45 files changed, 691 insertions, 175 deletions

diff --git a/application/bookmark/Bookmark.php b/application/bookmark/Bookmark.php
index 4810c5e6..8aaeb9d8 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/Bookmark.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/Bookmark.php
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ class Bookmark
     /**
      * Initialize a link from array data. Especially useful to create a Bookmark from former link storage format.
      *
-     * @param array $data
+     * @param array  $data
+     * @param string $tagsSeparator Tags separator loaded from the config file.
+     *                              This is a context data, and it should *never* be stored in the Bookmark object.
      *
      * @return $this
      */
-    public function fromArray(array $data): Bookmark
+    public function fromArray(array $data, string $tagsSeparator = ' '): Bookmark
     {
         $this->id = $data['id'] ?? null;
         $this->shortUrl = $data['shorturl'] ?? null;
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ class Bookmark
         if (is_array($data['tags'])) {
             $this->tags = $data['tags'];
         } else {
-            $this->tags = preg_split('/\s+/', $data['tags'] ?? '', -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+            $this->tags = tags_str2array($data['tags'] ?? '', $tagsSeparator);
         }
         if (! empty($data['updated'])) {
             $this->updated = $data['updated'];
@@ -348,7 +350,12 @@ class Bookmark
      */
     public function setTags(?array $tags): Bookmark
     {
-        $this->setTagsString(implode(' ', $tags ?? []));
+        $this->tags = array_map(
+            function (string $tag): string {
+                return $tag[0] === '-' ? substr($tag, 1) : $tag;
+            },
+            tags_filter($tags, ' ')
+        );
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -420,11 +427,13 @@ class Bookmark
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return string Bookmark's tags as a string, separated by a space
+     * @param string $separator Tags separator loaded from the config file.
+     *
+     * @return string Bookmark's tags as a string, separated by a separator
      */
-    public function getTagsString(): string
+    public function getTagsString(string $separator = ' '): string
     {
-        return implode(' ', $this->getTags());
+        return tags_array2str($this->getTags(), $separator);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -444,19 +453,13 @@ class Bookmark
      *   - trailing dash in tags will be removed
      *
      * @param string|null $tags
+     * @param string      $separator Tags separator loaded from the config file.
      *
      * @return $this
      */
-    public function setTagsString(?string $tags): Bookmark
+    public function setTagsString(?string $tags, string $separator = ' '): Bookmark
     {
-        // Remove first '-' char in tags.
-        $tags = preg_replace('/(^| )\-/', '$1', $tags ?? '');
-        // Explode all tags separted by spaces or commas
-        $tags = preg_split('/[\s,]+/', $tags);
-        // Remove eventual empty values
-        $tags = array_values(array_filter($tags));
-
-        $this->tags = $tags;
+        $this->setTags(tags_str2array($tags, $separator));
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ class Bookmark
      */
     public function renameTag(string $fromTag, string $toTag): void
     {
-        if (($pos = array_search($fromTag, $this->tags)) !== false) {
+        if (($pos = array_search($fromTag, $this->tags ?? [])) !== false) {
             $this->tags[$pos] = trim($toTag);
         }
     }
@@ -519,7 +522,7 @@ class Bookmark
      */
     public function deleteTag(string $tag): void
     {
-        if (($pos = array_search($tag, $this->tags)) !== false) {
+        if (($pos = array_search($tag, $this->tags ?? [])) !== false) {
             unset($this->tags[$pos]);
             $this->tags = array_values($this->tags);
         }
diff --git a/application/bookmark/BookmarkFileService.php b/application/bookmark/BookmarkFileService.php
index 3ea98a45..85efeea6 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/BookmarkFileService.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/BookmarkFileService.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class BookmarkFileService implements BookmarkServiceInterface
             }
         }
 
-        $this->bookmarkFilter = new BookmarkFilter($this->bookmarks);
+        $this->bookmarkFilter = new BookmarkFilter($this->bookmarks, $this->conf);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/application/bookmark/BookmarkFilter.php b/application/bookmark/BookmarkFilter.php
index c79386ea..5d8733dc 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/BookmarkFilter.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/BookmarkFilter.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace Shaarli\Bookmark;
 
 use Exception;
 use Shaarli\Bookmark\Exception\BookmarkNotFoundException;
+use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
 
 /**
  * Class LinkFilter.
@@ -58,12 +59,16 @@ class BookmarkFilter
      */
     private $bookmarks;
 
+    /** @var ConfigManager */
+    protected $conf;
+
     /**
      * @param Bookmark[] $bookmarks initialization.
      */
-    public function __construct($bookmarks)
+    public function __construct($bookmarks, ConfigManager $conf)
     {
         $this->bookmarks = $bookmarks;
+        $this->conf = $conf;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -107,10 +112,14 @@ class BookmarkFilter
                     $filtered = $this->bookmarks;
                 }
                 if (!empty($request[0])) {
-                    $filtered = (new BookmarkFilter($filtered))->filterTags($request[0], $casesensitive, $visibility);
+                    $filtered = (new BookmarkFilter($filtered, $this->conf))
+                        ->filterTags($request[0], $casesensitive, $visibility)
+                    ;
                 }
                 if (!empty($request[1])) {
-                    $filtered = (new BookmarkFilter($filtered))->filterFulltext($request[1], $visibility);
+                    $filtered = (new BookmarkFilter($filtered, $this->conf))
+                        ->filterFulltext($request[1], $visibility)
+                    ;
                 }
                 return $filtered;
             case self::$FILTER_TEXT:
@@ -280,8 +289,9 @@ class BookmarkFilter
      *
      * @return string generated regex fragment
      */
-    private static function tag2regex(string $tag): string
+    protected function tag2regex(string $tag): string
     {
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
         $len = strlen($tag);
         if (!$len || $tag === "-" || $tag === "*") {
             // nothing to search, return empty regex
@@ -295,12 +305,13 @@ class BookmarkFilter
             $i = 0; // start at first character
             $regex = '(?='; // use positive lookahead
         }
-        $regex .= '.*(?:^| )'; // before tag may only be a space or the beginning
+        // before tag may only be the separator or the beginning
+        $regex .= '.*(?:^|' . $tagsSeparator . ')';
         // iterate over string, separating it into placeholder and content
         for (; $i < $len; $i++) {
             if ($tag[$i] === '*') {
                 // placeholder found
-                $regex .= '[^ ]*?';
+                $regex .= '[^' . $tagsSeparator . ']*?';
             } else {
                 // regular characters
                 $offset = strpos($tag, '*', $i);
@@ -316,7 +327,8 @@ class BookmarkFilter
                 $i = $offset;
             }
         }
-        $regex .= '(?:$| ))'; // after the tag may only be a space or the end
+        // after the tag may only be the separator or the end
+        $regex .= '(?:$|' . $tagsSeparator . '))';
         return $regex;
     }
 
@@ -334,14 +346,15 @@ class BookmarkFilter
      */
     public function filterTags($tags, bool $casesensitive = false, string $visibility = 'all')
     {
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
         // get single tags (we may get passed an array, even though the docs say different)
         $inputTags = $tags;
         if (!is_array($tags)) {
             // we got an input string, split tags
-            $inputTags = preg_split('/(?:\s+)|,/', $inputTags, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+            $inputTags = tags_str2array($inputTags, $tagsSeparator);
         }
 
-        if (!count($inputTags)) {
+        if (count($inputTags) === 0) {
             // no input tags
             return $this->noFilter($visibility);
         }
@@ -358,7 +371,7 @@ class BookmarkFilter
         }
 
         // build regex from all tags
-        $re = '/^' . implode(array_map("self::tag2regex", $inputTags)) . '.*$/';
+        $re = '/^' . implode(array_map([$this, 'tag2regex'], $inputTags)) . '.*$/';
         if (!$casesensitive) {
             // make regex case insensitive
             $re .= 'i';
@@ -378,7 +391,8 @@ class BookmarkFilter
                     continue;
                 }
             }
-            $search = $link->getTagsString(); // build search string, start with tags of current link
+            // build search string, start with tags of current link
+            $search = $link->getTagsString($tagsSeparator);
             if (strlen(trim($link->getDescription())) && strpos($link->getDescription(), '#') !== false) {
                 // description given and at least one possible tag found
                 $descTags = array();
@@ -390,9 +404,9 @@ class BookmarkFilter
                 );
                 if (count($descTags[1])) {
                     // there were some tags in the description, add them to the search string
-                    $search .= ' ' . implode(' ', $descTags[1]);
+                    $search .= $tagsSeparator . tags_array2str($descTags[1], $tagsSeparator);
                 }
-            };
+            }
             // match regular expression with search string
             if (!preg_match($re, $search)) {
                 // this entry does _not_ match our regex
@@ -422,7 +436,7 @@ class BookmarkFilter
                 }
             }
 
-            if (empty(trim($link->getTagsString()))) {
+            if (empty($link->getTags())) {
                 $filtered[$key] = $link;
             }
         }
@@ -537,10 +551,11 @@ class BookmarkFilter
      */
     protected function buildFullTextSearchableLink(Bookmark $link, array &$lengths): string
     {
+        $tagString = $link->getTagsString($this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
         $content  = mb_convert_case($link->getTitle(), MB_CASE_LOWER, 'UTF-8') .'\\';
         $content .= mb_convert_case($link->getDescription(), MB_CASE_LOWER, 'UTF-8') .'\\';
         $content .= mb_convert_case($link->getUrl(), MB_CASE_LOWER, 'UTF-8') .'\\';
-        $content .= mb_convert_case($link->getTagsString(), MB_CASE_LOWER, 'UTF-8') .'\\';
+        $content .= mb_convert_case($tagString, MB_CASE_LOWER, 'UTF-8') .'\\';
 
