# Add Title and Description to Tags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** tags\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187 "2019-08-08T02:33:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gormus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gormus/32/428592_2.png) [@gormus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gormus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187/24 "2023-07-14T18:42:17Z")

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I totally understand the performance concerns, but the fact that the `/tags` page which can list 1000s of tags, already displays the tag descriptions via the title attribute.

For the sidebar tags though, they are significantly lower in numbers; I cannot imagine they’d affect performance more than the Tags page itself.

> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> We do have a theme component that showcases the tag descriptions in banners: [Tag Banners](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-banners/124240)

I can see how useful this can be, thanks for sharing @awesomerobot.

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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187/25 "2023-07-14T18:51:54Z")

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> [@gormus](#):
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> the fact that the `/tags` page which can list 1000s of tags, already displays the tag descriptions via the title attribute.
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> For the sidebar tags though, they are significantly lower in numbers; I cannot imagine they’d affect performance more than the Tags page itself.

ah, good points

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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187/26 "2023-07-17T01:24:22Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> I’m not sure if this is something we will want to do for performance reasons… though @tgxworld or @kris.kotlarek might have a better idea of whether or not it’s possible.

I think this is something we missed out on since a description for a tag is optional. We’re working on this at the moment and should have an update within this week.

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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-and-description-to-tags/125187/27 "2023-07-21T03:19:54Z")

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We have a fix in the pipeline which adds the tag’s description as the title attribute of the link.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/22710](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/22710)

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