tags not showing on custom post type single page

Question

I have a single-events.php and in there i want to show the tags on that post.

I have tried using this but nothing comes up.

I have put it within the loop but still nothing.

This is my code

<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>   
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'single' ); ?>
<h2>Tags</h2>
<?php the_tags(); ?>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

Am i missing something?

Answer 1

You cant display tags on a custom post type if that custom post type doesn't have tags registered. By default the Tags taxonomy is assigned to posts, you will need to register your post type accordingly.

To do so, use the taxonomies parameter:

taxonomies

(array) (optional) An array of registered taxonomies like category or post_tag that will be used with this post type. This can be used in lieu of calling register_taxonomy_for_object_type() directly. Custom taxonomies still need to be registered with register_taxonomy().

Default: no taxonomies

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type