[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5684: There is no way to edit tag names/slugs in WordPress

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#5684: There is no way to edit tag names/slugs in WordPress
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 Reporter:  jhodgdon        |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.5      
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.5      
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  tags     
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 As of 2.5-bleeding [6627], there is no way in the default, core WordPress
 admin screens to edit tag names or slugs. It might also be helpful to
 delete tags. So, a "Manage Tags" screen, similar to "Manage Categories",
 would be a useful addition to the core.

 As Ryan noted in a short email discussion about this, if someone creates
 this, it would need to take into consideration that some users have
 thousands of tags, and be able to handle this situation gracefully.

 I might try to work up a patch, if no one else does before-hand.

 Parts of this are handled by my (GPL) Advanced Tag Entry plugin on the
 post edit screen (http://poplarware.com/tagplugin.html), and Christine's
 Tag Managing Thing (http://www.neato.co.nz/wordpress-things/tag-managing-
 thing/) does much/all of this as well. I would personally rather see it in
 core than a plugin, though, and I think Christine has expressed the same
 opinion on the hackers list; could contact her to see about using her
 code.

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