# Why Labels Matter ### About this export | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | **content_type** | lesson | | **platform** | contentstack-academy | | **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/learning-paths/cms-content-manager-certification/structuring-content-in-contentstack/why-labels-matter | | **course_slug** | structuring-content-in-contentstack | | **lesson_slug** | why-labels-matter | | **learning_path_slug** | cms-content-manager-certification | | **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/learning-paths/cms-content-manager-certification/structuring-content-in-contentstack/why-labels-matter.md | | **generated_at** | 2026-04-28T06:55:50.798Z | > Lesson in **[Structuring Content in Contentstack](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/learning-paths/cms-content-manager-certification/structuring-content-in-contentstack)** within the **cms-content-manager-certification** learning path on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys. #### Video details #### At a glance - **Title:** Why Labels Matter - **Duration:** 4m 4s - **Media link:** https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/Kvlijm90 - **Publish date (unix):** 1755871309 #### Streaming renditions - application/vnd.apple.mpegurl - audio/mp4 · AAC Audio · 113846 kbps - video/mp4 · 180p · 180p · 160035 kbps - video/mp4 · 270p · 270p · 191991 kbps - video/mp4 · 360p · 360p · 242102 kbps - video/mp4 · 406p · 406p · 271269 kbps - video/mp4 · 540p · 540p · 358390 kbps - video/mp4 · 720p · 720p · 514461 kbps - video/mp4 · 1080p · 1080p · 940270 kbps #### Timed text tracks (delivery) - **thumbnails:** `https://cdn.jwplayer.com/strips/Kvlijm90-120.vtt` #### Transcript As your stat grows, so does your list of content types, and before long, finding what you need can feel like scrolling through an endless spreadsheet. Labels are ContentStack's way of keeping things organized. Think of them as like folders, letting you group content types in ways that make sense to your team. Whether you're in marketing, editorial, or product, labels make it easy to navigate, collaborate, and keep content structured across teams. Let's say you've got two teams, marketing with content types for campaigns and pages, and writers with content types for blogs and authors. Instead of dumping everything into one giant list, you can create two labels, marketing and writers, and assign the appropriate content type to each. It's simple but powerful, and it keeps your workspace clean. Here's what labels don't do. They don't affect user permissions, they don't change how your content appears on the front end, and they don't impact your entries directly. But what they do is make it easier to browse, filter, and manage your stack, especially as your content library scales. Let's walk through how to create and apply labels. Notice I'm working in the Compass Travels site. First, navigate to the Content Models section. At the top of the panel, click the plus icon to create a new label. Name this one Page and click Create. Next, we'll apply this label to different content types. I'll select the Landing Page type to enter it. In the top right, I can access the Apply Label menu and I'll select Page. Then I'll save the content type. Returning back to the content types, I'll do this for one more content type. I'll click the Article Listing page and use the same method to apply the page label. Then I'll click Save. Returning back to the content types, notice the Page label on the left. When you click it, the Content Types list gets filtered to show you just the types with that label. But it doesn't stop there. Switch over to the Entry section and you'll notice a Content Type View section on the left. Select the Group by Labels option to see your labels. You can expand that section to see the two content types labeled as Page. Now, what if you want to edit or delete a label? In the Content Models panel, click the Labels Settings icon. From here, you can either create new labels by clicking the plus sign. I'll close out of this for now as I don't want to create a new one. You can modify existing ones by clicking the pencil icon. Or you can delete labels you no longer need by clicking the trash can. Some best practices to keep in mind. Use label names that are intuitive to your team. Align on a shared structure. Don't let every user create their own. You can leverage nested labels for clarity. For example, you could nest blog posts under your Pages label. Keep labels focused on usability, not hierarchy. They're about making things easier to find, not controlling access. Labels don't change how your content works, but they make a huge difference in how you work with the content. #### Subtitles (WebVTT) ```webvtt WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.320 As your stat grows, so does your list of content types, and before long, finding what you need 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:11.620 can feel like scrolling through an endless spreadsheet. 3 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:16.040 Labels are ContentStack's way of keeping things organized. 4 00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:21.840 Think of them as like folders, letting you group content types in ways that make sense 5 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:23.840 to your team. 6 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:30.200 Whether you're in marketing, editorial, or product, labels make it easy to navigate, 7 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:35.160 collaborate, and keep content structured across teams. 8 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:41.680 Let's say you've got two teams, marketing with content types for campaigns and pages, 9 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.640 and writers with content types for blogs and authors. 10 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:52.180 Instead of dumping everything into one giant list, you can create two labels, marketing 11 00:00:52.180 --> 00:00:57.580 and writers, and assign the appropriate content type to each. 12 00:00:57.580 --> 00:01:02.740 It's simple but powerful, and it keeps your workspace clean. 13 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:05.140 Here's what labels don't do. 14 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:11.140 They don't affect user permissions, they don't change how your content appears on 15 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:16.100 the front end, and they don't impact your entries directly. 16 00:01:16.100 --> 00:01:22.580 But what they do is make it easier to browse, filter, and manage your stack, especially 17 00:01:22.580 --> 00:01:25.140 as your content library scales. 18 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:29.220 Let's walk through how to create and apply labels. 19 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:32.460 Notice I'm working in the Compass Travels site. 20 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:36.300 First, navigate to the Content Models section. 