Organise posts with tags

Use tags to organise your posts so fans can find more of what they’re looking for. Tags are easily discoverable through a dedicated Collections tab on your page on both desktop and the Patreon mobile app. This guide will cover how to use tags to catalogue your work and make it easier for fans to enjoy it.

How to add tags

Tags can be anything you want them to be, whether it's the type of content you produce, a benefit, the title of a collection of posts, a popular keyword, etc. When creating tags, consider what tends to recur in your work and what your fans might be searching for when they check your posts. When a fan clicks on a tag, they'll be taken to a page with all of the posts.

You can add tags to your posts when creating them or later.

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  1. Select Create from the left navigation and select Post
  2. Add a title to your post (this is required), and you can immediately start typing anything you'd like
  3. On the right side, you'll see your Post settings
  4. Look for the Add tags section and then start typing your tag in the text box
     • If you have previously used a tag, it'll appear in a pop-up menu with the number of posts using it. Click on the tag to add it to the post
  5. When ready, click Publish or choose to schedule your publish date
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  1. Tap the icon from the bottom menu and select Post
  2. Add a title to your post (this is required), and you can immediately start typing anything you'd like
  3. Tap Settings at the top
  4. Select tags, then type your tag in the text box and tap enter in the keyboard
     • If you have previously used a tag, it'll appear in a pop-up menu with the number of posts using it. Tap on the tag to add it to the post
  5. When ready, tap Publish or choose to schedule your publish date

How to bulk add tags to posts

You can edit tags across multiple posts at the same time on desktop by following the steps below:

1. Select Creator studio from the left navigation
2. Click your Library to be taken to the Posts tab by default
3. Within the Posts tab or Drafts tab, you can:
   • Search for posts by name
   • Sort by Title or Publish date
   • Filter by post type, audience or tags – click the button to Apply your filter selections
4. Tick the post you want to edit – you can select multiple posts at once
   • To select all posts, tick the box at the top. Click it again to deselect all
5. Once you have selected posts, click the Edit button to add tags or remove a current tag from posts
6. Click the Save button to go live with your changes

Tips for using tags

• Each post can have up to 50 tags. Each tag can be up to 25 characters (including spaces) and can even contain emojis
• Capitalisation matters, so if you are trying to add a tag you’ve used before, make sure to use the same letter case you used to ensure these tags will be grouped together
• If you start typing a tag you’ve used in the past, your tag will auto-complete to make it easier for you

Create a collection with tags

You can think of collections as your own library where you can organize your work exactly how you want. You can create as many collections as you'd like, with up to 500 posts per collection.

You can create collections on Desktop by following the instructions below. Learn more about creating and managing collections.

If you've already been using tags and want to convert them to collections, you can easily do so by following these steps:

1. Select Creator studio from the left navigation to open your Dashboard
2. Click the Collections tab on your page
3. At the bottom of the page, you'll see that all your tags will be displayed with the number of posts in each

4. Select the Create collection with tags button

   

5. Select the tags you want to pull for your collection and click next
6. All posts with the chosen tag(s) will be selected–you can select or deselect any post. Click next when you're done
7. Add a title to your collection
8. We recommend you also add a cover image (1024px by 1024 px) and a description of your collection to give fans a preview of what's inside (Optional)

FAQ

• There's no hard-set rule on this. You can use collections exclusively or use a combination of collections and tags. Tags can cover a wide set of content that might not necessarily need to be seen together, whereas you can use collections to give your fans a clear sequence or series of content that you believe should be consumed together. Collections let you curate your fans' experience with your content.
• Absolutely! Both collections and tags you create can be easily discovered through the dedicated Collections tab.