Folders & tags
What this is
Section titled “What this is”Folders give the library a tree, one file in one folder at a time; tags are a free-form list per file that cuts across folders - a file can carry several tags and still live in exactly one folder. Both are optional metadata; neither changes what a post can reference.
Folders
Section titled “Folders”- Create one from Media → New folder, at the top level or nested inside another.
- Rename or move a folder any time; moving a folder moves everything inside it.
- Deleting a folder does not delete its files - they move to the top level of the library.
- Add tags to a file from its detail panel, up to 50 per file.
- Filter the library by one or more tags, combined with a folder or a text search.
- The same
q,folderIdfilters are available to an MCP agent viadropslate_list_mediaand to the API viaGET /media.
Common errors
Section titled “Common errors”| Error | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Tag not saved | Over the 50-tag or 50-character-per-tag limit. | Shorten the list or the tag text. |
| 404 on a folder id | The folder belongs to a different workspace, or was already deleted. | Refresh the folder list - a stale id from an earlier session behaves the same as one that never existed. |