Title: Filtering loop using drop-down menus
Last modified: December 2, 2020

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# Filtering loop using drop-down menus

 *  [philipt18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipt18/)
 * (@philipt18)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-using-drop-down-menus/)
 * I’m trying to figure out how to use two drop-down menus to alter a loop. I was
   wondering if there’s a way to do this in real-time. Ideally, I would have a loop
   displaying a list of posts, and I want to sort them by language and topic. I 
   have language set in a custom field, and the topics are set as tags. I want the
   user to see the two menus at the top of a paginated loop, and if they select 
   a specific language, then the loop would filter to show only posts with that 
   language set in the custom field. If they select a topic from the other menu,
   it would further filter to show only posts on that topic. Any ideas on how to
   accomplish this? Is it even possible? Thanks.

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 *  [polarracing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polarracing/)
 * (@polarracing)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-loop-using-drop-down-menus/#post-13734741)
 * If you want to achieve this without reloading the page – use AJAX.

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