I discovered that if YAML front matters was not processed. So, if I did something like this:
---
created: 2019-05-21
tags: #wonderful
---
Then #wonderful would not be picked up as a tag.
So, instead, I’ve created a template (using the core plugin) that generates a line like this at the top of the document:
🏷️ 2020-11-12
This allows me to add tags beside the date and seems workable for the moment.
I don’t really use emoji in my notes, so hopefully I’ll be to use regular expressions to revise this slightly hacky way of adding metadata down the line.
In general I think your method will be fine. However I could have sworn I read a posting a few days ago about the YAML header, and how it’s intended for plugin use, and best to stay out of it in terms of manual manipulation. I’m sorry I can’t cite the posting at this time. Perhaps @ryanjamurphy can chime in. I could have been reading a since-deprecated position.
I didn’t find the original post I read about YAML section, but I found this one which suggests a safer way to handle your metadata and still avail yourself of the linking capabilities: