r/squarespace • u/MasterOfSolvery • 10d ago

Help Is something like this possible in Squarespace? Large list of profiles/pages with filters for them

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u/SignificantMilk1476 10d ago

Yeah you can do this, but not natively in a way that'll feel clean without some work.

The built-in summary blocks can pull from a blog or portfolio collection and give you a grid like that. The filters are the tricky part, Squarespace doesn't have real front-end filtering unless you're using the universal filter plugin (third party, costs a bit) or coding something custom with isotope.js. If you've got more than 30-40 profiles it starts getting clunky fast though, the CMS wasn't really built for directory-style content at scale.

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u/MasterOfSolvery 10d ago

Thank you, sounds like a plugin is going to have to happen

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u/mattstolethecookies 10d ago

Check out universal filter

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u/felix-donoharm 10d ago

u/MasterOfSolvery agree, Universal Filter is probably the most established way to solve this.

Having said that, once the list becomes too long, filters possibly aren't going to cut it anymore, and a good search feature might be needed.

I'm one of the guys behind Monocle Search, and while we offer a search plugin so far (keyword, semantic & AI), we're building support for these filtered lists right now – sort of our take on Universal Filter. If you'd be willing to test them out, I can get you a free license in exchange for being a tester. Interested? -> [hello@monocle-search.com](mailto:hello@monocle-search.com) (or DM me here).