We’ve introduced new taxonomy enhancements in Contentstack that improve how teams manage, publish, release, and govern taxonomy, making it easier to manage taxonomy structures across environments and locales.
Publish Taxonomies Independently
You can now publish taxonomies independently, similar to entries. This allows you to manage taxonomy structures separately from content publishing workflows.
With Taxonomy Publishing, you can:
- Publish an entire taxonomy and its complete term hierarchy
- Publish to specific environments and locales
- Select a branch and apply locale fallback hierarchies
- Schedule publishing jobs (if enabled)
- Automate taxonomy publishing through APIs
Learn more about publishing a taxonomy.
Nested Reference Publishing Now Supports Taxonomies
Nested Reference Publishing now includes taxonomy support. When you publish an entry using Send with References, any referenced taxonomies:
- Appear in the Publish References modal
- Are included in the publish job
- Publish their complete hierarchy to the selected environments and locales
This helps maintain consistency between published entries and their associated taxonomy structures across environments.
Learn more about working with Nested Reference Publishing.
Add Taxonomies to Releases
You can now add taxonomies directly to releases and deploy taxonomy structures alongside related content changes.
You can add taxonomies to a release from:
- The Taxonomy Details page
- The Taxonomy List page
- Entry references, where associated taxonomy terms are automatically included when references are added
This helps teams schedule taxonomy deployments, streamline localization workflows, and reduce publishing inconsistencies.
Learn more about adding a taxonomy to a release.
Granular Taxonomy Permissions for Custom Roles (Early Access)
You can now assign taxonomy management permissions to custom roles without granting full administrative access to the stack.
Custom role users can manage taxonomy structures using permissions such as:
- Create
- Read
- Update
- Publish/Unpublish
- Delete
You can also apply exceptions to restrict access to specific taxonomies or actions.
This enhancement separates taxonomy structure management from entry-level taxonomy permissions, giving teams more precise access control and governance flexibility.
To learn more, refer to the Permissions on Taxonomies documentation.
