Title: Category Filter Block Author: Misha Rudrastyh Published: April 7, 2025 Last modified: February 12, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/category-filter-block/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3267623) # Category Filter Block By [Misha Rudrastyh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rudrastyh/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-filter-block.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/#description) * [Reviews](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/#installation) * [Development](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/) ## Description The category filter block allows you to filter posts displayed with the standard Query Loop block by category, without 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) #### Pro features ✅ Custom taxonomies are supported. ✅ Multiple taxonomy filters within the same Query Loop. ✅ 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 (color, background color, border, border radius, etc). 🚀 [Upgrade to Pro](https://rudrastyh.com/plugins/taxonomy-filter-block) ## Screenshots * [[ * Category Filter block in the Inserter * [[ * Category Filter block settings ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Category Filter Displays a category filter. ## Installation #### Automatic Install 1. Log into your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins → Add New 2. Search for “Category Filter Block” 3. Click “Install Now” under the “Category Filter Block” plugin 4. Click “Activate Now” #### Manual Install 1. Download the plugin from the download button on this page 2. Unzip the file, and upload the resulting `category-filter-block` folder to your`/ wp-content/plugins` directory 3. Log into your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins 4. Click “Activate” under the “Category Filter Block” plugin ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/334727b514d9e0490b3cb9490f7d31d70a76faadce4258f067426c6fd206c66a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Tried the plugin and it seems very nice!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tried-the-plugin-and-it-seems-very-nice/)󠁿 [romanburtnek](https://profiles.wordpress.org/romanburtnek/) April 7, 2025 Tried the plugin and really enjoyed it. It doesn’t overload the interface with shiny icons or notifications with suggestions to upgrade to a pro version. Plus, it works as it should. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Category Filter Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Misha Rudrastyh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rudrastyh/) [Translate “Category Filter Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-filter-block) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-filter-block/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-filter-block/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-filter-block/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-filter-block/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1 * Fixed: Deprecation notices in the browser console (Block API version, __nextHasNoMarginBottom, and __next40pxDefaultSize) * Minor UI improvements #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **50+** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/) * Tags * [category filter](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-filter/)[filter](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/filter/) [gutenberg](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)[post filter](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-filter/) * [Advanced View](https://ido.wordpress.org/plugins/category-filter-block/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-filter-block/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Misha Rudrastyh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rudrastyh/) ## Support Got something to say? 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