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# Home Filters

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)
- Snax special menu endpoints: Waiting Room (Pending)
- Snax formats: Poll, Quiz, List, Meme etc.
- 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:

1. Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Menus
2. Create a new menu. Click the create a new menu link (screen, point 1)

3. Add filters to the menu:
   - Bimber special menu endpoint (screen, point 2). The New menu item is the Latest Bimber endpoint, with changed label.
   - Snax special menu endpoint (screen, point 3). The Pending menu item is the Waiting Room Snax endpoint, with changed label.
   - Snax format (Poll, Quiz, List etc)
   - Post category
   - Post tag
   - Taxonomy archive
   - Custom post type archive

4. Save menu
5. Now, click the Manage Locations tab
6. Assign the previously created menu to the Home Filters location (screen)
7. Save Changes

## Disable filters

To disable the homepage filters, please:

1. Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Menus
2. Click the Manage Locations tab
3. Make the Home Filters location empty
4. 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.