholders Causes the query to return matching tags as they are stored in the database, ignoring matching placeholder elements that were set by craft\services\Elements::setPlaceholderElement() (opens new window).
inReverse Causes the query results to be returned in reverse order.
limit Determines the number of tags that should be returned.
offset Determines how many tags should be skipped in the results.
orderBy Determines the order that the tags should be returned in. (If empty, defaults to title ASC.)
preferSites If unique is set, this determines which site should be selected when querying multi-site elements.
prepareSubquery Prepares the element query and returns its subquery (which determines what elements will be returned).
relatedTo Narrows the query results to only tags that are related to certain other elements.
search Narrows the query results to only tags that match a search query.
site Determines which site(s) the tags should be queried in.
siteId Determines which site(s) the tags should be queried in, per the site’s ID.
siteSettingsId Narrows the query results based on the tags’ IDs in the elements_sites table.
title Narrows the query results based on the tags’ titles.
trashed Narrows the query results to only tags that have been soft-deleted.
uid Narrows the query results based on the tags’ UIDs.
unique Determines whether only elements with unique IDs should be returned by the query.
uri Narrows the query results based on the tags’ URIs.
with Causes the query to return matching tags eager-loaded with related elements.

# afterPopulate

Performs any post-population processing on elements.

# andRelatedTo

Narrows the query results to only tags that are related to certain other elements.

See Relations (opens new window) for a full explanation of how to work with this parameter.

{# Fetch all tags that are related to myCategoryA and myCategoryB #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .relatedTo(myCategoryA)
  .andRelatedTo(myCategoryB)
  .all() %}

# asArray

Causes the query to return matching tags as arrays of data, rather than Tag (opens new window) objects.

{# Fetch tags as arrays #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .asArray()
  .all() %}

# cache

Enables query cache for this Query.

# clearCachedResult

Clears the cached result (opens new window).

# dateCreated

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ creation dates.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'>= 2018-04-01' that were created on or after 2018-04-01.
'< 2018-05-01' that were created before 2018-05-01.
['and', '>= 2018-04-04', '< 2018-05-01'] that were created between 2018-04-01 and 2018-05-01.
now/today/tomorrow/yesterday that were created at midnight of the specified relative date.
{# Fetch tags created last month #}
{% set start = date('first day of last month')|atom %}
{% set end = date('first day of this month')|atom %}

{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .dateCreated(['and', ">= #{start}", "< #{end}"])
  .all() %}

# dateUpdated

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ last-updated dates.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'>= 2018-04-01' that were updated on or after 2018-04-01.
'< 2018-05-01' that were updated before 2018-05-01.
['and', '>= 2018-04-04', '< 2018-05-01'] that were updated between 2018-04-01 and 2018-05-01.
now/today/tomorrow/yesterday that were updated at midnight of the specified relative date.
{# Fetch tags updated in the last week #}
{% set lastWeek = date('1 week ago')|atom %}

{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .dateUpdated(">= #{lastWeek}")
  .all() %}

# fixedOrder

Causes the query results to be returned in the order specified by id.

If no IDs were passed to id, setting this to true will result in an empty result set.

{# Fetch tags in a specific order #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .id([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
  .fixedOrder()
  .all() %}

# group

Narrows the query results based on the tag groups the tags belong to.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'foo' in a group with a handle of foo.
'not foo' not in a group with a handle of foo.
['foo', 'bar'] in a group with a handle of foo or bar.
['not', 'foo', 'bar'] not in a group with a handle of foo or bar.
a TagGroup (opens new window) object in a group represented by the object.
{# Fetch tags in the Foo group #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .group('foo')
  .all() %}

# groupId

Narrows the query results based on the tag groups the tags belong to, per the groups’ IDs.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
1 in a group with an ID of 1.
'not 1' not in a group with an ID of 1.
[1, 2] in a group with an ID of 1 or 2.
['not', 1, 2] not in a group with an ID of 1 or 2.
{# Fetch tags in the group with an ID of 1 #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .groupId(1)
  .all() %}

# id

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ IDs.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
1 with an ID of 1.
'not 1' not with an ID of 1.
[1, 2] with an ID of 1 or 2.
['not', 1, 2] not with an ID of 1 or 2.
{# Fetch the tag by its ID #}
{% set tag = craft.tags()
  .id(1)
  .one() %}

This can be combined with fixedOrder if you want the results to be returned in a specific order.

# ignorePlaceholders

Causes the query to return matching tags as they are stored in the database, ignoring matching placeholder elements that were set by craft\services\Elements::setPlaceholderElement() (opens new window).

# inReverse

Causes the query results to be returned in reverse order.

{# Fetch tags in reverse #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .inReverse()
  .all() %}

# limit

Determines the number of tags that should be returned.

{# Fetch up to 10 tags  #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .limit(10)
  .all() %}

# offset

Determines how many tags should be skipped in the results.

