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title: "How to Create Elementor Team Members Section with Custom Post Type?"
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date: 2023-06-29
modified: 2026-09-27
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description: "Prefer managing team members as their own WordPress posts instead of a repeater list inside the widget? The Plus Addons for Elementor ships a built-in Team Member custom post type..."
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# How to Create Elementor Team Members Section with Custom Post Type?

## 

- The Plus Addons for Elementor ships a built-in Team Member custom post type with its own category taxonomy, and it turns on from the plugin’s settings.
- The Team Member Listing widget pulls from WordPress posts when Select Source is set to Post Type, instead of using the repeater.
- Enabling team_member_post_type under post_type_options registers theplus_team_member and theplus_team_member_cat, and the listing widget renders all eight real posts correctly on the front end.

Prefer managing team members as their own WordPress posts instead of a repeater list inside the widget? The Plus Addons for Elementor ships a built-in **Team Member** custom post type (with its own category taxonomy) that you can turn on from the plugin's settings.

This guide enables that post type and confirms the Team Member Listing widget can pull from it.

***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 installed and activated.- Access to **The Plus Addons > Post Type Options** in wp-admin.

## Steps

- Go to **The Plus Addons > Settings** and open the post type options.- Enable the **Team Member** post type.- A new **Team Member** menu appears in wp-admin; add posts there the same way you add regular posts, and assign each one a Team Member category if you plan to filter by category later.- In the Team Member Listing widget, set **Select Source** to **Post Type** so it pulls from these posts instead of the repeater.

![The wp-admin Team Member post list after the post type is enabled, showing eight team member entries.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/team-member-listing-custom-post-type-admin.webp)

Verified directly (site 1, 2026-09-27): enabling `team_member_post_type` under the plugin's `post_type_options` setting registers a real `theplus_team_member` post type and a `theplus_team_member_cat` taxonomy. Eight fixture posts were created and split across two category terms.

![The Team Member Listing widget, source set to Post Type, rendering all eight posts from the custom post type.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/team-member-listing-post-type-source.webp)

With Select Source set to Post Type, the widget queried and rendered all eight real posts correctly, confirmed by name on the front end.

## Not verified

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

- The single Team Member post template/permalink page itself (only the listing widget's output was checked, not each member's own post page design).

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What do I need before creating a team members section with custom post type in Elementor?**
A: The key requirement is that The Plus Addons for Elementor is installed and activated, because the Team Member widget is part of that plugin. You also need access to The Plus Addons > Post Type Options in wp-admin. That matters because the tutorial is built around enabling the built-in Team Member custom post type from the plugin settings, not creating a separate custom post type manually.

**Q: How do I make team members show up as posts instead of a repeater list?**
A: The Plus Addons for Elementor, The Plus Addons, Plus Addons for Elementor, POSIMYTH provides a built-in Team Member custom post type with its own category taxonomy. Once it is enabled in the plugin settings, you add team members as normal WordPress posts under the new Team Member menu. In the Team Member Listing widget, set Select Source to Post Type so the widget pulls those posts instead of using the repeater list.

**Q: Why is my Team Member menu not appearing in wp-admin?**
A: That usually means the Team Member post type has not been enabled yet in The Plus Addons > Settings under the post type options. The tutorial says enabling it registers a new Team Member menu in wp-admin. If that menu is missing, the practical check is whether The Plus Addons for Elementor is installed and activated first, since the feature depends on the plugin being active.

**Q: Should I assign a category to each team member post?**
A: Assigning a Team Member category is the better choice if you plan to filter by category later. The built-in post type includes its own category taxonomy, so categories are not just decorative here. If you skip them now, you still get the listing working, but you lose an easy way to organize or filter members later inside your workflow.

**Q: Does the Team Member Listing widget work with real WordPress posts?**
A: The Team Member Listing widget can pull from real posts once Select Source is set to Post Type. The verified test on the page confirmed that enabling team_member_post_type registered a real theplus_team_member post type and a theplus_team_member_cat taxonomy, then eight fixture posts were rendered correctly on the front end. That makes it suitable when you want each member managed like a normal WordPress entry.

**Q: Can I use this setup if I only want to check the listing output and not each member page design?**
A: That workflow fits this tutorial well, because only the listing widget output was verified directly. The page notes that the single Team Member post template and permalink page itself were not checked, so this guide confirms how to build and populate the listing, not how each individual member page looks. If your goal is just a structured team grid or list, this setup covers that part cleanly.