[#45321] - Issue with menu type Tagged items, J.5.2.x
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- 12 May 2026
- Medium
- Build: J.5.2
- # 45321
Issue with menu type Tagged items, J.5.2
Hello,
I am not sure if this is the correct way to ask your attention for this issue.
Over a year ago I posted an issue called "Issue with menu type Tagged items, J.4.4.1", see https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/42529
Although some people agreed that this issue should be solved in the Joomla core, it was solved with a patch on the file components/com_tags/src/Service/Router.php, made by @RickR2H. However, no changes were made to the core. I have been using the patch since then and I am very happy to have it. When there is a J.4 update I always check this file for changes and I make sure that I keep the patched part.
Now I want to upgrade the site to J.5 and I see that the issue is still present in J.5. Oher people have noticed this as well. I do not dare to copy the patch code to J.5 because the file components/com_tags/src/Service/Router.php has changed in J.5. and this is beyond my knowledge.
My questions:
Is there someone who has the knowledge (and is willing) to make this patch J.5 compatible?
Or, even better, would it be possible to make these changes part of the J.5 core code?
For details, please check my original J.4 issue at https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/42529
Kind regards, Frits
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Testing performed on Joomla 5.4
Issue: Router/SEF tag link displays sibling tags when clicking a child tag
Steps performed (following the original reporter's steps):
- Created parent tag "Healthcare"
- Created child tags "Covid" and "Mental health" under "Healthcare"
- Created parent tag "Money" with child tag "Taxes"
- Created a Tagged Items menu item called "Healthcare" and selected the child tags "Covid" and "Mental health"
- Created a Tagged Items menu item called "Money" and selected the child tag "Taxes"
- Created three articles, each with only one tag:
- Article A: Covid
- Article B: Mental health
- Article C: Taxes
- Enabled SEF URLs and URL Rewriting
- On the frontend, navigated to Article A and clicked the "Covid" tag link
Actual result on Joomla 5.4:
- URL received:
http://localhost/component/tags/tag/covid - Only Article A (Covid) appeared
- Article B (Mental health) did NOT appear
Comparison with original report:
The original reporter on Joomla 4.4.1 received:
- URL:
http://yoursite.com/healthcare/covid - Both Article A and Article B appeared (incorrect)
Conclusion on Joomla 5.4:
The router/SEF tag issue described in this report could not be replicated on Joomla 5.4. The tag link routed to /component/tags/tag/covid instead of the hierarchical URL, and the tag displayed only its own articles, not sibling tags.
I failed to replicate the Issue ❌
I will report this as completed because it doesn't exist anymore.
If you think I missed something, please tell me.
Testing performed on Joomla 5.4
Issue: Router/SEF tag link displays sibling tags when clicking a child tag
Steps performed (following the original steps):
- Created parent tag "Healthcare"
- Created child tags "Covid" and "Mental health" under "Healthcare"
- Created parent tag "Money" with child tag "Taxes"
- Created a Tagged Items menu item called "Healthcare" and selected the child tags "Covid" and "Mental health"
- Created a Tagged Items menu item called "Money" and selected the child tag "Taxes"
- Created three articles, each with only one tag:
- Article A: Covid
- Article B: Mental health
- Article C: Taxes
- Enabled SEF URLs and URL Rewriting
- On the frontend, navigated to Article A and clicked the "Covid" tag link
Actual result on Joomla 5.4:
- URL received:
http://localhost/component/tags/tag/covid - Only Article A (Covid) appeared
- Article B (Mental health) did NOT appear
Comparison with original report:
The original reporter on Joomla 4.4.1 received:
- URL:
http://yoursite.com/healthcare/covid - Both Article A and Article B appeared (incorrect)
Conclusion on Joomla 5.4:
The router/SEF tag issue described in this report could not be replicated on Joomla 5.4. The tag link routed to /component/tags/tag/covid instead of the hierarchical URL, and the tag displayed only its own articles, not sibling tags.
I failed to replicate the Issue ❌
I will report this as completed because it doesn't exist anymore.
If you think I missed something, please tell me.
alikon
- | Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2026-05-12 11:59:26 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | alikon |
Confirmed on Joomla 5.3-dev ✅
The Tagged Items menu using a parent tag does not display articles tagged with child tags. Issue is reproducible and still present in the current Router.php.