Group Bricks posts by category (loop)

You can query posts just fine.
You can filter by category just fine.
But grouping them – category heading once, then the related posts underneath – isn’t obvious at all.

This post walks through a clean, reliable way to do it.

No hacks. No plugins. Just working logic.

Final result

The Bricks setup (high level)

Here’s the approach used:

1. Outer loop: Categories

• Query type: Terms
• Taxonomy: category
• Optional: exclude empty categories if you want a tighter page

This loop is responsible for:

• the category heading
• the container that holds that category’s posts

2. Inner loop: Posts

Inside the category loop, add another query loop:

• Query type: Posts
• Tax query:
  • Taxonomy: category
  • Field: term_id
  • Value: dynamic → current term ID

Now each category only pulls in its own posts.

Clean separation. No duplication.