{# Fetch all tags except for the first 3 #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .offset(3)
  .all() %}

# orderBy

Determines the order that the tags should be returned in. (If empty, defaults to title ASC.)

{# Fetch all tags in order of date created #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .orderBy('dateCreated ASC')
  .all() %}

# preferSites

If unique is set, this determines which site should be selected when querying multi-site elements.

For example, if element “Foo” exists in Site A and Site B, and element “Bar” exists in Site B and Site C, and this is set to ['c', 'b', 'a'], then Foo will be returned for Site B, and Bar will be returned for Site C.

If this isn’t set, then preference goes to the current site.

{# Fetch unique tags from Site A, or Site B if they don’t exist in Site A #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .site('*')
  .unique()
  .preferSites(['a', 'b'])
  .all() %}

# prepareSubquery

Prepares the element query and returns its subquery (which determines what elements will be returned).

# relatedTo

Narrows the query results to only tags that are related to certain other elements.

See Relations (opens new window) for a full explanation of how to work with this parameter.

{# Fetch all tags that are related to myCategory #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .relatedTo(myCategory)
  .all() %}

Narrows the query results to only tags that match a search query.

See Searching (opens new window) for a full explanation of how to work with this parameter.

{# Get the search query from the 'q' query string param #}
{% set searchQuery = craft.app.request.getQueryParam('q') %}

{# Fetch all tags that match the search query #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .search(searchQuery)
  .all() %}

# site

Determines which site(s) the tags should be queried in.

The current site will be used by default.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'foo' from the site with a handle of foo.
['foo', 'bar'] from a site with a handle of foo or bar.
['not', 'foo', 'bar'] not in a site with a handle of foo or bar.
a craft\models\Site (opens new window) object from the site represented by the object.
'*' from any site.

If multiple sites are specified, elements that belong to multiple sites will be returned multiple times. If you only want unique elements to be returned, use unique in conjunction with this.

{# Fetch tags from the Foo site #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .site('foo')
  .all() %}

# siteId

Determines which site(s) the tags should be queried in, per the site’s ID.

The current site will be used by default.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
1 from the site with an ID of 1.
[1, 2] from a site with an ID of 1 or 2.
['not', 1, 2] not in a site with an ID of 1 or 2.
'*' from any site.
{# Fetch tags from the site with an ID of 1 #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .siteId(1)
  .all() %}

# siteSettingsId

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ IDs in the elements_sites table.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
1 with an elements_sites ID of 1.
'not 1' not with an elements_sites ID of 1.
[1, 2] with an elements_sites ID of 1 or 2.
['not', 1, 2] not with an elements_sites ID of 1 or 2.
{# Fetch the tag by its ID in the elements_sites table #}
{% set tag = craft.tags()
  .siteSettingsId(1)
  .one() %}

# title

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ titles.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'Foo' with a title of Foo.
'Foo*' with a title that begins with Foo.
'*Foo' with a title that ends with Foo.
'*Foo*' with a title that contains Foo.
'not *Foo*' with a title that doesn’t contain Foo.
['*Foo*', '*Bar*'] with a title that contains Foo or Bar.
['not', '*Foo*', '*Bar*'] with a title that doesn’t contain Foo or Bar.
{# Fetch tags with a title that contains "Foo" #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .title('*Foo*')
  .all() %}

# trashed

Narrows the query results to only tags that have been soft-deleted.

{# Fetch trashed tags #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .trashed()
  .all() %}

# uid

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ UIDs.

{# Fetch the tag by its UID #}
{% set tag = craft.tags()
  .uid('xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')
  .one() %}

# unique

Determines whether only elements with unique IDs should be returned by the query.

This should be used when querying elements from multiple sites at the same time, if “duplicate” results is not desired.

{# Fetch unique tags across all sites #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .site('*')
  .unique()
  .all() %}

# uri

Narrows the query results based on the tags’ URIs.

Possible values include:

Value Fetches tags…
'foo' with a URI of foo.
'foo*' with a URI that begins with foo.
'*foo' with a URI that ends with foo.
'*foo*' with a URI that contains foo.
'not *foo*' with a URI that doesn’t contain foo.
['*foo*', '*bar*'] with a URI that contains foo or bar.
['not', '*foo*', '*bar*'] with a URI that doesn’t contain foo or bar.
{# Get the requested URI #}
{% set requestedUri = craft.app.request.getPathInfo() %}

{# Fetch the tag with that URI #}
{% set tag = craft.tags()
  .uri(requestedUri|literal)
  .one() %}

# with

Causes the query to return matching tags eager-loaded with related elements.

See Eager-Loading Elements (opens new window) for a full explanation of how to work with this parameter.

{# Fetch tags eager-loaded with the "Related" field’s relations #}
{% set tags = craft.tags()
  .with(['related'])
  .all() %}
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