---
title: "Adding Tags to Articles"
description: "You can add tags to your articles to improve search performance. Tags help us identify what an article's about and present better results to your users."
url: "https://support.helpdocs.io/article/BzK7Yw1yHz-adding-tags-to-articles"
category: "Managing Content"
updated_at: "2026-09-08T18:30:35Z"
---

# Adding Tags to Articles

You can add tags to your articles to improve search performance. Tags help identify what an article's about, so your users get better results when they search.

Tags are especially helpful when your users refer to features by many different names.

For instance, we have [custom HTML templates](https://support.helpdocs.io/article/l8q1fmsnx7-getting-started-with-a-custom-html-template). A user might type **html**, **custom html**, **template**, **theme**, **layout**, etc. to find that article. We have those added as tags so the article appears higher in search for those terms.

Tags can also be displayed in [certain themes](https://support.helpdocs.io/article/uQDebSnIrD-choosing-a-layout) or used to group articles into collections. 

Adding too many tags can *degrade* your search performance. We recommend adding fewer than 10 for each article.

We don't display tags in any of our stock templates, but developers are free to use them in custom themes.

### Tagging an Article

1. Click the ![](https://files.helpdocs.io/Ytt2uahFxY/articles/BzK7Yw1yHz/1788892183360/edit-image.svg) **Article details** button in the top bar
2. Head to **Tags** and click **Add a tag**
3. Start typing your tag
4. Select the result from the dropdown
5. Hit **Apply changes & close**
6. Hit **Save** to apply the tag to your article

[Embedded iframe](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1225019534)

Use [HelpDocs AI to generate tags](/article/wf42h20zxr-generating-meta-information-with-ai) and make this process easier.