# Knowledge Base Article - Multiple Categories **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** content\ **Created:** [March 20, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562 "2020-03-20T15:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bsommer](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bsommer/32/13521_2.png) [@bsommer](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bsommer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/21 "2022-01-14T23:21:14Z")
I would also like to see an option to associate an article with multiple categories and sub-categories. ---
**Author:** ![STeam01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@STeam01](https://community.hubspot.com/u/STeam01)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/22 "2022-03-03T23:05:56Z")
We agree! This would be super helpful to us and our customers. It would allow us to have a certain article be viewed in mulitple places so our customers can more easily find them. ---
**Author:** ![HelenHachtel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@HelenHachtel](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HelenHachtel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/23 "2022-03-18T17:45:34Z")
Absolutely +1 this suggestion. Knowledge is a flexible thing, and being able to access a list of FAQ guides in one place, and a list of Data Privacy articles in one place, without duplicating guides, is key. ---
**Author:** ![TKirchner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@TKirchner](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TKirchner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/24 "2022-04-13T20:11:10Z")
Another advantage to this would be in article maintenance. You would only need to edit and update one source, rather than all duplicated content. ---
**Author:** ![f1oren](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/f1oren/32/88643_2.png) [@f1oren](https://community.hubspot.com/u/f1oren)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/25 "2022-04-14T06:24:34Z")
I agree, an article can sometimes be classified in different sections and thus allow it to be easily found by the reader without the need to duplicate it which would be impossible to maintain reliably in terms of updating. ---
**Author:** ![mhoran](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mhoran/32/99730_2.png) [@mhoran](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mhoran)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/26 "2022-04-25T17:23:34Z")
This makes complete sense for an article to be in multiple categories and would be a great addition! ---
**Author:** ![JSeawell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@JSeawell](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JSeawell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/27 "2022-04-26T14:18:40Z")
Yes, this would make your software more easier to use! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![DBolton4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@DBolton4](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DBolton4)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/28 "2022-04-27T21:27:06Z")
Could use the ability to assign articles to multiple categories and subcategories. That way I don’t have to duplicate articles (and remember to update both). ---
**Author:** ![SRobinett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SRobinett](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SRobinett)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/29 "2022-05-11T19:07:44Z")
This would be a really helpful feature. Seems silly to have to create multiple copies of the same article to have it apply to multiple product categories. We’re just beginning to set up our knowledgebase and would rather set it up once correctly rather than having to hopefully come back later and make changes if this update gets implemented. ---
**Author:** ![TParmley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@TParmley](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TParmley)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/30 "2022-05-16T15:47:43Z")
It is extremely limiting to not be able to surface an article in more than one category within our knowledge base. Our only option is to duplicate content which is a bad practice to begin with but also requires unneccesary maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![MdaSilva55](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mdasilva55/32/194999_2.png) [@MdaSilva55](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MdaSilva55)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/31 "2022-05-19T10:59:37Z")
Yes, that is exactly we are looking for. With the option to assign more than one category to a specific article, it would be easier to tag a specific article at all relevant categories they show be visible. We have Categories such as Onboarding and using the App, where all relevant question are cleared out. The workaround to duplicate the same article to both categories is not an elegant and cause trouble when we need to update it. Keeping track of only one article is easier than check and update all copies of the same spread through all needed categories. ---
**Author:** ![PhilippNovotny](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/philippnovotny/32/68653_2.png) [@PhilippNovotny](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PhilippNovotny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/32 "2022-05-19T11:27:21Z")
I have finally a workaround for that. You will need to maintain only one article. You will still need to create multiple articles for the categories where you want your article to “appear”. You can use the code snippet below . Place this under the tab _Settings_ --\> _Advanced options_ within the _Header_ and replace the target with the url of your choice. Once the user is selecting this article, the user is automatically redirected to the desired article on the other location. `` You can also place this line of code in an _\Embed_ object, but I’d recommend to use the _header_ since it seem to be faster. ---
**Author:** ![Brycelbrewer](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/brycelbrewer/32/29572_2.png) [@Brycelbrewer](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Brycelbrewer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/33 "2022-05-19T14:37:19Z")
Thank you very much @PhilippNovotny! I’ll start testing that here and see how it works for me. It is just a shame that this one hasn’t gained any traction since it has been a couple years and this would be beneficial to a large number of users! ---
**Author:** ![TKirchner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@TKirchner](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TKirchner)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/34 "2022-05-19T19:42:10Z")
@PhilippNovotny Thank you so much! This is how I was doing this in Zendesk but couldn’t figure out where/how to do it in Hubspot! I noticed this section when I was setting up my domain last week and wanted to go back and test this! Thanks for doing the work and reporting to the community! This will be used, I can guarantee it! ---
**Author:** ![PhilippNovotny](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/philippnovotny/32/68653_2.png) [@PhilippNovotny](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PhilippNovotny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/35 "2022-05-20T05:54:04Z")
You are all welcome. I’m aware that this is a _quick ‘n’ dirty_ solution. So far it works for me and I’ve not encountered any issues yet. I’d appreciate if you can report your experience, that other user can benefit from that as well as, if there are any optimizations that you share those, too. @BrycelbrewerIt is not, that this is not possible. In my earlier[post on this topic](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Knowledge-Base-Article-Multiple-Categories/idc-p/488401/highlight/true#M91279) I pointed out, that at that time, HubSpot had that kind of requested functionality already in action for themself. Either they had a workaround for that, too or something completly different. ---
**Author:** ![\_BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/8dc957/32.png) [@\_BF](https://community.hubspot.com/u/_BF)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/36 "2022-05-24T05:18:00Z")
Yes Please! I came looking for this solution - only to find this. urgh! Please hubspot! Fix it! ---
**Author:** ![netaffinitymaja](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/netaffinitymaja/32/51304_2.png) [@netaffinitymaja](https://community.hubspot.com/u/netaffinitymaja)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/37 "2022-07-07T07:08:01Z")
It will b e avery useful feature to have indeed! We also have several systems with specific knowledge articles, but som egeneric ones like set up, users etc ar eshared between these systems, so at the moment the only way aroudn that is creating an article for each with a hyperlink to another which is not ideal. On a separate note, we have different systems with similar instructions, and these are sitting under different categories. However when trying to instert the link from dropdown menu within conversations inbox, the category is not displaying, so it i shard to tell which one is which. I have added that to th eideas forum if anyone would like to upvote it please 😊 [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Categories-of-Knowledge-Base-to-be-visible-in-conversations/idi-p/444023](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Categories-of-Knowledge-Base-to-be-visible-in-conversations/idi-p/444023) ---
**Author:** ![MAnderson68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@MAnderson68](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MAnderson68)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/38 "2022-08-22T22:03:13Z")
I agree with many here, this is crucial to adhere with a one-source-of-truth philosphy ---
**Author:** ![AJPS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@AJPS](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AJPS)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/39 "2022-09-15T21:06:05Z")
Adding my voice to the choir, this would help my company’s knowledge base as we expand product modules and support different customer use cases. Thanks @PhilippNovotny for the workaround to try out. ---
**Author:** ![SSchmid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@SSchmid](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SSchmid)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562/40 "2022-12-15T16:41:09Z")
Yes please! Re-using content in different places is essential in technical writing. Would be great to see the option of using entire articles or just paragraphs in several places while having to maintain them only once. [Previous page](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.hubspot.com/t/knowledge-base-article-multiple-categories/19562.md?page=3)