Answers.Body: <p>Your current query queries for all categories in the category group &quot;title&quot;, ordering them by their title.</p>
  <p>If you want to list three specific categories, you'll have to create a <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/categories.html#querying-categories" rel="nofollow noreferrer">categories query</a> that filters out all the other categories somehow.</p>
  <p>In Craft, most fields can be used to filter element query results. For example, if you wanted to filter by the categories' <em>title</em>, you could use the <code>.title()</code> param – the below query would only return categories with a title &quot;Foo&quot;, &quot;Bar&quot; or &quot;Baz&quot;:</p>
  <pre><code>{% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').title(['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz']).all() %}
  </code></pre>
  <p>You can also query by category IDs:</p>
  <pre><code>{% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').id([125, 43624, 34]).all() %}
  </code></pre>
  <p>Or even by a custom field – for example, assuming you had a Lightswitch field called <code>featured</code>, and wanted to query for all categories with this Lightswitch field toggled on:</p>
  <pre><code>{% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').featured(1).all() %}
  </code></pre>
  <p>Another approach entirely is using a Categories field, to enable authors to select which categories to display. For example, if you created a categories field called <code>someCategoriesField</code>, and added it to a global set <code>someGlobalSet</code>, you could do this to return any and all categories selected in that field:</p>
  <pre><code>{% set categories = someGlobalSet.someCategoriesField.all() %}
  </code></pre>
  <p>If you want to make sure that only 3 categories are returned, you might also consider adding a <code>.limit()</code> parameter to your query:</p>
  <pre><code>{% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').limit(3).all() %}
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>I have a categories group named &quot;Title&quot; in my backend. In that group I have 15 categories, but I want to display only 3 specific categories on the frontend. How can I filter my query and display only certain categories?</p>
  <pre><code>{% for category in craft.categories({ group: 'title', orderBy: 'title asc' }).all() %}
      {{ category.title }} {# will display all the categories but I want to display only 3 specific categories #}
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <craft3><categories><category><filtering><category-filter>
Title: How to filter a categories query
ThreadText: # How to filter a categories query
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-12-06)
  
  I have a categories group named "Title" in my backend. In that group I have 15 categories, but I want to display only 3 specific categories on the frontend. How can I filter my query and display only certain categories?
  
  ```
  {% for category in craft.categories({ group: 'title', orderBy: 'title asc' }).all() %}
      {{ category.title }} {# will display all the categories but I want to display only 3 specific categories #}
  {% endfor %}
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** craft3, categories, category, filtering, category-filter
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-12-06. Score: 3
  
  Your current query queries for all categories in the category group "title", ordering them by their title.
  
  If you want to list three specific categories, you'll have to create a [categories query](https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/categories.html#querying-categories) that filters out all the other categories somehow.
  
  In Craft, most fields can be used to filter element query results. For example, if you wanted to filter by the categories' *title*, you could use the `.title()` param – the below query would only return categories with a title "Foo", "Bar" or "Baz":
  
  ```
  {% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').title(['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz']).all() %}
  
  ```
  
  You can also query by category IDs:
  
  ```
  {% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').id([125, 43624, 34]).all() %}
  
  ```
  
  Or even by a custom field – for example, assuming you had a Lightswitch field called `featured`, and wanted to query for all categories with this Lightswitch field toggled on:
  
  ```
  {% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').featured(1).all() %}
  
  ```
  
  Another approach entirely is using a Categories field, to enable authors to select which categories to display. For example, if you created a categories field called `someCategoriesField`, and added it to a global set `someGlobalSet`, you could do this to return any and all categories selected in that field:
  
  ```
  {% set categories = someGlobalSet.someCategoriesField.all() %}
  
  ```
  
  If you want to make sure that only 3 categories are returned, you might also consider adding a `.limit()` parameter to your query:
  
  ```
  {% set categories = craft.categories.group('title').limit(3).all() %}
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  