# In Need Of Caegory Filter in CMS Collection Component **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [December 6, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049 "2025-12-06T22:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christ2RCulture](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/christ2rculture/32/14040_2.png) [@Christ2RCulture](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Christ2RCulture)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049/1 "2025-12-06T22:51:51Z")
I am working on my CMS blog. In my blog entries, I use the Category item as well as the tag item, but when I look at the CMS collection component, it can only filter by Tags, not by Category. Can you guys add a category filter to the Collection component of the CMS? ---
**Author:** ![Christ2RCulture](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/christ2rculture/32/14040_2.png) [@Christ2RCulture](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Christ2RCulture)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049/2 "2025-12-06T22:55:31Z")
Here is a little more background to by problem. I am trying to build a page with assorted images on it. Clicking on an image will direct the user to a filtered display of blog posts. For example, the image might feature a graphic of the word “Relationships”. Clicking on it will direct the user to all the blog posts in the "Relationship” category. Any idea of the best way to accomplilsh this? ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049/3 "2025-12-07T00:06:32Z")
Read through this — maybe it will give you some inspiration on how you could solve the whole thing with the tools that are currently available 😉 > [@BUGS in Elements CMS Build 1.5.5](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bugs-in-elements-cms-build-1-5-5/52855/5): > > To be honest, I’m not fully sure yet how to use the related items in the most meaningful way — at least not as long as I can’t get them to work reliably. ^^ I’m probably not using them the way @ben originally intended. Especially the “author” field: I’m using it differently than it was designed. Because let’s be honest — as long as there’s no external online access and most projects only have one author anyway, the author field isn’t really needed in its classic sense. Since the current Elem… ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049/4 "2025-12-08T11:51:34Z")
> [@Christ2RCulture](#): > > Can you guys add a category filter to the Collection component of the CMS? For now the CMS only fully supports authors and tags, however, I’ll add this one to our tracker 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Christ2RCulture](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/christ2rculture/32/14040_2.png) [@Christ2RCulture](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Christ2RCulture)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/in-need-of-caegory-filter-in-cms-collection-component/53049/5 "2025-12-08T17:19:37Z")
Thanks for adding that one to the list!