diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
index 99f658e811b..62d8c4080f8 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import {
     DimensionProperty,
     TaggableType,
     DbChartTagJoin,
-    OwidGdoc,
     pick,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import {
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ import {
     DbPlainDataset,
     DbRawPostGdoc,
     PostsGdocsXImagesTableName,
-    DbPlainPostGdocXImage,
     DbInsertPostGdocXImage,
     PostsGdocsLinksTableName,
     PostsGdocsTableName,
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ import {
 import { getDatasetById, setTagsForDataset } from "../db/model/Dataset.js"
 import { getUserById, insertUser, updateUser } from "../db/model/User.js"
 import { GdocPost } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.js"
-import { GdocBase } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.js"
 import {
     syncDatasetToGitRepo,
     removeDatasetFromGitRepo,
@@ -132,10 +129,10 @@ import {
     getAndLoadGdocById,
     getGdocBaseObjectById,
     loadGdocFromGdocBase,
+    setTagsForGdoc,
     updateGdocContentOnly,
     upsertGdoc,
 } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.js"
-import { GdocDataInsight } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocDataInsight.js"
 
 const apiRouter = new FunctionalRouter()
 
@@ -2466,8 +2463,8 @@ postRouteWithRWTransaction(
             gdoc.createdAt = new Date()
             gdoc.publishedAt = post.published_at
             await upsertGdoc(trx, gdoc.toDbRawPostGdoc())
+            await setTagsForGdoc(trx, gdocId, tags)
         }
-
         return { googleDocsId: gdocId }
     }
 )
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
index 6ee9dbed0d7..5a368c5441b 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ import {
     OwidEnrichedGdocBlock,
     OwidGdoc,
     OwidGdocBaseInterface,
-    OwidGdocContent,
     OwidGdocMinimalPostInterface,
     OwidGdocPublicationContext,
     OwidGdocType,
     PostsGdocsTableName,
+    PostsGdocsXTagsTableName,
     checkIsOwidGdocType,
     formatDate,
     parsePostsGdocsRow,
-    serializePostRow,
     serializePostsGdocsRow,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 
@@ -443,6 +442,17 @@ export async function getAndLoadListedGdocPosts(
     return gdocs as GdocPost[]
 }
 
+export async function setTagsForGdoc(
+    knex: KnexReadWriteTransaction,
+    gdocId: string,
+    tagIds: Pick<DbPlainTag, "id">[]
+): Promise<void> {
+    await knex.table(PostsGdocsXTagsTableName).where("gdocId", gdocId).delete()
+    await knex
+        .table(PostsGdocsXTagsTableName)
+        .insert(tagIds.map(({ id: tagId }) => ({ gdocId, tagId })))
+}
+
 export async function upsertGdoc(
     knex: KnexReadWriteTransaction,
     gdoc: DbEnrichedPostGdoc