         $lengths['title'] = ['start' => 0, 'end' => mb_strlen($link->getTitle())];
         $nextField = $lengths['title']['end'] + 1;
@@ -548,7 +563,7 @@ class BookmarkFilter
         $nextField = $lengths['description']['end'] + 1;
         $lengths['url'] = ['start' => $nextField, 'end' => $nextField + mb_strlen($link->getUrl())];
         $nextField = $lengths['url']['end'] + 1;
-        $lengths['tags'] = ['start' => $nextField, 'end' => $nextField + mb_strlen($link->getTagsString())];
+        $lengths['tags'] = ['start' => $nextField, 'end' => $nextField + mb_strlen($tagString)];
 
         return $content;
     }
diff --git a/application/bookmark/BookmarkInitializer.php b/application/bookmark/BookmarkInitializer.php
index 04b996f3..98dd3f1c 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/BookmarkInitializer.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/BookmarkInitializer.php
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class BookmarkInitializer
     public function initialize(): void
     {
         $bookmark = new Bookmark();
-        $bookmark->setTitle('quicksilver (loop) on Vimeo ' . t('(private bookmark with thumbnail demo)'));
-        $bookmark->setUrl('https://vimeo.com/153493904');
+        $bookmark->setTitle('Calm Jazz Music - YouTube ' . t('(private bookmark with thumbnail demo)'));
+        $bookmark->setUrl('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEUcbPkb-c');
         $bookmark->setDescription(t(
 'Shaarli will automatically pick up the thumbnail for links to a variety of websites.
 
diff --git a/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php b/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
index 17c37979..cf97e3b0 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ function html_extract_tag($tag, $html)
     $properties = implode('|', $propertiesKey);
     // We need a OR here to accept either 'property=og:noquote' or 'property="og:unrelated og:my-tag"'
     $orCondition  = '["\']?(?:og:)?'. $tag .'["\']?|["\'][^\'"]*?(?:og:)?' . $tag . '[^\'"]*?[\'"]';
-    // Try to retrieve OpenGraph image.
-    $ogRegex = '#<meta[^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=(?:'. $orCondition .')[^>]*content=["\'](.*?)["\'].*?>#';
+    // Try to retrieve OpenGraph tag.
+    $ogRegex = '#<meta[^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=(?:'. $orCondition .')[^>]*content=(["\'])([^\1]*?)\1.*?>#';
     // If the attributes are not in the order property => content (e.g. Github)
     // New regex to keep this readable... more or less.
-    $ogRegexReverse = '#<meta[^>]+content=["\'](.*?)["\'][^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=(?:'. $orCondition .').*?>#';
+    $ogRegexReverse = '#<meta[^>]+content=(["\'])([^\1]*?)\1[^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=(?:'. $orCondition .').*?>#';
 
     if (preg_match($ogRegex, $html, $matches) > 0
         || preg_match($ogRegexReverse, $html, $matches) > 0
     ) {
-        return $matches[1];
+        return $matches[2];
     }
 
     return false;
@@ -176,3 +176,49 @@ function is_note($linkUrl)
 {
     return isset($linkUrl[0]) && $linkUrl[0] === '?';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Extract an array of tags from a given tag string, with provided separator.
+ *
+ * @param string|null $tags      String containing a list of tags separated by $separator.
+ * @param string      $separator Shaarli's default: ' ' (whitespace)
+ *
+ * @return array List of tags
+ */
+function tags_str2array(?string $tags, string $separator): array
+{
+    // For whitespaces, we use the special \s regex character
+    $separator = $separator === ' ' ? '\s' : $separator;
+
+    return preg_split('/\s*' . $separator . '+\s*/', trim($tags) ?? '', -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return a tag string with provided separator from a list of tags.
+ * Note that given array is clean up by tags_filter().
+ *
+ * @param array|null $tags      List of tags
+ * @param string     $separator
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function tags_array2str(?array $tags, string $separator): string
+{
+    return implode($separator, tags_filter($tags, $separator));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clean an array of tags: trim + remove empty entries
+ *
+ * @param array|null $tags List of tags
+ * @param string     $separator
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+function tags_filter(?array $tags, string $separator): array
+{
+    $trimDefault = " \t\n\r\0\x0B";
+    return array_values(array_filter(array_map(function (string $entry) use ($separator, $trimDefault): string {
+        return trim($entry, $trimDefault . $separator);
+    }, $tags ?? [])));
+}
diff --git a/application/config/ConfigManager.php b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
index fb085023..a035baae 100644
--- a/application/config/ConfigManager.php
+++ b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ class ConfigManager
         $this->setEmpty('general.default_note_title', 'Note: ');
         $this->setEmpty('general.retrieve_description', true);
         $this->setEmpty('general.enable_async_metadata', true);
+        $this->setEmpty('general.tags_separator', ' ');
 
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates', false);
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates_branch', 'stable');
diff --git a/application/formatter/BookmarkDefaultFormatter.php b/application/formatter/BookmarkDefaultFormatter.php
index 149a3eb9..51bea0f1 100644
--- a/application/formatter/BookmarkDefaultFormatter.php
+++ b/application/formatter/BookmarkDefaultFormatter.php
@@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ class BookmarkDefaultFormatter extends BookmarkFormatter
      */
     protected function formatTagListHtml($bookmark)
     {
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
         if (empty($bookmark->getAdditionalContentEntry('search_highlight')['tags'])) {
             return $this->formatTagList($bookmark);
         }
 
         $tags = $this->tokenizeSearchHighlightField(
-            $bookmark->getTagsString(),
+            $bookmark->getTagsString($tagsSeparator),
             $bookmark->getAdditionalContentEntry('search_highlight')['tags']
         );
-        $tags = $this->filterTagList(explode(' ', $tags));
+        $tags = $this->filterTagList(tags_str2array($tags, $tagsSeparator));
         $tags = escape($tags);
         $tags = $this->replaceTokensArray($tags);
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class BookmarkDefaultFormatter extends BookmarkFormatter
      */
     protected function formatTagString($bookmark)
     {
-        return implode(' ', $this->formatTagList($bookmark));
+        return implode($this->conf->get('general.tags_separator'), $this->formatTagList($bookmark));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/application/formatter/BookmarkFormatter.php b/application/formatter/BookmarkFormatter.php
index e1b7f705..124ce78b 100644
--- a/application/formatter/BookmarkFormatter.php
+++ b/application/formatter/BookmarkFormatter.php
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ abstract class BookmarkFormatter
      */
     protected function formatTagString($bookmark)
     {
-        return implode(' ', $this->formatTagList($bookmark));
+        return implode($this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '), $this->formatTagList($bookmark));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ abstract class BookmarkFormatter
 
     /**
      * Format tag list, e.g. remove private tags if the user is not logged in.
+     * TODO: this method is called multiple time to format tags, the result should be cached.
      *
      * @param array $tags
      *
diff --git a/application/front/controller/admin/ManageTagController.php b/application/front/controller/admin/ManageTagController.php
index 2065c3e2..22fb461c 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/admin/ManageTagController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/admin/ManageTagController.php
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ class ManageTagController extends ShaarliAdminController
         $fromTag = $request->getParam('fromtag') ?? '';
 
         $this->assignView('fromtag', escape($fromTag));
+        $separator = escape($this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
+        if ($separator === ' ') {
+            $separator = '&nbsp;';
+            $this->assignView('tags_separator_desc', t('whitespace'));
+        }
+        $this->assignView('tags_separator', $separator);
         $this->assignView(
             'pagetitle',
             t('Manage tags') .' - '. $this->container->conf->get('general.title', 'Shaarli')
@@ -85,4 +91,31 @@ class ManageTagController extends ShaarliAdminController
 
         return $this->redirect($response, $redirect);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * POST /admin/tags/change-separator - Change tag separator
+     */
+    public function changeSeparator(Request $request, Response $response): Response
+    {
+        $this->checkToken($request);
+
+        $reservedCharacters = ['-', '.', '*'];
+        $newSeparator = $request->getParam('separator');
+        if ($newSeparator === null || mb_strlen($newSeparator) !== 1) {
+            $this->saveErrorMessage(t('Tags separator must be a single character.'));
+        } elseif (in_array($newSeparator, $reservedCharacters, true)) {
+            $reservedCharacters = implode(' ', array_map(function (string $character) {
+                return '<code>' . $character . '</code>';
+            }, $reservedCharacters));
+            $this->saveErrorMessage(
+                t('These characters are reserved and can\'t be used as tags separator: ') . $reservedCharacters
+            );
+        } else {
+            $this->container->conf->set('general.tags_separator', $newSeparator, true, true);
+
+            $this->saveSuccessMessage('Your tags separator setting has been updated!');
+        }
+
+        return $this->redirect($response, '/admin/tags');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/application/front/controller/admin/ShaareManageController.php b/application/front/controller/admin/ShaareManageController.php
index 2ed298f5..0b143172 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/admin/ShaareManageController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/admin/ShaareManageController.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ShaareManageController extends ShaarliAdminController
             // To preserve backward compatibility with 3rd parties, plugins still use arrays
             $data = $formatter->format($bookmark);
             $this->executePageHooks('save_link', $data);
-            $bookmark->fromArray($data);
+            $bookmark->fromArray($data, $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
 
