Whenever I try to create a new post / topic and use tags, it gives me an error. I have a group called “Anxiety & Panic Disorders” and a tag “depression”. [image] The tag does not have any restrictions on tags: [image] Why is it not allowing me to use this tag for the post in that group? This happens to a lot of my tags (if not all).

It looks like you might need to edit or configure some of the settings in your tag groups. Go to the all tags page (ie: yourforum.url/tags) and click the admin wrench in top right and select Manage Tag Groups.

I did this. Everything looks correct and im not restricting any tags. But still not working.

Could you try checking the “Also allow other tags” setting? [image] Marc S: [image]

Tried all of it. Including ticking the “Also allow other tags” Almost seems like a bug unless i’m missing some other setting found somewhere else other than the tag page setting.

I think you may have added those tags to a tag group and restricted that tag group to a specific category. If you go to the #depression tag page and open up the tag wrench there does it give you any extra information on what category it can be used in?

Tag settings can be a bit tricky. Here are a couple of tag config topics: Basic tag setup: [image] Admin guide to tags in Discourse Site Management bookmark This guide explains how Discourse tags work, how to configure tag settings, and how to manage tags across your site. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Managing tags in Discourse Tags in Discourse provide a powerful way to organize and filter content beyond categories. This guide covers everything administrators need to know about configuring and managing tags. Summary Configure tag settings in your admin panel Create, manage, and bulk modify tags Set up … Tag groups and tag restrictions: [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…

I’ve configured everything and gone through documentation. This almost feels like a bug.

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Marc_S (Marc S) February 2, 2024, 12:58pm 9

There’s no settings there. Just synonyms, title and description.

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