The home filters are another type of navigation on your site. They allow filtering posts by various criteria.
Filter Types
As homepage filters you can use:
- Bimber special menu endpoints: Popular, Hot, Trending, Latest (New), Random Posts
- Snax plugin special menu endpoints: Waiting Room (Pending)
- Snax plugin formats: Poll, Quiz, List, Meme, etc.
- Restrict Content Pro plugin special menu endpoints: Paid and Free
- WordPress post categories
- WordPress post tags
- Custom taxonomy archives: Reactions etc.
- Custom post type archives
Enable Filters
To enable the filters on your homepage, please do as follows:
- Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Menus
- Create a new menu. Click the create a new menu link (screen below, point 1)
- Add filters to the menu:
- Bimber special menu endpoint (screen above, point 2). The New menu item is the Latest Bimber endpoint, with a changed label.
- Snax plugin special menu endpoint (screen below, point 3).
The Pending menu item is the Waiting Room Snax endpoint, with a changed label.Be aware that the filter is available only if the WP Dashboard › Settings › Snax › Moderation › Waiting Room option is enabled.
- Snax plugin format (Poll, Quiz, List, etc)
- Restrict Content Pro plugin special menu endpoint (screen above, point 2)
- Post category
- Post tag
- Taxonomy archive
- Custom post type archive
- Save menu
- Now, click the Manage Locations tab
- Assign the previously created menu to the Home Filters location (screen)
- Save Changes
Disable Filters
To disable the homepage filters, please:
- Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Menus
- Click the Manage Locations tab
- Make the Home Filters location empty
- Save Changes
Default Filter
The first menu item will be the default homepage filter.
Empty Lists
If you have installed a new demo and your lists (Hot, Trending) are empty, please read this guide.