Put in functions.php
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tags-with-commas-in-them
// filter for tags with comma // replace '--' with ', ' in the output - allow tags with comma this way // e.g. save tag as "Fox--Peter" but display thx 2 filters like "Fox, Peter" if(!is_admin()){ // make sure the filters are only called in the frontend function comma_tag_filter($tag_arr){ $tag_arr_new = $tag_arr; if($tag_arr->taxonomy == 'post_tag' && strpos($tag_arr->name, '--')){ $tag_arr_new->name = str_replace('--',', ',$tag_arr->name); } return $tag_arr_new; } add_filter('get_post_tag', 'comma_tag_filter'); function comma_tags_filter($tags_arr){ $tags_arr_new = array(); foreach($tags_arr as $tag_arr){ $tags_arr_new[] = comma_tag_filter($tag_arr); } return $tags_arr_new; } add_filter('get_terms', 'comma_tags_filter'); add_filter('get_the_terms', 'comma_tags_filter'); }