How Tag Inheritance Works #

When a parent’s GHL contact has tags, those tags are automatically inherited by all linked child accounts. This means children get access to the same tag-restricted content as their parents.

Mechanics #

• Parent tags are copied to children, minus any “parent-only” tags you configure to exclude.
• Inherited tags are tracked separately in _ghl_inherited_tag_ids user meta.
• Tag sync is queue-based and asynchronous for reliability.
• If a child doesn’t have a GHL contact yet, pending tags are stored in _ghl_pending_family_tags and applied when the contact is eventually created.

Tag Removal #

When a child is unlinked from a parent, all inherited tags are removed from the child’s GHL contact via the sync queue.

Content Restrictions #

Inherited tags count toward content restriction checks via the ghl_user_effective_tags filter. This means if a parent has the “premium” tag, their children can also view premium-restricted content.