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title: "How to Add a Category Wise Filter in Team Member Grid in Elementor?"
url: https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-category-wise-filter-in-team-member-grid-in-elementor/
date: 2023-06-29
modified: 2026-09-27
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author: "Aditya Sharma"
description: "Have team members from different departments and want visitors to filter them? The Team Member Listing widget's Category Wise Filter adds a row of clickable category buttons (plus an All..."
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# How to Add a Category Wise Filter in Team Member Grid in Elementor?

## 

- The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro gates Category Wise Filter as a control in the Team Member Listing widget, and the widget must be installed and activated.
- Team Member Listing shows Category Wise Filter only in Grid or Masonry layouts, while the filter stays hidden on Carousel.
- Category Wise Filter renders All, Team 1, and Team 2 buttons from the repeater's Category field and filters matching members on click for logged-out visitors.

Have team members from different departments and want visitors to filter them? The Team Member Listing widget's **Category Wise Filter** adds a row of clickable category buttons (plus an All button) above your Grid or Masonry layout.

This guide enables the filter and confirms it actually filters on click.

***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-listing/#team-members-widget?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

## Before You Start

- The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro installed and activated - Category Wise Filter is a Pro-gated control.- Team members with a category assigned - either the repeater's **Category (For Filter)** field, or a taxonomy term on your custom post type.

## Steps

- Add the **Team Member Listing** widget with **Layout** set to **Grid** or **Masonry** (the filter is hidden on Carousel).- Give each team member a category, either in the repeater's Category field or via the custom post type's taxonomy.- Turn on **Category Wise Filter**.- Optionally set the **All Filter** text, filter style and alignment.

![Team Member Listing with an All / Team 1 / Team 2 filter bar above the grid.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/team-member-listing-category-filter.webp)

Verified on the front end (site 1, 2026-09-27): with the repeater's Category field set on four members split across two categories, the filter bar rendered with All/Team 1/Team 2 buttons and correctly showed only the matching members after clicking a category.

> *This repeater-based filter is a plain client-side toggle and worked correctly for logged-out visitors. It is a different, working code path from the AJAX Category Filter feature covered in a separate doc, which this pass found broken for logged-out visitors - see the AJAX Filter doc's Not verified section.*

## Not verified

So you know exactly what has and has not been checked:

- Filter behavior when a member belongs to more than one category (comma-separated) was not tested.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What do I need before adding a category wise filter to a team member grid in Elementor?**
A: The filter depends on two things: The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro must be installed and activated, and each team member needs a category assigned. The page says that category can come from the repeater’s Category (For Filter) field or from a taxonomy term on a custom post type. That matters because the filter only has something to group when the members are already categorized.

**Q: Why is the category wise filter not showing in my team member grid?**
A: The most common reason is layout choice. The page says the Category Wise Filter is hidden on Carousel, so it only appears when the Team Member Listing widget is set to Grid or Masonry. Another blocker is licensing or activation, since this control is Pro-gated and requires The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro to be installed and activated.

**Q: Can I use the category wise filter with a carousel team member layout?**
A: No, the filter is hidden on Carousel. The page only confirms it for Grid and Masonry layouts, where it renders as a row of clickable category buttons plus an All button above the listing. If you need filtering, keep the layout in Grid or Masonry instead of switching to Carousel.

**Q: How does the team member category filter work on the front end?**
A: It renders as clickable category buttons above the listing, including an All button, and clicking a category shows only matching members. The page’s verified test used four members split across two categories and confirmed that the filter bar displayed All/Team 1/Team 2 buttons correctly. That makes it a simple client-side toggle rather than a heavy workflow.

**Q: Can logged-out visitors use the category wise filter?**
A: The verified test says this repeater-based filter worked correctly for logged-out visitors. That is useful because it means the basic Category Wise Filter behavior was confirmed on the front end without requiring a logged-in session. The page also notes this is a different code path from the AJAX Category Filter feature.

**Q: What should I do if one team member belongs to more than one category?**
A: That edge case was not tested on this page, so there is no verified behavior to rely on for comma-separated categories. The safe takeaway is that the documented test only covered members split across two categories with one assigned category each. If your setup uses multiple categories per person, treat that as unverified behavior.