Allow option to add tags and/or collections to Library folders

Feature Suggestions
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Libraries currently allow adding multiple folders.

It would be useful if, for each folder added under a library, you could add tags and/or collections.

Items that fall within that folder would then be automatically tagged and/or added to the collections specified.

This would support numerous use cases, and would be very flexible, while saving a lot of time manually tagging individual items.

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There’s an existing feature suggestion aiming to reflect some folder structure when creating collections inside Plex. Though they’ve asked for a different approach.
I’m posting the link anyway for consistency :wink:

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Thanks @tom80H!

Upon further reflection, I think the approach there is more flexible and granular.

I expanded on that approach with my own suggestion there:

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As in making this one obsolete or being an alternate approach? :wink:

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I now think this one is obsolete.

However, this one is likely much easier to implement :sweat_smile:

But, strategically the other approach is far superior, so best to focus on that I think

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