{"id":79970,"date":"2026-04-15T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/what-are-tags-and-what-are-they-used-for\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:43:07","password":"","slug":"what-are-tags-and-what-are-they-used-for","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/keywords\/what-are-tags-and-what-are-they-used-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What are tags, and what are they used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tags summarize commonalities. These can include age groups, interests, activities, or various roles within your congregation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On your ChurchTools Website, you can use <em>tags<\/em> to effectively filter the display of posts, groups, events, or people. You can also use them to provide your website visitors with filtering options on overview pages. Tags help you keep your content organized and ensure that your visitors can find the content that interests them and is relevant to them more quickly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you import content from ChurchTools, the tags for your website are automatically imported. This means you can use them right away and don&#8217;t have to create them from scratch. The order of the tags from ChurchTools is carried over, but you can adjust the order for your website.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>for <em>posts:<\/em> on their group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for <em>Groups<\/em>: Group Homepages and Categories <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for <em>individuals:<\/em> their Role and group, and <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for <em>appointments:<\/em> the associated calendar and target groups defined in ChurchTools <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the complete list of imported tags or tags you&#8217;ve created yourself in the admin area under &#8221; <em>Tags<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/keywords\/how-do-i-create-a-new-tag\/\" type=\"docs\" id=\"24849\">How to create a new tag?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/data-import\/14-how-to-import-data-from-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7514\">Data import from ChurchTools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags summarize commonalities. These can include age groups, interests, activities, or various roles within your congregation. On your ChurchTools Website, you can use tags to effectively filter the display of posts, groups, events, or people. You can also use them to provide your website visitors with filtering options on overview pages. 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