V1ktor is looking for a way to create custom taxonomies in Discourse, similar to WordPress, to organize a large number of plugins/themes in a directory. He wants to assign a dedicated “space” in the forum to each plugin/theme, making it easy to find related topics with a direct link.
V1ktor explained that he considered using tags, but is concerned about scalability with hundreds or thousands of tags in a tag group. He wonders how well the tag search would work with a large number of tags.
V1ktor provided examples of how WordPress and Discourse’s official plugins handle this, with dedicated sub-forums or tag pages. He is seeking feedback and guidance on how to achieve this in Discourse.
Hi, is there any way to create custom taxonomies (or anything related) in Discourse similarly to how WordPress handles custom taxonomies? I’ve looked at custom fields for categories/tags, but not sure if that would fix the problem I’m trying to solve.
If the answer is no, does Discourse have a limit on how many tags you can have in a tag group? If no limit, does a high number of tags cause any performance issues?
Thanks for your advice.
Hey Viktor,
Can you explain the problem you’re trying to solve?
Hi Stephen,
We’re building a directory where developers can list their plugins/themes for ClassicPress (fork of WordPress). What I would like to do is have each plugin/theme have a dedicated “space” in the forum, so any topics assigned to that plugin/theme can be easily found with a direct link. Just like a tag page.
WordPress does it on their forums with dedicated sub-forums for plugins. For example:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/
The tag does serve this purpose, but I don’t know how scalable a tag group can be if we have hundreds/thousands of tags inside it. How well would the tag search work with thousands of tags?
Thank you!
EDIT: Another example is Discourse official plugins here, for example:
https://meta.discourse.org/tag/fontawesome-pro
Anyone got any feedback? Point in the right direction?