             $this->container->bookmarkService->set($bookmark, false);
             ++$count;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class ShaareManageController extends ShaarliAdminController
         // To preserve backward compatibility with 3rd parties, plugins still use arrays
         $data = $formatter->format($bookmark);
         $this->executePageHooks('save_link', $data);
-        $bookmark->fromArray($data);
+        $bookmark->fromArray($data, $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
 
         $this->container->bookmarkService->set($bookmark);
 
diff --git a/application/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishController.php b/application/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishController.php
index 18afc2d1..625a5680 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishController.php
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ class ShaarePublishController extends ShaarliAdminController
         $bookmark->setDescription($request->getParam('lf_description'));
         $bookmark->setUrl($request->getParam('lf_url'), $this->container->conf->get('security.allowed_protocols', []));
         $bookmark->setPrivate(filter_var($request->getParam('lf_private'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN));
-        $bookmark->setTagsString($request->getParam('lf_tags'));
+        $bookmark->setTagsString(
+            $request->getParam('lf_tags'),
+            $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ')
+        );
 
         if ($this->container->conf->get('thumbnails.mode', Thumbnailer::MODE_NONE) !== Thumbnailer::MODE_NONE
             && true !== $this->container->conf->get('general.enable_async_metadata', true)
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ class ShaarePublishController extends ShaarliAdminController
         $data = $formatter->format($bookmark);
         $this->executePageHooks('save_link', $data);
 
-        $bookmark->fromArray($data);
+        $bookmark->fromArray($data, $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
         $this->container->bookmarkService->set($bookmark);
 
         // If we are called from the bookmarklet, we must close the popup:
@@ -221,6 +224,11 @@ class ShaarePublishController extends ShaarliAdminController
 
     protected function buildFormData(array $link, bool $isNew, Request $request): array
     {
+        $link['tags'] = strlen($link['tags']) > 0
+            ? $link['tags'] . $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ')
+            : $link['tags']
+        ;
+
         return escape([
             'link' => $link,
             'link_is_new' => $isNew,
diff --git a/application/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListController.php b/application/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListController.php
index 78c474c9..cc3837ce 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListController.php
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ class BookmarkListController extends ShaarliVisitorController
             $next_page_url = '?page=' . ($page - 1) . $searchtermUrl . $searchtagsUrl;
         }
 
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
+        $searchTagsUrlEncoded = array_map('urlencode', tags_str2array($searchTags, $tagsSeparator));
+        $searchTags = !empty($searchTags) ? trim($searchTags, $tagsSeparator) . $tagsSeparator : '';
+
         // Fill all template fields.
         $data = array_merge(
             $this->initializeTemplateVars(),
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ class BookmarkListController extends ShaarliVisitorController
                 'result_count' => count($linksToDisplay),
                 'search_term' => escape($searchTerm),
                 'search_tags' => escape($searchTags),
-                'search_tags_url' => array_map('urlencode', explode(' ', $searchTags)),
+                'search_tags_url' => $searchTagsUrlEncoded,
                 'visibility' => $visibility,
                 'links' => $linkDisp,
             ]
@@ -119,8 +123,9 @@ class BookmarkListController extends ShaarliVisitorController
                 return '[' . $tag . ']';
             };
             $data['pagetitle'] .= ! empty($searchTags)
-                ? implode(' ', array_map($bracketWrap, preg_split('/\s+/', $searchTags))) . ' '
-                : '';
+                ? implode(' ', array_map($bracketWrap, tags_str2array($searchTags, $tagsSeparator))) . ' '
+                : ''
+            ;
             $data['pagetitle'] .= '- ';
         }
 
diff --git a/application/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudController.php b/application/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudController.php
index 76ed7690..560cad08 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudController.php
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ class TagCloudController extends ShaarliVisitorController
      */
     protected function processRequest(string $type, Request $request, Response $response): Response
     {
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
         if ($this->container->loginManager->isLoggedIn() === true) {
             $visibility = $this->container->sessionManager->getSessionParameter('visibility');
         }
 
         $sort = $request->getQueryParam('sort');
         $searchTags = $request->getQueryParam('searchtags');
-        $filteringTags = $searchTags !== null ? explode(' ', $searchTags) : [];
+        $filteringTags = $searchTags !== null ? explode($tagsSeparator, $searchTags) : [];
 
         $tags = $this->container->bookmarkService->bookmarksCountPerTag($filteringTags, $visibility ?? null);
 
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ class TagCloudController extends ShaarliVisitorController
             $tagsUrl[escape($tag)] = urlencode((string) $tag);
         }
 
-        $searchTags = implode(' ', escape($filteringTags));
-        $searchTagsUrl = urlencode(implode(' ', $filteringTags));
+        $searchTags = tags_array2str($filteringTags, $tagsSeparator);
+        $searchTags = !empty($searchTags) ? trim($searchTags, $tagsSeparator) . $tagsSeparator : '';
+        $searchTagsUrl = urlencode($searchTags);
         $data = [
             'search_tags' => escape($searchTags),
             'search_tags_url' => $searchTagsUrl,
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class TagCloudController extends ShaarliVisitorController
         $this->executePageHooks('render_tag' . $type, $data, 'tag.' . $type);
         $this->assignAllView($data);
 
-        $searchTags = !empty($searchTags) ? $searchTags .' - ' : '';
+        $searchTags = !empty($searchTags) ? trim(str_replace($tagsSeparator, ' ', $searchTags)) .' - ' : '';
         $this->assignView(
             'pagetitle',
             $searchTags . t('Tag '. $type) .' - '. $this->container->conf->get('general.title', 'Shaarli')
diff --git a/application/front/controller/visitor/TagController.php b/application/front/controller/visitor/TagController.php
index de4e7ea2..7a3377a7 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/visitor/TagController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/visitor/TagController.php
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ class TagController extends ShaarliVisitorController
             unset($params['addtag']);
         }
 
+        $tagsSeparator = $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
         // Check if this tag is already in the search query and ignore it if it is.
         // Each tag is always separated by a space
-        $currentTags = isset($params['searchtags']) ? explode(' ', $params['searchtags']) : [];
+        $currentTags = tags_str2array($params['searchtags'] ?? '', $tagsSeparator);
 
         $addtag = true;
         foreach ($currentTags as $value) {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class TagController extends ShaarliVisitorController
             $currentTags[] = trim($newTag);
         }
 
-        $params['searchtags'] = trim(implode(' ', $currentTags));
+        $params['searchtags'] = tags_array2str($currentTags, $tagsSeparator);
 
         // We also remove page (keeping the same page has no sense, since the results are different)
         unset($params['page']);
@@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ class TagController extends ShaarliVisitorController
         }
 
         if (isset($params['searchtags'])) {
-            $tags = explode(' ', $params['searchtags']);
+            $tagsSeparator = $this->container->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ');
+            $tags = tags_str2array($params['searchtags'] ?? '', $tagsSeparator);
             // Remove value from array $tags.
             $tags = array_diff($tags, [$tagToRemove]);
-            $params['searchtags'] = implode(' ', $tags);
+            $params['searchtags'] = tags_array2str($tags, $tagsSeparator);
 
             if (empty($params['searchtags'])) {
                 unset($params['searchtags']);
diff --git a/application/http/HttpAccess.php b/application/http/HttpAccess.php
index 646a5264..e80e0c01 100644
--- a/application/http/HttpAccess.php
+++ b/application/http/HttpAccess.php
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ class HttpAccess
         &$title,
         &$description,
         &$keywords,
-        $retrieveDescription
+        $retrieveDescription,
+        $tagsSeparator
     ) {
         return get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $description,
             $keywords,
-            $retrieveDescription
+            $retrieveDescription,
+            $tagsSeparator
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/application/http/HttpUtils.php b/application/http/HttpUtils.php
index 28c12969..ed1002b0 100644
--- a/application/http/HttpUtils.php
+++ b/application/http/HttpUtils.php
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
     &$title,
     &$description,
     &$keywords,
-    $retrieveDescription
+    $retrieveDescription,
+    $tagsSeparator
 ) {
     $currentChunk = 0;
     $foundChunk = null;
@@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
      */
     return function ($ch, $data) use (
         $retrieveDescription,
+        $tagsSeparator,
         &$charset,
         &$title,
         &$description,
@@ -598,10 +600,10 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
             if (! empty($keywords)) {
                 $foundChunk = $currentChunk;
                 // Keywords use the format tag1, tag2 multiple words, tag
-                // So we format them to match Shaarli's separator and glue multiple words with '-'
-                $keywords = implode(' ', array_map(function($keyword) {
-                    return implode('-', preg_split('/\s+/', trim($keyword)));
-                }, explode(',', $keywords)));
+                // So we split the result with `,`, then if a tag contains the separator we replace it by `-`.
+                $keywords = tags_array2str(array_map(function(string $keyword) use ($tagsSeparator): string {
+                    return tags_array2str(tags_str2array($keyword, $tagsSeparator), '-');
+                }, tags_str2array($keywords, ',')), $tagsSeparator);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php b/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php
index ba9bd40c..2e1401ec 100644
--- a/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php
+++ b/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class MetadataRetriever
         $title = null;
         $description = null;
         $tags = null;
-        $retrieveDescription = $this->conf->get('general.retrieve_description');
 
