Hi Community,
I’m working on a SharePoint Online site where we use the standard News web part on the homepage to display news posts from the Site Pages library. We have added a custom metadata column called Tags to the Site Pages library and populated it for news posts.
The challenge: The default News web part does not seem to display custom metadata fields like Tags in its UI. I need these tags to appear on the news cards (homepage) for better categorization and visibility.
Questions:
Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated!
No, out of the box, the News web part only displays built-in properties (title, thumbnail, author, date). It does not support rendering custom columns such as Tags.
Alternatives:
Highlighted Content web part: Can filter by custom metadata and display results, but layout options are limited.
SPFx customization: Build a custom web part or extend the News web part to include Tags in the card template.
Power Automate workaround: Use a flow to copy Tags into a supported property (e.g., Description) that the News web part can display, but this is a hack and not ideal for dynamic updates.
Best practice:
If Tags are critical for UI, SPFx is the recommended approach. Highlighted Content works for filtering but not for rich card layouts.
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