diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2bbffc7..16a37e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **Tags:** OStatus, fediverse, activitypub, activitystream  
 **Requires at least:** 4.7  
 **Tested up to:** 5.6  
-**Stable tag:** 0.11.1  
+**Stable tag:** 0.11.2  
 **Requires PHP:** 5.6  
 **License:** MIT  
 **License URI:** http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT  
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ Where 'blog' is the path to the subdirectory at which your blog resides.
 
 Project maintained on GitHub at [pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub).
 
+### 0.11.2 ###
+
+* fix inconsistent `%tags%` placeholder
+
 ### 0.11.1 ###
 
 * fix follow/unfollow actions
diff --git a/activitypub.php b/activitypub.php
index 2b47fe5..a791adc 100644
--- a/activitypub.php
+++ b/activitypub.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: ActivityPub
  * Plugin URI: https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub/
  * Description: The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the ActivityStreams 2.0 data format.
- * Version: 0.11.1
+ * Version: 0.11.2
  * Author: Matthias Pfefferle
  * Author URI: https://notiz.blog/
  * License: MIT
diff --git a/includes/model/class-post.php b/includes/model/class-post.php
index ca057b7..33b9411 100644
--- a/includes/model/class-post.php
+++ b/includes/model/class-post.php
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ class Post {
 		$content = \str_replace( '%permalink%', $this->get_the_post_link( 'permalink' ), $content );
 		$content = \str_replace( '%shortlink%', $this->get_the_post_link( 'shortlink' ), $content );
 		$content = \str_replace( '%hashtags%', $this->get_the_post_hashtags(), $content );
+		// backwards compatibility
+		$content = \str_replace( '%tags%', $this->get_the_post_hashtags(), $content );
 
 		$content = \trim( \preg_replace( '/[\r\n]{2,}/', '', $content ) );
 
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ class Post {
 		}
 
 		if ( 'content' === \get_option( 'activitypub_post_content_type', 'content' ) ) {
-			return "%content%\n\n<p>%tags%</p>\n\n<p>%permalink%</p>";
+			return "%content%\n\n<p>%hashtags%</p>\n\n<p>%permalink%</p>";
 		}
 
 		return \get_option( 'activitypub_custom_post_content', ACTIVITYPUB_CUSTOM_POST_CONTENT );
diff --git a/languages/activitypub.pot b/languages/activitypub.pot
index a5ae83e..34c3344 100644
--- a/languages/activitypub.pot
+++ b/languages/activitypub.pot
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # This file is distributed under the MIT.
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: ActivityPub 0.11.1\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: ActivityPub 0.11.2\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: "
 "https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-activitypub\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-12-17 20:15:15+00:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-12-17 21:20:55+00:00\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index ef790c5..6eb44fa 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate link: https://notiz.blog/donate/
 Tags: OStatus, fediverse, activitypub, activitystream
 Requires at least: 4.7
 Tested up to: 5.6
-Stable tag: 0.11.1
+Stable tag: 0.11.2
 Requires PHP: 5.6
 License: MIT
 License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ Where 'blog' is the path to the subdirectory at which your blog resides.
 
 Project maintained on GitHub at [pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub).
 
+= 0.11.2 =
+
+* fix inconsistent `%tags%` placeholder
+
 = 0.11.1 =
 
 * fix follow/unfollow actions