Taggables Package for Laravel

A powerful and flexible tagging package for Laravel applications with polymorphic relationships support and user-scoped tags.

Features

• 🏷️ Polymorphic tagging - Tag any Eloquent model
• 👤 User-scoped tags - Personal tags for each user alongside global tags
• 📁 Tag types - Organize tags into categories
• 🔍 Advanced queries - Filter models by tags with ease
• 🚀 Performance optimized - Eager loading and query optimization
• 📊 Tag statistics - Popular tags, tag clouds, and more
• 🎯 Type hinting - Full IDE support with proper return types
• ✨ Laravel conventions - Follows Laravel best practices

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require humweb/taggables

Publish the migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="taggable-migrations"

Run the migrations:

php artisan migrate

Optionally, publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="taggable-config"

Usage

Making a Model Taggable

Add the HasTags trait to any model you want to make taggable:

use Humweb\Taggables\Traits\HasTags;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasTags;
}

Basic Tagging Operations

$post = Post::find(1);

// Add global tags (available to all users)
$post->tag('laravel');
$post->tag(['php', 'javascript']);

// Add user-specific tags
$post->tagAsUser(['favorite', 'important'], $user);

// Remove tags
$post->untag('laravel');
$post->untag(['php', 'javascript']);
$post->untag(); // Remove all tags

// Remove user-specific tags
$post->untagAsUser(['favorite'], $user);

// Replace all tags
$post->retag(['vue', 'tailwind']);
$post->retagAsUser(['personal', 'work'], $user);

// Sync tags (like Laravel's sync method)
$post->syncTags(['laravel', 'php', 'mysql']);
$post->syncTagsAsUser(['todo', 'urgent'], $user);

User-Scoped Tags

The package supports both global tags (available to all users) and user-specific tags:

// Create a global tag
$post->tag('laravel'); // Available to all users

// Create a user-specific tag
$post->tagAsUser('personal-project', $user);

// Mix global and user tags
$post->tag(['php', 'laravel']); // Global
$post->tagAsUser(['favorite', 'todo'], $user); // User-specific

// Get only user tags
$userTags = $post->userTags($user->id);

// Get only global tags
$globalTags = $post->globalTags();

// Get all tags (user + global)
$allTags = $post->tags; // Returns both by default

Checking Tags

// Check if the model has a specific tag (checks user + global by default)
if ($post->hasTag('laravel', $user->id)) {
    // ...
}

// Check for global tag only
if ($post->hasGlobalTag('laravel')) {
    // ...
}

// Check for user tag only
if ($post->hasUserTag('favorite', $user)) {
    // ...
}

// Check if the model has any of the given tags
if ($post->hasAnyTag(['laravel', 'php'], $user->id)) {
    // ...
}

// Check if the model has all of the given tags
if ($post->hasAllTags(['laravel', 'php'], $user->id)) {
    // ...
}

Querying by Tags

// Get all posts with any of the given tags (includes user + global tags)
$posts = Post::withAnyTags(['laravel', 'php'], null, $userId)->get();

// Get posts with user-specific tags only
$posts = Post::withUserTags(['favorite', 'todo'], $user)->get();

// Get posts with global tags only
$posts = Post::withGlobalTags(['laravel', 'php'])->get();

// Get all posts with all of the given tags
$posts = Post::withAllTags(['laravel', 'php'], null, $userId)->get();

// Get all posts without the given tags
$posts = Post::withoutTags(['draft', 'archived'], null, $userId)->get();

// Simple single tag query
$posts = Post::taggedWith('laravel', $userId)->get();

Using Tag Types

Tag types allow you to categorize your tags:

// Tag with type
$post->tag(['important', 'urgent'], 'priority');
$post->tagAsUser(['personal', 'work'], $user, 'category');

// Get tags of a specific type
$priorityTags = $post->tagsWithType('priority');
$userCategories = $post->tagsWithType('category', $user->id);

// Query by tags with type
$posts = Post::withAnyTags(['important', 'urgent'], 'priority', $userId)->get();

Working with the Tag Model

use Humweb\Taggables\Models\Tag;

// Find or create a tag
$tag = Tag::findOrCreate('laravel'); // Global tag
$tag = Tag::findOrCreateForUser('personal', $user); // User tag
$tag = Tag::findOrCreateGlobal('php'); // Explicitly global

// Find or create with type
$tag = Tag::findOrCreate('important', 'priority', $user->id);

// Find or create multiple tags
$tags = Tag::findOrCreateMany(['laravel', 'php', 'mysql'], null, $user->id);