         // Short timeout to keep the application responsive
         // The callback will fill $charset and $title with data from the downloaded page.
@@ -52,7 +51,8 @@ class MetadataRetriever
                 $title,
                 $description,
                 $tags,
-                $retrieveDescription
+                $this->conf->get('general.retrieve_description'),
+                $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ')
             )
         );
 
diff --git a/application/legacy/LegacyUpdater.php b/application/legacy/LegacyUpdater.php
index fe1a286f..ed949b1e 100644
--- a/application/legacy/LegacyUpdater.php
+++ b/application/legacy/LegacyUpdater.php
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class LegacyUpdater
 
         $linksArray = new BookmarkArray();
         foreach ($this->linkDB as $key => $link) {
-            $linksArray[$key] = (new Bookmark())->fromArray($link);
+            $linksArray[$key] = (new Bookmark())->fromArray($link, $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
         }
         $linksIo = new BookmarkIO($this->conf);
         $linksIo->write($linksArray);
diff --git a/application/netscape/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php b/application/netscape/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
index b83f16f8..6ca728b7 100644
--- a/application/netscape/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
+++ b/application/netscape/NetscapeBookmarkUtils.php
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ class NetscapeBookmarkUtils
 
         // Add tags to all imported bookmarks?
         if (empty($post['default_tags'])) {
-            $defaultTags = array();
+            $defaultTags = [];
         } else {
-            $defaultTags = preg_split(
-                '/[\s,]+/',
-                escape($post['default_tags'])
+            $defaultTags = tags_str2array(
+                escape($post['default_tags']),
+                $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' ')
             );
         }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class NetscapeBookmarkUtils
             $link->setUrl($bkm['uri'], $this->conf->get('security.allowed_protocols'));
             $link->setDescription($bkm['note']);
             $link->setPrivate($private);
-            $link->setTagsString($bkm['tags']);
+            $link->setTags($bkm['tags']);
 
             $this->bookmarkService->addOrSet($link, false);
             $importCount++;
diff --git a/application/render/PageBuilder.php b/application/render/PageBuilder.php
index c2fae705..bf0ae326 100644
--- a/application/render/PageBuilder.php
+++ b/application/render/PageBuilder.php
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class PageBuilder
         $this->tpl->assign('formatter', $this->conf->get('formatter', 'default'));
 
         $this->tpl->assign('links_per_page', $this->session['LINKS_PER_PAGE'] ?? 20);
+        $this->tpl->assign('tags_separator', $this->conf->get('general.tags_separator', ' '));
 
         // To be removed with a proper theme configuration.
         $this->tpl->assign('conf', $this->conf);
diff --git a/assets/default/js/base.js b/assets/default/js/base.js
index 66badfb2..dd532bb7 100644
--- a/assets/default/js/base.js
+++ b/assets/default/js/base.js
@@ -42,19 +42,21 @@ function refreshToken(basePath, callback) {
   xhr.send();
 }
 
-function createAwesompleteInstance(element, tags = []) {
+function createAwesompleteInstance(element, separator, tags = []) {
   const awesome = new Awesomplete(Awesomplete.$(element));
-  // Tags are separated by a space
-  awesome.filter = (text, input) => Awesomplete.FILTER_CONTAINS(text, input.match(/[^ ]*$/)[0]);
+
+  // Tags are separated by separator
+  awesome.filter = (text, input) => Awesomplete.FILTER_CONTAINS(text, input.match(new RegExp(`[^${separator}]*$`))[0]);
   // Insert new selected tag in the input
   awesome.replace = (text) => {
-    const before = awesome.input.value.match(/^.+ \s*|/)[0];
-    awesome.input.value = `${before}${text} `;
+    const before = awesome.input.value.match(new RegExp(`^.+${separator}+|`))[0];
+    awesome.input.value = `${before}${text}${separator}`;
   };
   // Highlight found items
-  awesome.item = (text, input) => Awesomplete.ITEM(text, input.match(/[^ ]*$/)[0]);
+  awesome.item = (text, input) => Awesomplete.ITEM(text, input.match(new RegExp(`[^${separator}]*$`))[0]);
   // Don't display already selected items
-  const reg = /(\w+) /g;
+  // WARNING: pseudo classes does not seem to work with string litterals...
+  const reg = new RegExp(`([^${separator}]+)${separator}`, 'g');
   let match;
   awesome.data = (item, input) => {
     while ((match = reg.exec(input))) {
@@ -78,13 +80,14 @@ function createAwesompleteInstance(element, tags = []) {
  * @param selector  CSS selector
  * @param tags      Array of tags
  * @param instances List of existing awesomplete instances
+ * @param separator Tags separator character
  */
-function updateAwesompleteList(selector, tags, instances) {
+function updateAwesompleteList(selector, tags, instances, separator) {
   if (instances.length === 0) {
     // First load: create Awesomplete instances
     const elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
     [...elements].forEach((element) => {
-      instances.push(createAwesompleteInstance(element, tags));
+      instances.push(createAwesompleteInstance(element, separator, tags));
     });
   } else {
     // Update awesomplete tag list
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ function init(description) {
 
 (() => {
   const basePath = document.querySelector('input[name="js_base_path"]').value;
+  const tagsSeparatorElement = document.querySelector('input[name="tags_separator"]');
+  const tagsSeparator = tagsSeparatorElement ? tagsSeparatorElement.value || ' ' : ' ';
 
   /**
    * Handle responsive menu.
@@ -575,7 +580,7 @@ function init(description) {
 
           // Refresh awesomplete values
           existingTags = existingTags.map((tag) => (tag === fromtag ? totag : tag));
-          awesomepletes = updateAwesompleteList('.rename-tag-input', existingTags, awesomepletes);
+          awesomepletes = updateAwesompleteList('.rename-tag-input', existingTags, awesomepletes, tagsSeparator);
         }
       };
       xhr.send(`renametag=1&fromtag=${fromtagUrl}&totag=${encodeURIComponent(totag)}&token=${refreshedToken}`);
@@ -615,14 +620,14 @@ function init(description) {
         refreshToken(basePath);
 
         existingTags = existingTags.filter((tagItem) => tagItem !== tag);
-        awesomepletes = updateAwesompleteList('.rename-tag-input', existingTags, awesomepletes);
+        awesomepletes = updateAwesompleteList('.rename-tag-input', existingTags, awesomepletes, tagsSeparator);
       }
     });
   });
 
   const autocompleteFields = document.querySelectorAll('input[data-multiple]');
   [...autocompleteFields].forEach((autocompleteField) => {
-    awesomepletes.push(createAwesompleteInstance(autocompleteField));
+    awesomepletes.push(createAwesompleteInstance(autocompleteField, tagsSeparator));
   });
 
   const exportForm = document.querySelector('#exportform');
diff --git a/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss b/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
index 3404ce12..cc8ccc1e 100644
--- a/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
+++ b/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ body,
   }
 }
 
+.page-form,
+.pure-alert {
+  code {
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0 2px;
+    color: $dark-grey;
+    background-color: var(--background-color);
+  }
+}
+
 // Make pure-extras alert closable.
 .pure-alert-closable {
   .fa-times {
diff --git a/assets/vintage/js/base.js b/assets/vintage/js/base.js
index 66830b59..55f1c37d 100644
--- a/assets/vintage/js/base.js
+++ b/assets/vintage/js/base.js
@@ -2,29 +2,38 @@ import Awesomplete from 'awesomplete';
 import 'awesomplete/awesomplete.css';
 
 (() => {
-  const awp = Awesomplete.$;
   const autocompleteFields = document.querySelectorAll('input[data-multiple]');
+  const tagsSeparatorElement = document.querySelector('input[name="tags_separator"]');
+  const tagsSeparator = tagsSeparatorElement ? tagsSeparatorElement.value || ' ' : ' ';
+
   [...autocompleteFields].forEach((autocompleteField) => {
-    const awesomplete = new Awesomplete(awp(autocompleteField));
-    awesomplete.filter = (text, input) => Awesomplete.FILTER_CONTAINS(text, input.match(/[^ ]*$/)[0]);
-    awesomplete.replace = (text) => {
-      const before = awesomplete.input.value.match(/^.+ \s*|/)[0];
-      awesomplete.input.value = `${before}${text} `;
+    const awesome = new Awesomplete(Awesomplete.$(autocompleteField));
+
+    // Tags are separated by separator
+    awesome.filter = (text, input) => Awesomplete.FILTER_CONTAINS(
+      text,
+      input.match(new RegExp(`[^${tagsSeparator}]*$`))[0],
+    );
+    // Insert new selected tag in the input
+    awesome.replace = (text) => {
+      const before = awesome.input.value.match(new RegExp(`^.+${tagsSeparator}+|`))[0];
+      awesome.input.value = `${before}${text}${tagsSeparator}`;
     };
-    awesomplete.minChars = 1;
+    // Highlight found items
+    awesome.item = (text, input) => Awesomplete.ITEM(text, input.match(new RegExp(`[^${tagsSeparator}]*$`))[0]);
 
