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How to create and manage publishing labels

Utilize publishing labels in order to group published content!

Updated over a month ago

Publishing labels can be created to organize and report on published content. Publishing labels are created and applied in the Publishing Composer during the post creation process. Labels may also be applied to scheduled and published posts. For more information on creating and scheduling posts, take a look at this article.

Once a publishing label has been created and applied to a post, it can be used as a filter in the Publishing Calendar and a data point/filter within various Agorapulse reports.
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In this article, we will explain:


How to create a publishing label

Publishing labels are created within the Publishing Composer. When added to a group of posts, publishing labels apply to all posts within a group, across all profiles and dates.
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To create or add a publishing label in the Publishing Composer during the post creation process:

  1. Click on the blue cursor icon or the Create a post button in the left-hand navigation menu

  2. Select the Label icon in the top right of the Your post dialogue box

  3. Enter the name of the publishing label in the Type or search label text box
    ​Labels are case sensitive, i.e "label" is not the same as "Label"

  4. Click +Create new label __ when complete

Once the publishing label has been created, the Label icon will be highlighted blue. If there is no label applied, the Label icon will remain grey.
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A publishing label will be automatically applied to a post it was created with.

How to apply a publishing label to a post

Publishing labels can be applied to posts during the creation process, scheduled posts and published posts. You are able to apply multiple labels to the same post. We have outlined the steps for each below.

How to apply a publishing label to a scheduled or Draft post

To apply a publishing label to previously created posts in Draft or Scheduled status:

  1. Navigate to the Publishing Calendar

  2. Click on the scheduled or draft post you wish to label
    ​You may utilize Status filters in the Publishing Calendar to assist

  3. Click on the post to open the Publishing Composer

  4. In the top-right corner, click the Label icon

  5. Click on an existing label or create a new label

    You may use the search bar to easily identify labels that have been previously created

  6. Press Save changes on the bottom-right of the screen

Once the publishing label has been applied, the Label icon will be highlighted blue.

How to apply a publishing label to a published post

  1. Navigate to the Publishing Calendar

  2. Click on the published post you wish to label
    ​You may utilize Status filters in the Publishing Calendar to assist

  3. Click on the post to open the Published post view

  4. Click the Label icon next to the Published post header

  5. Click on an existing label or create a new label

    You may use the search bar to easily identify labels that have been previously created

Once the publishing label has been applied, the Label icon will be highlighted blue.

How to apply a publishing label in the Publishing Calendar

  1. Access the Publishing Calendar

  2. Click the List view

  3. Scroll to find the post you wish to label

  4. Click the Label icon at the top-right of the post

  5. Click on an existing label or create a new label

    You may use the search bar to easily identify labels that have been previously created

Once the publishing label has been applied, the Label icon will be highlighted blue.

How to manage publishing labels

Publishing labels can be viewed, edited, or deleted directly from the Publishing Composer, or by any of the methods outlined above for creating and applying labels. Use the label settings menu to maintain an organized and up-to-date label structure. Deleted labels will be removed from all associated posts and cannot be recovered.

How to view all publishing labels

  1. Click the blue cursor icon or the Create a post button in the left-hand navigation menu to open the Publishing Composer

  2. On the top-right corner of the Your post dialogue box, click the Label icon

  3. Click on the settings cog on the top-right of the pop-up to open the label settings menu

How to edit a publishing label

  1. Follow steps 1-3 to open the label settings menu

  2. Click the pencil icon next to the relevant label

  3. Make any required edits

  4. Press Enter or click the checkmark icon to save

How to delete a publishing label

  1. Follow steps 1-3 to open the label settings menu

  2. Click the pencil icon next to the relevant label

  3. Select the trash icon

Note: While there is no limit to the number of labels you can create, maintaining a large volume may affect system performance.

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