// Search tags
$tags = Tag::containing('lara')->get();

// Get tags by user
$userTags = Tag::forUser($user->id)->get();
$globalTags = Tag::global()->get();
$mixedTags = Tag::forUserWithGlobal($user->id)->get();

// Get tags by type
$priorityTags = Tag::withType('priority')->get();

// Get popular tags
$popularTags = Tag::popularTags(10, $user->id); // Mixed popular tags
$userPopular = Tag::popularUserTags(10, $user->id); // User's popular tags
$globalPopular = Tag::popularGlobalTags(10); // Global popular tags

// Get tag cloud (tags with usage weight)
$tagCloud = Tag::tagCloud($user->id); // Mixed cloud
$globalCloud = Tag::tagCloud(); // Global only

// Get unused tags
$unusedTags = Tag::unusedTags($user->id)->get();

// Check tag ownership
$tag = Tag::find(1);
if ($tag->isGlobal()) {
    // This is a global tag
} elseif ($tag->isOwnedBy($user)) {
    // This is the user's tag
}

Tag Suggestions

// Get tag suggestions based on partial input
$suggestions = Tag::suggestTags('lara', $user->id); // Returns user + global tags
$suggestions = Tag::suggestTags('lara'); // Returns only global tags

// Get related tags (tags often used together)
$tag = Tag::findOrCreate('laravel');
$relatedTags = $tag->relatedTags($user->id);

Events

The package fires events during tagging operations:

• TagAttached - Fired when a tag is attached to a model
• TagDetached - Fired when a tag is detached from a model
• TagsSynced - Fired when tags are synced

use Humweb\Taggables\Events\TagAttached;

// In your EventServiceProvider
protected $listen = [
    TagAttached::class => [
        SendTagNotification::class,
    ],
];

Artisan Commands

Clean up unused tags:

php artisan tags:cleanup

# Clean up only user tags
php artisan tags:cleanup --user=123

# Clean up only global tags
php artisan tags:cleanup --global

Advanced Usage

Custom Tag Model

You can extend the Tag model for additional functionality:

namespace App\Models;

use Humweb\Taggables\Models\Tag as BaseTag;

class Tag extends BaseTag
{
    // Add your custom methods
    public function isPublic(): bool
    {
        return $this->isGlobal() || $this->metadata['public'] ?? false;
    }
}

Update the config to use your custom model:

// config/taggable.php
return [
    'tag_model' => \App\Models\Tag::class,
];

Eager Loading

// Eager load all tags
$posts = Post::with('tags')->get();

// Eager load only user tags
$posts = Post::with(['tags' => function ($query) use ($userId) {
    $query->where('user_id', $userId);
}])->get();

// Eager load only global tags
$posts = Post::with(['tags' => function ($query) {
    $query->whereNull('user_id');
}])->get();

// Eager load tags with specific type
$posts = Post::with(['tags' => function ($query) {
    $query->where('type', 'technology');
}])->get();

Caching

The package supports caching for better performance:

// config/taggable.php
return [
    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'key_prefix' => 'taggable',
        'ttl' => 3600, // 1 hour
    ],
];

Configuration

The full configuration file:

return [
    // The tag model to use
    'tag_model' => \Humweb\Taggables\Models\Tag::class,

    // Table names
    'tables' => [
        'tags' => 'tags',
        'taggables' => 'taggables',
    ],

    // Slug generation
    'slugger' => null, // null defaults to Str::slug

    // Tag name validation rules
    'rules' => [
        'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
    ],

    // Auto-delete unused tags
    'delete_unused_tags' => false,

    // User scoping configuration
    'user_scope' => [
        // Enable user-scoped tags
        'enabled' => true,

        // Allow creation of global tags (null user_id)
        'allow_global_tags' => true,

        // Include global tags when querying user tags
        'mix_user_and_global' => true,
    ],

    // Cache configuration
    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'key_prefix' => 'taggable',
        'ttl' => 3600,
    ],
];

Migration Notes

The tags table includes a user_id column for user-scoped tags:

Schema::create('tags', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->string('name');
    $table->string('slug');
    $table->foreignId('user_id')->nullable()->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
    $table->string('type')->nullable()->index();
    $table->integer('order_column')->default(0);
    $table->json('metadata')->nullable();
    $table->timestamps();

    // Same slug can exist for different users/types
    $table->unique(['slug', 'user_id', 'type']);
    $table->index(['user_id', 'type', 'order_column']);
});

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Ryan Shofner
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.