-    autocompleteField.addEventListener('input', () => {
-      const proposedTags = autocompleteField.getAttribute('data-list').replace(/,/g, '').split(' ');
-      const reg = /(\w+) /g;
-      let match;
-      while ((match = reg.exec(autocompleteField.value)) !== null) {
-        const id = proposedTags.indexOf(match[1]);
-        if (id !== -1) {
-          proposedTags.splice(id, 1);
+    // Don't display already selected items
+    // WARNING: pseudo classes does not seem to work with string litterals...
+    const reg = new RegExp(`([^${tagsSeparator}]+)${tagsSeparator}`, 'g');
+    let match;
+    awesome.data = (item, input) => {
+      while ((match = reg.exec(input))) {
+        if (item === match[1]) {
+          return '';
         }
       }
-
-      awesomplete.list = proposedTags;
-    });
+      return item;
+    };
+    awesome.minChars = 1;
   });
 })();
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 94492586..138319ca 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "katzgrau/klogger": "^1.2",
         "malkusch/lock": "^2.1",
         "pubsubhubbub/publisher": "dev-master",
-        "shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser": "^2.1",
+        "shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser": "^3.0",
         "slim/slim": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3c89036f..0023df88 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "61360efbb2e1ba4c4fe00ce1f7a78ec5",
+    "content-hash": "83852dec81e299a117a81206a5091472",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "arthurhoaro/web-thumbnailer",
@@ -786,24 +786,25 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser",
-            "version": "v2.2.0",
+            "version": "v3.0.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser.git",
-                "reference": "432a010af2bb1832d6fbc4763e6b0100b980a1df"
+                "reference": "d2321f30413944b2d0a9844bf8cc588c71ae6305"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser/zipball/432a010af2bb1832d6fbc4763e6b0100b980a1df",
-                "reference": "432a010af2bb1832d6fbc4763e6b0100b980a1df",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser/zipball/d2321f30413944b2d0a9844bf8cc588c71ae6305",
+                "reference": "d2321f30413944b2d0a9844bf8cc588c71ae6305",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "katzgrau/klogger": "~1.0",
-                "php": ">=5.6"
+                "php": ">=7.1"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.0"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.0 || ^8.0 || ^9.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.5"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "autoload": {
@@ -839,9 +840,9 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser/tree/v2.2.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/shaarli/netscape-bookmark-parser/tree/v3.0.1"
             },
-            "time": "2020-06-06T15:53:53+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-11-03T12:27:58+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "slim/slim",
@@ -1713,12 +1714,12 @@
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/Roave/SecurityAdvisories.git",
-                "reference": "ba5d234b3a1559321b816b64aafc2ce6728799ff"
+                "reference": "065a018d3b5c2c84a53db3347cca4e1b7fa362a6"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Roave/SecurityAdvisories/zipball/ba5d234b3a1559321b816b64aafc2ce6728799ff",
-                "reference": "ba5d234b3a1559321b816b64aafc2ce6728799ff",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Roave/SecurityAdvisories/zipball/065a018d3b5c2c84a53db3347cca4e1b7fa362a6",
+                "reference": "065a018d3b5c2c84a53db3347cca4e1b7fa362a6",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "conflict": {
@@ -1734,7 +1735,7 @@
                 "bagisto/bagisto": "<0.1.5",
                 "barrelstrength/sprout-base-email": "<1.2.7",
                 "barrelstrength/sprout-forms": "<3.9",
-                "baserproject/basercms": ">=4,<=4.3.6",
+                "baserproject/basercms": ">=4,<=4.3.6|>=4.4,<4.4.1",
                 "bolt/bolt": "<3.7.1",
                 "brightlocal/phpwhois": "<=4.2.5",
                 "buddypress/buddypress": "<5.1.2",
@@ -1818,6 +1819,7 @@
                 "magento/magento1ee": ">=1,<1.14.4.3",
                 "magento/product-community-edition": ">=2,<2.2.10|>=2.3,<2.3.2-p.2",
                 "marcwillmann/turn": "<0.3.3",
+                "mediawiki/core": ">=1.31,<1.31.9|>=1.32,<1.32.4|>=1.33,<1.33.3|>=1.34,<1.34.3|>=1.34.99,<1.35",
                 "mittwald/typo3_forum": "<1.2.1",
                 "monolog/monolog": ">=1.8,<1.12",
                 "namshi/jose": "<2.2",
@@ -1832,7 +1834,8 @@
                 "onelogin/php-saml": "<2.10.4",
                 "oneup/uploader-bundle": "<1.9.3|>=2,<2.1.5",
                 "openid/php-openid": "<2.3",
-                "openmage/magento-lts": "<19.4.6|>=20,<20.0.2",
+                "openmage/magento-lts": "<19.4.8|>=20,<20.0.4",
+                "orchid/platform": ">=9,<9.4.4",
                 "oro/crm": ">=1.7,<1.7.4",
                 "oro/platform": ">=1.7,<1.7.4",
                 "padraic/humbug_get_contents": "<1.1.2",
@@ -1867,8 +1870,8 @@
                 "scheb/two-factor-bundle": ">=0,<3.26|>=4,<4.11",
                 "sensiolabs/connect": "<4.2.3",
                 "serluck/phpwhois": "<=4.2.6",
-                "shopware/core": "<=6.3.1",
-                "shopware/platform": "<=6.3.1",
+                "shopware/core": "<=6.3.2",
+                "shopware/platform": "<=6.3.2",
                 "shopware/shopware": "<5.3.7",
                 "silverstripe/admin": ">=1.0.3,<1.0.4|>=1.1,<1.1.1",
                 "silverstripe/assets": ">=1,<1.4.7|>=1.5,<1.5.2",
@@ -1901,7 +1904,7 @@
                 "sylius/grid": ">=1,<1.1.19|>=1.2,<1.2.18|>=1.3,<1.3.13|>=1.4,<1.4.5|>=1.5,<1.5.1",
                 "sylius/grid-bundle": ">=1,<1.1.19|>=1.2,<1.2.18|>=1.3,<1.3.13|>=1.4,<1.4.5|>=1.5,<1.5.1",
                 "sylius/resource-bundle": "<1.3.14|>=1.4,<1.4.7|>=1.5,<1.5.2|>=1.6,<1.6.4",
-                "sylius/sylius": "<1.3.16|>=1.4,<1.4.12|>=1.5,<1.5.9|>=1.6,<1.6.5",
+                "sylius/sylius": "<1.6.9|>=1.7,<1.7.9|>=1.8,<1.8.3",
                 "symbiote/silverstripe-multivaluefield": ">=3,<3.0.99",
                 "symbiote/silverstripe-versionedfiles": "<=2.0.3",
                 "symfony/cache": ">=3.1,<3.4.35|>=4,<4.2.12|>=4.3,<4.3.8",
@@ -2018,7 +2021,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2020-10-08T21:02:27+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-11-01T20:01:47+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "sebastian/code-unit-reverse-lookup",
@@ -2632,16 +2635,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.5.6",
+            "version": "3.5.8",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "e97627871a7eab2f70e59166072a6b767d5834e0"
+                "reference": "9d583721a7157ee997f235f327de038e7ea6dac4"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/e97627871a7eab2f70e59166072a6b767d5834e0",
-                "reference": "e97627871a7eab2f70e59166072a6b767d5834e0",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/9d583721a7157ee997f235f327de038e7ea6dac4",
+                "reference": "9d583721a7157ee997f235f327de038e7ea6dac4",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2684,24 +2687,24 @@
                 "source": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer",
                 "wiki": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki"
             },
-            "time": "2020-08-10T04:50:15+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-10-23T02:01:07+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-ctype",
-            "version": "v1.18.1",
+            "version": "v1.20.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype.git",
-                "reference": "1c302646f6efc070cd46856e600e5e0684d6b454"
+                "reference": "f4ba089a5b6366e453971d3aad5fe8e897b37f41"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-ctype/zipball/1c302646f6efc070cd46856e600e5e0684d6b454",
-                "reference": "1c302646f6efc070cd46856e600e5e0684d6b454",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-ctype/zipball/f4ba089a5b6366e453971d3aad5fe8e897b37f41",
+                "reference": "f4ba089a5b6366e453971d3aad5fe8e897b37f41",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "php": ">=5.3.3"
+                "php": ">=7.1"
             },
             "suggest": {
                 "ext-ctype": "For best performance"
@@ -2709,7 +2712,7 @@
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "1.18-dev"
+                    "dev-main": "1.20-dev"
                 },
                 "thanks": {
                     "name": "symfony/polyfill",
@@ -2747,7 +2750,7 @@
                 "portable"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype/tree/v1.18.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype/tree/v1.20.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -2763,7 +2766,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2020-07-14T12:35:20+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-10-23T14:02:19+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "theseer/tokenizer",
diff --git a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
index 99084728..b1326cce 100644
--- a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
+++ b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Some settings can be configured directly from a web browser by accesing the `Too
         "timezone": "Europe\/Paris",
         "title": "My Shaarli",
         "header_link": "?"
+        "tags_separator": " "
     },
     "dev": {
         "debug": false,
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ _These settings should not be edited_
 - **enable_async_metadata** (boolean): Retrieve external bookmark metadata asynchronously to prevent bookmark creation slowdown.
 - **retrieve_description** (boolean): If set to true, for every new Shaare Shaarli will try to retrieve the description and keywords from the HTML meta tags.
 - **root_url**: Overrides automatic discovery of Shaarli instance's URL (e.g.) `https://sub.domain.tld/shaarli-folder/`.
+- **tags_separator**: Defines your tags separator (default: whitespace).
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 4b5602ac..8fe86236 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ $app->group('/admin', function () {
     $this->post('/configure', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ConfigureController:save');
     $this->get('/tags', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ManageTagController:index');
     $this->post('/tags', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ManageTagController:save');
+    $this->post('/tags/change-separator', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ManageTagController:changeSeparator');
     $this->get('/add-shaare', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ShaareAddController:addShaare');
     $this->get('/shaare', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ShaarePublishController:displayCreateForm');
     $this->get('/shaare/{id:[0-9]+}', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ShaarePublishController:displayEditForm');
diff --git a/tests/bookmark/BookmarkFilterTest.php b/tests/bookmark/BookmarkFilterTest.php
index 574d8e3f..835674f2 100644
--- a/tests/bookmark/BookmarkFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/bookmark/BookmarkFilterTest.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class BookmarkFilterTest extends TestCase
         self::$refDB->write(self::$testDatastore);
         $history = new History('sandbox/history.php');
         self::$bookmarkService = new \FakeBookmarkService($conf, $history, $mutex, true);
-        self::$linkFilter = new BookmarkFilter(self::$bookmarkService->getBookmarks());
+        self::$linkFilter = new BookmarkFilter(self::$bookmarkService->getBookmarks(), $conf);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/bookmark/BookmarkTest.php b/tests/bookmark/BookmarkTest.php
index 4c1ae25d..cb91b26b 100644
--- a/tests/bookmark/BookmarkTest.php
+++ b/tests/bookmark/BookmarkTest.php
@@ -79,6 +79,23 @@ class BookmarkTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test fromArray() with a link with a custom tags separator
+     */
+    public function testFromArrayCustomTagsSeparator()
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'id' => 1,
+            'tags' => ['tag1', 'tag2', 'chair'],
+        ];
+
+        $bookmark = (new Bookmark())->fromArray($data, '@');
+        $this->assertEquals($data['id'], $bookmark->getId());
+        $this->assertEquals($data['tags'], $bookmark->getTags());
+        $this->assertEquals('tag1@tag2@chair', $bookmark->getTagsString('@'));
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Test validate() with a valid minimal bookmark
      */
     public function testValidateValidFullBookmark()
@@ -252,7 +269,7 @@ class BookmarkTest extends TestCase
     {
         $bookmark = new Bookmark();
 
