The Hidden Chaos in Jira: When “frontend” ≠ “front_end” ≠ “Front-end”

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Let’s be honest , Jira labels are both brilliant and brutal.

They start as a simple way to organize work, but within a few months you end up with:
☠️ frontend, front_end, Front-End, and someone’s favorite… fe.

And when the team tries to find only the issues tagged “frontend” and nothing else?
Well, Jira says: “Good luck with JQL.”

So we built Colored Label Manager for Jira to bring sanity back:

✅ Manage all label fields (native + custom) in one place.
✅ Give project admins control open or restricted label fields.
✅ Find unused labels or work items with only one label , no JQL, no chaos.

✅ Bonus: includes a dashboard gadget to view label insights right on your Jira dashboard.

We didn’t reinvent Jira.
We just fixed one of its most annoying blind spots.

💡 How do you manage labels across projects, consistent taxonomy or total label chaos ?

[Kar Atlassway]

Labels in Jira can be powerful but also chaotic when everyone creates their own.
I’m curious how other admins handle this: do you keep label fields open for your teams to add new values, or restrict them for consistency?