21 00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:41.700 At the top of the panel, click the plus icon to create a new label. 22 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:45.060 Name this one Page and click Create. 23 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:49.180 Next, we'll apply this label to different content types. 24 00:01:49.180 --> 00:01:53.220 I'll select the Landing Page type to enter it. 25 00:01:53.220 --> 00:02:00.380 In the top right, I can access the Apply Label menu and I'll select Page. 26 00:02:00.380 --> 00:02:03.060 Then I'll save the content type. 27 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:08.820 Returning back to the content types, I'll do this for one more content type. 28 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:16.860 I'll click the Article Listing page and use the same method to apply the page label. 29 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:19.500 Then I'll click Save. 30 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:24.540 Returning back to the content types, notice the Page label on the left. 31 00:02:24.540 --> 00:02:29.420 When you click it, the Content Types list gets filtered to show you just the types with 32 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:31.020 that label. 33 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:34.300 But it doesn't stop there. 34 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:39.340 Switch over to the Entry section and you'll notice a Content Type View section on the 35 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:40.980 left. 36 00:02:40.980 --> 00:02:44.560 Select the Group by Labels option to see your labels. 37 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:50.380 You can expand that section to see the two content types labeled as Page. 38 00:02:50.380 --> 00:02:55.060 Now, what if you want to edit or delete a label? 39 00:02:55.060 --> 00:03:00.060 In the Content Models panel, click the Labels Settings icon. 40 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:06.300 From here, you can either create new labels by clicking the plus sign. 41 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:11.580 I'll close out of this for now as I don't want to create a new one. 42 00:03:11.580 --> 00:03:16.900 You can modify existing ones by clicking the pencil icon. 43 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:22.060 Or you can delete labels you no longer need by clicking the trash can. 44 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:25.240 Some best practices to keep in mind. 45 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.940 Use label names that are intuitive to your team. 46 00:03:28.940 --> 00:03:31.660 Align on a shared structure. 47 00:03:31.660 --> 00:03:34.860 Don't let every user create their own. 48 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:37.980 You can leverage nested labels for clarity. 49 00:03:37.980 --> 00:03:44.180 For example, you could nest blog posts under your Pages label. 50 00:03:44.180 --> 00:03:48.300 Keep labels focused on usability, not hierarchy. 51 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:54.660 They're about making things easier to find, not controlling access. 52 00:03:54.660 --> 00:04:01.320 Labels don't change how your content works, but they make a huge difference in how you 53 00:04:01.320 --> 00:04:03.220 work with the content. ``` ```transcript [00:00] As your stat grows, so does your list of content types, and before long, finding what you need [00:07] can feel like scrolling through an endless spreadsheet. [00:11] Labels are ContentStack's way of keeping things organized. [00:16] Think of them as like folders, letting you group content types in ways that make sense [00:21] to your team. [00:23] Whether you're in marketing, editorial, or product, labels make it easy to navigate, [00:30] collaborate, and keep content structured across teams. [00:35] Let's say you've got two teams, marketing with content types for campaigns and pages, [00:41] and writers with content types for blogs and authors. [00:45] Instead of dumping everything into one giant list, you can create two labels, marketing [00:52] and writers, and assign the appropriate content type to each. [00:57] It's simple but powerful, and it keeps your workspace clean. [01:02] Here's what labels don't do. [01:05] They don't affect user permissions, they don't change how your content appears on [01:11] the front end, and they don't impact your entries directly. [01:16] But what they do is make it easier to browse, filter, and manage your stack, especially [01:22] as your content library scales. [01:25] Let's walk through how to create and apply labels. [01:29] Notice I'm working in the Compass Travels site. [01:32] First, navigate to the Content Models section. [01:36] At the top of the panel, click the plus icon to create a new label. [01:41] Name this one Page and click Create. [01:45] Next, we'll apply this label to different content types. [01:49] I'll select the Landing Page type to enter it. [01:53] In the top right, I can access the Apply Label menu and I'll select Page. [02:00] Then I'll save the content type. [02:03] Returning back to the content types, I'll do this for one more content type. [02:09] I'll click the Article Listing page and use the same method to apply the page label. [02:16] Then I'll click Save. [02:19] Returning back to the content types, notice the Page label on the left. [02:24] When you click it, the Content Types list gets filtered to show you just the types with [02:29] that label. [02:31] But it doesn't stop there. [02:34] Switch over to the Entry section and you'll notice a Content Type View section on the [02:39] left. [02:40] Select the Group by Labels option to see your labels. [02:44] You can expand that section to see the two content types labeled as Page. [02:50] Now, what if you want to edit or delete a label? [02:55] In the Content Models panel, click the Labels Settings icon. [03:00] From here, you can either create new labels by clicking the plus sign. [03:06] I'll close out of this for now as I don't want to create a new one. [03:11] You can modify existing ones by clicking the pencil icon. [03:16] Or you can delete labels you no longer need by clicking the trash can. [03:22] Some best practices to keep in mind. [03:25] Use label names that are intuitive to your team. [03:28] Align on a shared structure. [03:31] Don't let every user create their own. [03:34] You can leverage nested labels for clarity. [03:37] For example, you could nest blog posts under your Pages label. [03:44] Keep labels focused on usability, not hierarchy. [03:48] They're about making things easier to find, not controlling access. [03:54] Labels don't change how your content works, but they make a huge difference in how you [04:01] work with the content. ``` #### Key takeaways - Connect **Why Labels Matter** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module. - Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment. - Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model. ## Supplement for indexing ### Content summary Why Labels Matter. 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