-        $str = 'tag1    tag2 tag3.tag3-2, tag4   ,  -tag5   ';
+        $str = 'tag1    tag2 tag3.tag3-2 tag4     -tag5   ';
         $bookmark->setTagsString($str);
         $this->assertEquals(
             [
@@ -276,9 +293,9 @@ class BookmarkTest extends TestCase
         $array = [
             'tag1    ',
             '     tag2',
-            'tag3.tag3-2,',
-            ',  tag4',
-            ',  ',
+            'tag3.tag3-2',
+            '  tag4',
+            '  ',
             '-tag5   ',
         ];
         $bookmark->setTags($array);
diff --git a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
index 3321242f..ddab4e3c 100644
--- a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
@@ -169,6 +169,36 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test html_extract_tag() with double quoted content containing single quote, and the opposite.
+     */
+    public function testHtmlExtractExistentNameTagWithMixedQuotes(): void
+    {
+        $description = 'Bob and Alice share M&M\'s.';
+
+        $html = '<meta property="og:description" content="' . $description . '">';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+
+        $html = '<meta tag1="content1" property="og:unrelated1 og:description og:unrelated2" '.
+            'tag2="content2" content="' . $description . '" tag3="content3">';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+
+        $html = '<meta property="og:description" name="description" content="' . $description . '">';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+
+        $description = 'Bob and Alice share "cookies".';
+
+        $html = '<meta property="og:description" content=\'' . $description . '\'>';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+
+        $html = '<meta tag1="content1" property="og:unrelated1 og:description og:unrelated2" '.
+            'tag2="content2" content=\'' . $description . '\' tag3="content3">';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+
+        $html = '<meta property="og:description" name="description" content=\'' . $description . '\'>';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Test html_extract_tag() when the tag <meta name= is not found.
      */
     public function testHtmlExtractNonExistentNameTag()
@@ -247,7 +277,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false
+            false,
+            ' '
         );
 
         $data = [
@@ -297,7 +328,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false
+            false,
+            ' '
         );
 
         $data = [
@@ -330,7 +362,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false
+            false,
+            ' '
         );
 
         $data = [
@@ -363,7 +396,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false
+            false,
+            ' '
         );
 
         $data = [
@@ -428,7 +462,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            true
+            true,
+            ' '
         );
         $data = [
             'th=device-width">'
@@ -575,6 +610,115 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test tags_str2array with whitespace separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsStr2ArrayWithSpaceSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = ' ';
+
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('tag1 tag2 tag3', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('tag1  tag2     tag3', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('   tag1  tag2     tag3   ', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1@', 'tag2,', '.tag3'], tags_str2array('   tag1@  tag2,     .tag3   ', $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array('', $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array('   ', $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test tags_str2array with @ separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsStr2ArrayWithCharSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = '@';
+
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('tag1@tag2@tag3', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('tag1@@@@tag2@@@@tag3', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_str2array('@@@tag1@@@tag2@@@@tag3@@', $separator));
+        static::assertSame(
+            ['tag1#', 'tag2, and other', '.tag3'],
+            tags_str2array('@@@   tag1#     @@@ tag2, and other @@@@.tag3@@', $separator)
+        );
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array('', $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array('   ', $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_str2array(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test tags_array2str with ' ' separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsArray2StrWithSpaceSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = ' ';
+
+        static::assertSame('tag1 tag2 tag3', tags_array2str(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1, tag2@ tag3', tags_array2str(['tag1,', 'tag2@', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1 tag2 tag3', tags_array2str(['   tag1   ', 'tag2', 'tag3   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1 tag2 tag3', tags_array2str(['   tag1   ', ' ', 'tag2', '   ', 'tag3   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1', tags_array2str(['   tag1   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str(['  '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str([], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test tags_array2str with @ separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsArray2StrWithCharSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = '@';
+
+        static::assertSame('tag1@tag2@tag3', tags_array2str(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1,@tag2@tag3', tags_array2str(['tag1,', 'tag2@', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(
+            'tag1@tag2, and other@tag3',
+            tags_array2str(['@@@@ tag1@@@', ' @tag2, and other @', 'tag3@@@@'], $separator)
+        );
+        static::assertSame('tag1@tag2@tag3', tags_array2str(['@@@tag1@@@', '@', 'tag2', '@@@', 'tag3@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('tag1', tags_array2str(['@@@@tag1@@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str(['@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str([], $separator));
+        static::assertSame('', tags_array2str(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test tags_array2str with @ separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsFilterWithSpaceSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = ' ';
+
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1,', 'tag2@', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['tag1,', 'tag2@', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['   tag1   ', 'tag2', 'tag3   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['   tag1   ', ' ', 'tag2', '   ', 'tag3   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1'], tags_filter(['   tag1   '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter(['  '], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter([], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test tags_array2str with @ separator.
+     */
+    public function testTagsArrayFilterWithSpaceSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $separator = '@';
+
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1,', 'tag2#', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['tag1,', 'tag2#', 'tag3'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(
+            ['tag1', 'tag2, and other', 'tag3'],
+            tags_filter(['@@@@ tag1@@@', ' @tag2, and other @', 'tag3@@@@'], $separator)
+        );
+        static::assertSame(['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'], tags_filter(['@@@tag1@@@', '@', 'tag2', '@@@', 'tag3@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame(['tag1'], tags_filter(['@@@@tag1@@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter(['@@@'], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter([], $separator));
+        static::assertSame([], tags_filter(null, $separator));
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Util function to build an hashtag link.
      *
      * @param string $hashtag Hashtag name.
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageTagControllerTest.php b/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageTagControllerTest.php
index 8a0ff7a9..af6f273f 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageTagControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageTagControllerTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin;
 
 use Shaarli\Bookmark\Bookmark;
 use Shaarli\Bookmark\BookmarkFilter;
+use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
 use Shaarli\Front\Exception\WrongTokenException;
 use Shaarli\Security\SessionManager;
 use Shaarli\TestCase;
@@ -44,10 +45,33 @@ class ManageTagControllerTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame('changetag', (string) $result->getBody());
 
