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It's definitely because of the forums.post.loop. The reason it's repeating is that it's looping for every post, therefore it's going to show every time. As for your problem with forums.posts.tags and such, I am not sure. I think it could be perhaps you are trying to place the tag in a place that is looped, so it's only looking for a forums.posts.loop tag in that area. Of course, this could be totally wrong, but that's what I am assuming is your problem.