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Category Filter Block
v1.2.1 · by Misha Rudrastyh
Just a simple category filter block with the Interactivity API support.
About this plugin
The category filter block allows you to filter posts displayed with the standard Query Loop block by category, without a page refresh. The Interactivity API is fully supported.
Features
✅ The category filter can be displayed as links or as a select dropdown field
✅ You can display a post count number near each category
✅ Custom All Categories text
✅ Works without page refresh (AJAX + Interactivity API)
✅ Sticky positioning
✅ Block styles customization (Font size, Padding, Margin)
✅ The block can add parameters to the page URL, for example, ?filter-category=travel
The plugin also has a PRO version, its main difference is that it supports filtering by any custom taxonomy – Tags, Product Categories, Product Tags, Brands, etc. It has a bunch of other features too.
Pro features
⚡️ Custom taxonomies are supported
⚡️ Multiple taxonomy filters within the same Query Loop block (for example, by categories AND tags)
⚡️ Sort categories (terms) in the filter alphabetically, by post count, or in a custom order
⚡️ The filter can be displayed as buttons with the possibility of style customization (Text color, Background color, Border, Border radius, etc.)
⚡️ Display checkboxes in the dropdown filter to select multiple categories