Do you want to exclude certain post categories from a category list in Elementor? You might want to hide some categories to tailor content for specific audiences or to simplify your website’s navigation.
With the Dynamic Categories widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor, you can exclude categories by ID from a category list in Elementor.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Dynamic Categories widget, click here: Dynamic Categories Widget Settings Overview
Requirement — This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor. Make sure it is installed and activated.
The Dynamic Categories widget works with any WordPress taxonomy, including post categories, tags, WooCommerce product categories, product tags, and custom taxonomies. Before following the steps below, make sure the taxonomy you want to filter already has some terms created.
1. Add the Dynamic Categories widget on a page and select an appropriate style from the Style section from the Content Layout tab. Use this when you want the category list to match the visual design of your page before configuring any filters.
2. Then select an appropriate layout from the Layout section. This determines how the category list is displayed, such as a grid or list format, before you apply any exclusions.
3. After that, select a category from the Taxonomies dropdown. This tells the widget which taxonomy to pull terms from, such as post categories, product categories, or a custom taxonomy. Use this when your site has multiple taxonomies and you need the list to target only one of them.
4. Then go to the Content tab, and in the Exclude Terms ID field, you have to add the ID of each category you want to exclude from the list. This is useful when certain categories exist for internal organization or are not relevant to the audience viewing that page, so those categories should not appear in the navigation list.
Note: You can add multiple term IDs separated by commas.
To find a category ID, from the Dashboard, go to Posts > Categories, and now hover over the category that you want to get the ID of. At the bottom of the browser, it will show the category edit URL with its ID. The number after ‘category&tag_ID=’ is the category ID.
Note: Following this process, you can exclude tags, product categories, product tags, and custom taxonomies.
That category will no longer appear in the list.
If you want to display your filtered categories alongside other visual content, the Gallery Listing widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor offers category-wise filtering for image galleries. For displaying filtered or structured data in rows and columns, the Table widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor is a good complement to a category list layout.
