Using django taggit with custom tags

gistfile1.py

class MyTag(TagBase):

    def slugify(self, tag, i=None):
        slug = slughifi(tag)
        if i is not None:
            slug += "_%d" % i
        return slug

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = _("Tag")
        verbose_name_plural = _("Tags")



class MyTagItem(GenericTaggedItemBase):
    tag = models.ForeignKey(MyTag, related_name="items")


# Then in your models
tags = TaggableManager(through=MyTagItem)