         static::assertSame('fromtag', $assignedVariables['fromtag']);
+        static::assertSame('@', $assignedVariables['tags_separator']);
         static::assertSame('Manage tags - Shaarli', $assignedVariables['pagetitle']);
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test displaying manage tag page
+     */
+    public function testIndexWhitespaceSeparator(): void
+    {
+        $assignedVariables = [];
+        $this->assignTemplateVars($assignedVariables);
+
+        $this->container->conf = $this->createMock(ConfigManager::class);
+        $this->container->conf->method('get')->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) {
+            return $key === 'general.tags_separator' ? ' ' : $key;
+        });
+
+        $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->controller->index($request, $response);
+
+        static::assertSame('&nbsp;', $assignedVariables['tags_separator']);
+        static::assertSame('whitespace', $assignedVariables['tags_separator_desc']);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Test posting a tag update - rename tag - valid info provided.
      */
     public function testSaveRenameTagValid(): void
@@ -269,4 +293,116 @@ class ManageTagControllerTest extends TestCase
         static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_SUCCESS_MESSAGES, $session);
         static::assertSame(['Invalid tags provided.'], $session[SessionManager::KEY_WARNING_MESSAGES]);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test changeSeparator to '#': redirection + success message.
+     */
+    public function testChangeSeparatorValid(): void
+    {
+        $toSeparator = '#';
+
+        $session = [];
+        $this->assignSessionVars($session);
+
+        $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
+        $request
+            ->expects(static::atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('getParam')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) use ($toSeparator): ?string {
+                return $key === 'separator' ? $toSeparator : $key;
+            })
+        ;
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->container->conf
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('set')
+            ->with('general.tags_separator', $toSeparator, true, true)
+        ;
+
+        $result = $this->controller->changeSeparator($request, $response);
+
+        static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
+        static::assertSame(['/subfolder/admin/tags'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_WARNING_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_SUCCESS_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertSame(
+            ['Your tags separator setting has been updated!'],
+            $session[SessionManager::KEY_SUCCESS_MESSAGES]
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test changeSeparator to '#@' (too long): redirection + error message.
+     */
+    public function testChangeSeparatorInvalidTooLong(): void
+    {
+        $toSeparator = '#@';
+
+        $session = [];
+        $this->assignSessionVars($session);
+
+        $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
+        $request
+            ->expects(static::atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('getParam')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) use ($toSeparator): ?string {
+                return $key === 'separator' ? $toSeparator : $key;
+            })
+        ;
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->container->conf->expects(static::never())->method('set');
+
+        $result = $this->controller->changeSeparator($request, $response);
+
+        static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
+        static::assertSame(['/subfolder/admin/tags'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_SUCCESS_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_WARNING_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertSame(
+            ['Tags separator must be a single character.'],
+            $session[SessionManager::KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES]
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test changeSeparator to '#@' (too long): redirection + error message.
+     */
+    public function testChangeSeparatorInvalidReservedCharacter(): void
+    {
+        $toSeparator = '*';
+
+        $session = [];
+        $this->assignSessionVars($session);
+
+        $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
+        $request
+            ->expects(static::atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('getParam')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) use ($toSeparator): ?string {
+                return $key === 'separator' ? $toSeparator : $key;
+            })
+        ;
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->container->conf->expects(static::never())->method('set');
+
+        $result = $this->controller->changeSeparator($request, $response);
+
+        static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
+        static::assertSame(['/subfolder/admin/tags'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_SUCCESS_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayNotHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_WARNING_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey(SessionManager::KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES, $session);
+        static::assertStringStartsWith(
+            'These characters are reserved and can\'t be used as tags separator',
+            $session[SessionManager::KEY_ERROR_MESSAGES][0]
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php b/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
index f20b1def..964773da 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame($expectedUrl, $assignedVariables['link']['url']);
         static::assertSame($remoteTitle, $assignedVariables['link']['title']);
         static::assertSame($remoteDesc, $assignedVariables['link']['description']);
-        static::assertSame($remoteTags, $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
+        static::assertSame($remoteTags . ' ', $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
         static::assertFalse($assignedVariables['link']['private']);
 
         static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link_is_new']);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
             'post' => 'http://url.tld/other?part=3&utm_ad=pay#hash',
             'title' => 'Provided Title',
             'description' => 'Provided description.',
-            'tags' => 'abc def',
+            'tags' => 'abc@def',
             'private' => '1',
             'source' => 'apps',
         ];
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame($expectedUrl, $assignedVariables['link']['url']);
         static::assertSame($parameters['title'], $assignedVariables['link']['title']);
         static::assertSame($parameters['description'], $assignedVariables['link']['description']);
-        static::assertSame($parameters['tags'], $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
+        static::assertSame($parameters['tags'] . '@', $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
         static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link']['private']);
         static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link_is_new']);
         static::assertSame($parameters['source'], $assignedVariables['source']);
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame($expectedUrl, $assignedVariables['link']['url']);
         static::assertSame($title, $assignedVariables['link']['title']);
         static::assertSame($description, $assignedVariables['link']['description']);
-        static::assertSame(implode(' ', $tags), $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
+        static::assertSame(implode('@', $tags) . '@', $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
         static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link']['private']);
         static::assertSame($createdAt, $assignedVariables['link']['created']);
     }
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayEditFormTest.php b/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayEditFormTest.php
index da393e49..738cea12 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayEditFormTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/admin/ShaarePublishControllerTest/DisplayEditFormTest.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DisplayEditFormTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame($url, $assignedVariables['link']['url']);
         static::assertSame($title, $assignedVariables['link']['title']);
         static::assertSame($description, $assignedVariables['link']['description']);
-        static::assertSame(implode(' ', $tags), $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
+        static::assertSame(implode('@', $tags) . '@', $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
         static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link']['private']);
         static::assertSame($createdAt, $assignedVariables['link']['created']);
     }
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListControllerTest.php b/tests/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListControllerTest.php
index 5cbc8c73..dec938f2 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListControllerTest.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class BookmarkListControllerTest extends TestCase
         $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
         $request->method('getParam')->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) {
             if ('searchtags' === $key) {
-                return 'abc def';
+                return 'abc@def';
             }
             if ('searchterm' === $key) {
                 return 'ghi jkl';
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class BookmarkListControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->expects(static::once())
             ->method('search')
             ->with(
-                ['searchtags' => 'abc def', 'searchterm' => 'ghi jkl'],
+                ['searchtags' => 'abc@def', 'searchterm' => 'ghi jkl'],
                 'private',
                 false,
                 true
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class BookmarkListControllerTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame('linklist', (string) $result->getBody());
 
         static::assertSame('Search: ghi jkl [abc] [def] - Shaarli', $assignedVariables['pagetitle']);
-        static::assertSame('?page=2&searchterm=ghi+jkl&searchtags=abc+def', $assignedVariables['previous_page_url']);
+        static::assertSame('?page=2&searchterm=ghi+jkl&searchtags=abc%40def', $assignedVariables['previous_page_url']);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/visitor/FrontControllerMockHelper.php b/tests/front/controller/visitor/FrontControllerMockHelper.php
index fc0bb7d1..02229f68 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/visitor/FrontControllerMockHelper.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/visitor/FrontControllerMockHelper.php
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ trait FrontControllerMockHelper
         // Config
         $this->container->conf = $this->createMock(ConfigManager::class);
         $this->container->conf->method('get')->willReturnCallback(function (string $parameter, $default) {
+            if ($parameter === 'general.tags_separator') {
+                return '@';
+            }
+
             return $default === null ? $parameter : $default;
         });
 
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudControllerTest.php b/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudControllerTest.php
index 9305612e..4915573d 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagCloudControllerTest.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->with()
             ->willReturnCallback(function (string $key): ?string {
                 if ('searchtags' === $key) {
-                    return 'ghi def';
+                    return 'ghi@def';
                 }
 
                 return null;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->withConsecutive(['render_tagcloud'])
             ->willReturnCallback(function (string $hook, array $data, array $param): array {
                if ('render_tagcloud' === $hook) {
-                   static::assertSame('ghi def', $data['search_tags']);
+                   static::assertSame('ghi@def@', $data['search_tags']);
                    static::assertCount(1, $data['tags']);
 
                    static::assertArrayHasKey('loggedin', $param);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame('tag.cloud', (string) $result->getBody());
         static::assertSame('ghi def - Tag cloud - Shaarli', $assignedVariables['pagetitle']);
 
-        static::assertSame('ghi def', $assignedVariables['search_tags']);
+        static::assertSame('ghi@def@', $assignedVariables['search_tags']);
         static::assertCount(1, $assignedVariables['tags']);
 
         static::assertArrayHasKey('abc', $assignedVariables['tags']);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->with()
             ->willReturnCallback(function (string $key): ?string {
                 if ('searchtags' === $key) {
-                    return 'ghi def';
+                    return 'ghi@def';
                 } elseif ('sort' === $key) {
                     return 'alpha';
                 }
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->withConsecutive(['render_taglist'])
             ->willReturnCallback(function (string $hook, array $data, array $param): array {
                 if ('render_taglist' === $hook) {
-                    static::assertSame('ghi def', $data['search_tags']);
+                    static::assertSame('ghi@def@', $data['search_tags']);
                     static::assertCount(1, $data['tags']);
 
                     static::assertArrayHasKey('loggedin', $param);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class TagCloudControllerTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame('tag.list', (string) $result->getBody());
         static::assertSame('ghi def - Tag list - Shaarli', $assignedVariables['pagetitle']);
 
