Is there a way to make a default tag appear on threads where the user hasn’t selected one. Either specific to the category they’re in or simply just a defacto one? I only have 2 categories, general/trading. As users don’t use tags if they don’t know which ones exist, i’m having to go in and manually add them if users don’t use it, would be great if a default tag can be added in the event there wasn’t one selected.

Look in the Category settings: [image]

You can force users to choose a tag via the Tags settings per category. The config takes of these took me a while to understand - I had to play with it quite a bit to achieve what I wanted, but got there in the end. And I’m pretty sure it would work for you. This topic explains what you can do: [image] Set up structured tagging with tag groups and category tag restrictions Site Management Tag support is a core feature of Discourse. In this How-To I’ll go through setting up a tag schema like Car Talk uses. We’ll want to achieve these things: Tags for car makes and car models. Only allow the car make and model tags to be used in certain categories. Car model tags can only be chosen if the matching car make tag is used. Prerequisites Tagging is enabled by default in Discourse (via the tagging_enabled site setting). If it was previously disabled, ensure it is turned on. In a sc…

Thanks that was a useful read. I managed to set up some tag groups. I still can’t figure out how to force users to choose a tag, not sure if i’m being blind lol

You lovely man thanks I sorted it

Ypu can also specify in your tag group that only 1 tag can be selected additionally. from a tag group. Combined with 1 tag required ensures only 1 tag if needed.

Default tag for new topics?

Product Support

nathank (Nathan Kershaw) February 27, 2023, 9:18pm 4

Look in the Category settings:

Topic		Replies	Views
Default Tag for specific Categories Product Support tags	1	162	April 26, 2025
Mandatory tagging for topics (either existing tags or user creates a new tag) Product Support tags	6	441	September 4, 2024
How to force a user to specify at least 1 tag? Product Support	3	2112	August 30, 2017
Default tags for users Product Support	4	889	August 18, 2022
Hide the category, allow only tags (make tags mandatory) Product Support	8	557	September 19, 2022

Default tag for new topics?

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