# Custom video tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** server-mac\ **Created:** [May 18, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702 "2014-05-18T22:51:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tyler4550](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tyler4550](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tyler4550)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/1 "2014-05-18T22:51:01Z")
I've searched the forums and don't see an answer to this . . . .    Is there a way add custom metadata fields (without being a developer)?  For home movies, Director, Writer etc. is not very useful. . .  I realize Plex was not designed to be a MAM / DAM but metadata tagging is crucial when your library gets large in size.  When I mouse over a video in my library, the overlay pops up and I click the pencil to edit.  The next screen that comes up has a menu on the left containing General, Tags, Poster, Background.  Is there a way to add additional, custom entry fields in the Genreral or Tags section?   And awesome job on this by the way - Plex is extremely useful and well done.   Tyler ---
**Author:** ![tyler4550](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tyler4550](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tyler4550)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/2 "2014-05-26T01:50:56Z")
Am I really the only one that wants this? ---
**Author:** ![kayila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@kayila](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kayila)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/3 "2014-09-15T21:55:31Z")
This is actually something I'd love to see as well.  Even if it's just a general tags field. Especially if it's just a general 'tags' field. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer81](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dreamer81/32/180602_2.png) [@dreamer81](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dreamer81)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/4 "2014-12-31T11:11:24Z")
i want this to bad. All my home movies nees to be tagged. A general tag fild would be great. However, searching for tags doesn't work. kind of useless then. ---
**Author:** ![Phileaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Phileaux](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Phileaux)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/5 "2016-06-11T17:27:52Z")
> @tyler4550 said: > Am I really the only one that wants this? You’re not the only one - I’m creating a Rifftrax library that I’m pretty happy with, but I wish I could have a field for who the riffers were for a given video. There are all kinds of other reasons to want custom tags: - Date released in [my country] as well as date released in the US - IMDB Rating, Rotten Tomatoes rating, my rating - Notes (Actor’s first film, Director’s first film, Harrison Ford had dysentery while filming) - Budget - Awards - Filming Locations - Color / BW - and so on… I don’t understand how someone creates a metadata schema for a general consumer software and doesn’t consider making it extensible. ---
**Author:** ![Chucky-22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Chucky-22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chucky-22)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/6 "2016-12-18T11:27:05Z")
I also would like a custom tag feature. ---
**Author:** ![cduv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@cduv](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cduv)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/7 "2017-04-17T12:25:45Z")
I’m also interested in such feature. ---
**Author:** ![iMacP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@iMacP](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iMacP)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/8 "2017-04-18T06:17:12Z")
Yes PLEASE!!! I miss that Soooo much too! ---
**Author:** ![Braunyar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Braunyar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Braunyar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/9 "2017-04-19T23:03:54Z")
I would love to have a custom tag field available. I have a movie collection of almost 2000 DVD’s. I have been ripping them and putting them onto a qnap server with Plex and am loving the results. But I have the original DVD’s numbered and am storing them in folders. I would like to have a field for the number displayed in plex. So if someone wants to get the original disk out or check get the blueray they can easily tell which folder. Right now I have the tag on the files and it is able to be see using media monkey or other advanced media browsers but it would be really handy to have this as an option in PLEX. my whole family knows plex and loves it so having custom fields that I can put information in would really be helpful. +1 or +5 if you could my whole family 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pmhcvn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@pmhcvn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pmhcvn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/10 "2017-07-04T16:31:31Z")
This would be incredibly helpful especially down to the episode level in TV Shows. ---
**Author:** ![Ralms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@Ralms](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ralms)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/11 "2018-01-13T18:43:20Z")
Yeah I needed it too, for alternative titles. A good example is the movie Moana, that is called Vaiana in other countries. My friends searched for Vaiana and no result. ---
**Author:** ![SE56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/se56/32/222425_2.png) [@SE56](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SE56)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/12 "2018-01-13T18:57:02Z")
As a suggestion, you can add a Number to Genre on a title then use a Genre filter. Only thing is that there may be limitations ---
**Author:** ![DrewPlex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@DrewPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DrewPlex)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/13 "2018-09-19T12:28:57Z")
Just adding my two cents worth, too, for a custom tag field function. I just uploaded all my home videos to my new Plex server. I’d love to have the ability to tag them such as ‘vacation’ and ‘Hawaii’. But, sadly, I see no where for such tags in the meta data scheme. Please add this ability! Thanks…and, btw, as a first-time Plex user…just WOW…great server app…great client app. Can’t wait to get our Nvidia Shield and connect my Haupage TV tuner. this will really kick butt! ---
**Author:** ![symphonic00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@symphonic00](https://forums.plex.tv/u/symphonic00)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/14 "2018-11-10T21:57:28Z")
+1 please upvote this feature suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![mahisri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@mahisri2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mahisri2)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/15 "2018-11-24T22:47:22Z")
Does the paid version allow us to add custom metadata fields? ---
**Author:** ![FoxWits](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/foxwits/32/209766_2.png) [@FoxWits](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FoxWits)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/16 "2018-12-01T10:32:42Z")
I’d also like to see this. When I add home video’s I have to tag them all by hand, one by one, on the PLEX server. Every time there is a change in structure or something gets added, all the tags are gone and need to be redone. I would like PLEX to take the info from the tags that are on the video files instead. ---
**Author:** ![Shnlnd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/shnlnd/32/23126_2.png) [@Shnlnd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Shnlnd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/17 "2018-12-18T21:32:56Z")
Beside using the built in feature under movie --\> edit --\> Tags, I use the free program [Mp3tag](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html). Yes it is built for music but it still works for the Title, Year, Genre and a few other things. You can also batch edit/save. The very first time you save any metadata, it can take 15-20 seconds for each file but every time after that it only takes 1-2 seconds. MKV extension saves immediately with no wait. Been using the program for almost 2 years and this is what I use to manually edit info before adding to my movie plex directory. ---
**Author:** ![abvmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@abvmoose](https://forums.plex.tv/u/abvmoose)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/18 "2019-05-02T08:30:48Z")
I would also like to see a custom Tag feature be added to Plex please. ---
**Author:** ![snowmangoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@snowmangoh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/snowmangoh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/19 "2019-08-05T19:33:30Z")
I need this as well… Being able to add a “series” in tags or general data would be a HUGE help! ---
**Author:** ![CaptainKen2\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CaptainKen2\_1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CaptainKen2_1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702/20 "2019-08-22T14:48:44Z")
I would also like custom multiple tags like Kodi allows for that are meant to supplement Collections (Movie Sets) [https://kodi.wiki/index.php?title=Video\_library\_tags](https://kodi.wiki/index.php?title=Video_library_tags) Examples: Stoner Movies Frank Sinatra Movies Road Trip Movies [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-video-tags/66702.md?page=2)