-        static::assertSame('ghi def', $assignedVariables['search_tags']);
+        static::assertSame('ghi@def@', $assignedVariables['search_tags']);
         static::assertCount(1, $assignedVariables['tags']);
         static::assertSame(3, $assignedVariables['tags']['abc']);
     }
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagControllerTest.php b/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagControllerTest.php
index 750ea02d..5a556c6d 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/visitor/TagControllerTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class TagControllerTest extends TestCase
 
         static::assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $result);
         static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
-        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def+abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def%40abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
     }
 
     public function testAddTagWithoutRefererAndExistingSearch(): void
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class TagControllerTest extends TestCase
 
         static::assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $result);
         static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
-        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def+abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def%40abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
     }
 
     public function testAddTagResetPagination(): void
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TagControllerTest extends TestCase
 
         static::assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $result);
         static::assertSame(302, $result->getStatusCode());
-        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def+abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
+        static::assertSame(['/controller/?searchtags=def%40abc'], $result->getHeader('location'));
     }
 
     public function testAddTagWithRefererAndEmptySearch(): void
diff --git a/tests/netscape/BookmarkImportTest.php b/tests/netscape/BookmarkImportTest.php
index c526d5c8..6856ebca 100644
--- a/tests/netscape/BookmarkImportTest.php
+++ b/tests/netscape/BookmarkImportTest.php
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class BookmarkImportTest extends TestCase
     {
         $post = array(
             'privacy' => 'public',
-            'default_tags' => 'tag1,tag2 tag3'
+            'default_tags' => 'tag1 tag2 tag3'
         );
         $files = file2array('netscape_basic.htm');
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat(
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class BookmarkImportTest extends TestCase
     {
         $post = array(
             'privacy' => 'public',
-            'default_tags' => 'tag1&,tag2 "tag3"'
+            'default_tags' => 'tag1& tag2 "tag3"'
         );
         $files = file2array('netscape_basic.htm');
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat(
@@ -573,6 +573,43 @@ class BookmarkImportTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * Add user-specified tags to all imported bookmarks
+     */
+    public function testSetDefaultTagsWithCustomSeparator()
+    {
+        $separator = '@';
+        $this->conf->set('general.tags_separator', $separator);
+        $post = [
+            'privacy' => 'public',
+            'default_tags' => 'tag1@tag2@tag3@multiple words tag'
+        ];
+        $files = file2array('netscape_basic.htm');
+        $this->assertStringMatchesFormat(
+            'File netscape_basic.htm (482 bytes) was successfully processed in %d seconds:'
+            .' 2 bookmarks imported, 0 bookmarks overwritten, 0 bookmarks skipped.',
+            $this->netscapeBookmarkUtils->import($post, $files)
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $this->bookmarkService->count());
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $this->bookmarkService->count(BookmarkFilter::$PRIVATE));
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'tag1@tag2@tag3@multiple words tag@private@secret',
+            $this->bookmarkService->get(0)->getTagsString($separator)
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'multiple words tag', 'private', 'secret'],
+            $this->bookmarkService->get(0)->getTags()
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'tag1@tag2@tag3@multiple words tag@public@hello@world',
+            $this->bookmarkService->get(1)->getTagsString($separator)
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'multiple words tag', 'public', 'hello', 'world'],
+            $this->bookmarkService->get(1)->getTags()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Ensure each imported bookmark has a unique id
      *
      * See https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/issues/351
diff --git a/tpl/default/changetag.html b/tpl/default/changetag.html
index a5fbd31e..13b7f24a 100644
--- a/tpl/default/changetag.html
+++ b/tpl/default/changetag.html
@@ -36,6 +36,29 @@
     <p>{'You can also edit tags in the'|t} <a href="{$base_path}/tags/list?sort=usage">{'tag list'|t}</a>.</p>
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<div class="pure-g">
+  <div class="pure-u-lg-1-3 pure-u-1-24"></div>
+  <div class="page-form page-form-light pure-u-lg-1-3 pure-u-22-24">
+    <h2 class="window-title">{"Change tags separator"|t}</h2>
+    <form method="POST" action="{$base_path}/admin/tags/change-separator" name="changeseparator" id="changeseparator">
+      <p>
+        {'Your current tag separator is'|t} <code>{$tags_separator}</code>{if="!empty($tags_separator_desc)"} ({$tags_separator_desc}){/if}.
+      </p>
+      <div>
+        <input type="text" name="separator" placeholder="{'New separator'|t}"
+               id="separator">
+      </div>
+      <input type="hidden" name="token" value="{$token}">
+      <div>
+        <input type="submit" value="{'Save'|t}" name="saveseparator">
+      </div>
+      <p>
+        {'Note that hashtags won\'t fully work with a non-whitespace separator.'|t}
+      </p>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</div>
 {include="page.footer"}
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tpl/default/linklist.html b/tpl/default/linklist.html
index e1115d49..7208a3b6 100644
--- a/tpl/default/linklist.html
+++ b/tpl/default/linklist.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
           {'for'|t} <em><strong>{$search_term}</strong></em>
         {/if}
         {if="!empty($search_tags)"}
-          {$exploded_tags=explode(' ', $search_tags)}
+          {$exploded_tags=tags_str2array($search_tags, $tags_separator)}
           {'tagged'|t}
           {loop="$exploded_tags"}
               <span class="label label-tag" title="{'Remove tag'|t}">
diff --git a/tpl/default/page.footer.html b/tpl/default/page.footer.html
index 964ffff1..58ca18c5 100644
--- a/tpl/default/page.footer.html
+++ b/tpl/default/page.footer.html
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
   <div class="pure-u-2-24"></div>
 </div>
 
-<input type="hidden" name="token" value="{$token}" id="token" />
-
 {loop="$plugins_footer.endofpage"}
     {$value}
 {/loop}
@@ -41,4 +39,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <input type="hidden" name="js_base_path" value="{$base_path}" />
+<input type="hidden" name="token" value="{$token}" id="token" />
+<input type="hidden" name="tags_separator" value="{$tags_separator}" id="tags_separator" />
+
 <script src="{$asset_path}/js/shaarli.min.js?v={$version_hash}#"></script>
diff --git a/tpl/default/tag.cloud.html b/tpl/default/tag.cloud.html
index c067e1d4..01b50b02 100644
--- a/tpl/default/tag.cloud.html
+++ b/tpl/default/tag.cloud.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     <div id="cloudtag" class="cloudtag-container">
       {loop="tags"}
-        <a href="{$base_path}/?searchtags={$tags_url.$key1} {$search_tags_url}" style="font-size:{$value.size}em;">{$key}</a
+        <a href="{$base_path}/?searchtags={$tags_url.$key1}{$tags_separator|urlencode}{$search_tags_url}" style="font-size:{$value.size}em;">{$key}</a
         ><a href="{$base_path}/add-tag/{$tags_url.$key1}" title="{'Filter by tag'|t}" class="count">{$value.count}</a>
         {loop="$value.tag_plugin"}
           {$value}
diff --git a/tpl/vintage/includes.html b/tpl/vintage/includes.html
index eac05701..2ce9da42 100644
--- a/tpl/vintage/includes.html
+++ b/tpl/vintage/includes.html
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 <meta name="referrer" content="same-origin">
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="{$feedurl}feed/rss?{$searchcrits}#" title="RSS Feed" />
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="{$feedurl}feed/atom?{$searchcrits}#" title="ATOM Feed" />
-<link href="img/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
+<link href="{$asset_path}/img/favicon.ico#" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
 <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$asset_path}/css/shaarli.min.css#" />
 {if="$formatter==='markdown'"}
   <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$asset_path}/css/markdown.min.css?v={$version_hash}#" />
 {/if}
 {loop="$plugins_includes.css_files"}
-<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$base_path}/{$value}#"/>
+<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$root_path}/{$value}#"/>
 {/loop}
 {if="is_file('data/user.css')"}<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$base_path}/data/user.css#" />{/if}
 <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="{$base_path}/open-search#"
diff --git a/tpl/vintage/linklist.html b/tpl/vintage/linklist.html
index 90f5cf8f..ff0dd40c 100644
--- a/tpl/vintage/linklist.html
+++ b/tpl/vintage/linklist.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 for <em>{$search_term}</em>
             {/if}
             {if="!empty($search_tags)"}
-                {$exploded_tags=explode(' ', $search_tags)}
+                {$exploded_tags=tags_str2array($search_tags, $tags_separator)}
                 tagged
                 {loop="$exploded_tags"}
                     <span class="linktag" title="Remove tag">
diff --git a/tpl/vintage/page.footer.html b/tpl/vintage/page.footer.html
index 0fe4c736..be709aeb 100644
--- a/tpl/vintage/page.footer.html
+++ b/tpl/vintage/page.footer.html
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 </div>
 {/if}
 
-<script src="{$asset_path}/js/shaarli.min.js#"></script>
-
 {if="$is_logged_in"}
 <script>function confirmDeleteLink() { var agree=confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this link ?"); if (agree) return true ; else return false ; }</script>
 {/if}
@@ -34,3 +32,7 @@
 {/loop}
 
 <input type="hidden" name="js_base_path" value="{$base_path}" />
+<input type="hidden" name="token" value="{$token}" id="token" />
+<input type="hidden" name="tags_separator" value="{$tags_separator}" id="tags_separator" />
+
+<script src="{$asset_path}/js/shaarli.min.js#"></script>