diff --git a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-filter-type.php b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-filter-type.php
index 953d98c70..3405b7365 100644
--- a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-filter-type.php
+++ b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-filter-type.php
@@ -8,9 +8,21 @@ abstract class Filter_Type {
 
     private $supported_types = [];
     public $options;
+    public $component;
+
+    public function __construct(){
+        add_action('register_filter_types', array(&$this, 'register_filter_type'));
+    }
 
     abstract function render( $field );
 
+    /**
+     * generate the fields for this field type
+     */
+    public function form(){
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array Supported types by the filter
      */
@@ -27,6 +39,25 @@ abstract class Filter_Type {
         $this->supported_types = $supported_types;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function get_component() {
+        return $this->component;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function __toArray(){
+        $attributes = [];
+
+        $attributes['className'] = get_class($this);
+        $attributes['component'] = $this->get_component();
+        $attributes['supported_types'] = $this->get_supported_types();
+
+        return $attributes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $options
      */
diff --git a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-list-filter.php b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-list-filter.php
index ffe3fff21..9946a1117 100644
--- a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-list-filter.php
+++ b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-list-filter.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class List_Filter extends Filter_Type {
 
     function __construct(){
         parent::set_supported_types(['string']);
+        $this->component = 'tainacan-filter-list';
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-range.php b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-range.php
index 8e61b9c84..a978281a7 100644
--- a/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-range.php
+++ b/src/classes/filter-types/class-tainacan-range.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Range extends Filter_Type {
 
     function __construct(){
         parent::set_supported_types(['float','date']);
+        $this->component = 'tainacan-filter-range';
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-filters.php b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-filters.php
index b2b44c4c5..5428a004f 100644
--- a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-filters.php
+++ b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-filters.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ defined( 'ABSPATH' ) or die( 'No script kiddies please!' );
 use \Respect\Validation\Validator as v;
 class Filters extends Repository {
 	public $entities_type = '\Tainacan\Entities\Filter';
+    public $filters_types = [];
 	
     public function get_map() {
     	return apply_filters('tainacan-get-map-'.$this->get_name(),  [
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class Filters extends Repository {
             'parent_item_colon'  => __('Parent Filter:', 'tainacan'),
             'menu_name'          => __('Filters', 'tainacan')
         );
+
         $args = array(
             'labels'              => $labels,
             'hierarchical'        => true,
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ class Filters extends Repository {
             'can_export'          => true,
             'rewrite'             => true,
         	'map_meta_cap'		  => true,
-        	'capability_type'     => 'tainacan-filter',
+        	'capability_type'     => Entities\Field::get_post_type(),
             'supports'            => [
                 'title',
                 'editor',
@@ -209,21 +211,62 @@ class Filters extends Repository {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * fetch all declared filter type classes
-     *
-     * @return Array of Entities\Filter_Types\Filter_Type objects
-     */
-    public function fetch_filter_types(){
-        $filters = array();
 
-        foreach (get_declared_classes() as $class) {
-            if (is_subclass_of($class, '\Tainacan\Filter_Types\Filter_Type')){
-                $filters[] = new $class();
-            }
+    /**
+     * register field types class on array of types
+     *
+     * @param $class_name string | object The class name or the instance
+     */
+    public function register_filter_type( $class_name ){
+        if( is_object( $class_name ) ){
+            $class_name = get_class( $class_name );
         }
 
-        return $filters;
+        if(!in_array( $class_name, $this->filters_types)){
+            $this->filters_types[] = $class_name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * register field types class on array of types
+     *
+     * @param $class_name string | object The class name or the instance
+     */
+    public function deregister_filter_type( $class_name ){
+        if (is_object($class_name)) {
+            $class_name = get_class($class_name);
+        }
+
+        $key = array_search($class_name, $this->filters_types);
+        if ($key !== false) {
+            unset($this->filters_types[$key]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * fetch all registered filter type classes
+     *
+     * Possible outputs are:
+     * CLASS (default) - returns the Class name of of filter types registered
+     * NAME - return an Array of the names of filter types registered
+     *
+     * @param $output string CLASS | NAME
+     * @return array of Entities\Filter_Types\Filter_Type classes path name
+     */
+    public function fetch_filter_types( $output = 'CLASS'){
+        $return = [];
+
+        do_action('register_filter_types');
+
+        if( $output === 'NAME' ){
+            foreach ($this->filters_types as $filter_type) {
+                $return[] = str_replace('Tainacan\Filter_Types\\','', $filter_type);
+            }
+
+            return $return;
+        }
+
+        return $this->filters_types;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/classes/tainacan-creator.php b/src/classes/tainacan-creator.php
index a710bb035..b390fe349 100644
--- a/src/classes/tainacan-creator.php
+++ b/src/classes/tainacan-creator.php
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ $Tainacan_Fields->register_field_type('Tainacan\Field_Types\Checkbox');
 global $Tainacan_Filters;
 $Tainacan_Filters = new \Tainacan\Repositories\Filters();
 
+//register filter type
+$Tainacan_Filters->register_filter_type('Tainacan\Filter_Types\Range');
+$Tainacan_Filters->register_filter_type('Tainacan\Filter_Types\List_Filter');
+
 global $Tainacan_Taxonomies;
 $Tainacan_Taxonomies = new \Tainacan\Repositories\Taxonomies();
 
diff --git a/src/dev-interface/class-tainacan-dev-interface.php b/src/dev-interface/class-tainacan-dev-interface.php
index ac8af9117..ba6129aeb 100644
--- a/src/dev-interface/class-tainacan-dev-interface.php
+++ b/src/dev-interface/class-tainacan-dev-interface.php
@@ -186,10 +186,12 @@ class DevInterface {
                                     <?php  Helpers\HtmlHelpers::collections_dropdown( $value ); ?>
                                 <?php elseif ($prop == 'collections_ids'): ?>
                                     <?php  Helpers\HtmlHelpers::collections_checkbox_list( $value ); ?>
-                                <?php elseif ($prop == 'field_type_options'): ?>
+                                <?php elseif ($prop == 'field_type_options' || $prop == 'filter_type_options'): ?>
                                     <?php echo $value; ?>
                                 <?php elseif ($prop == 'field_type'): ?>
                                     <?php echo $this->field_type_dropdown($post->ID,$value); ?>
+                                <?php elseif ($prop == 'filter_type'): ?>
+                                    <?php echo $this->filter_type_dropdown($post->ID,$value); ?>
                                 <?php else: ?>
                                         <textarea name="tnc_prop_<?php echo $prop; ?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($value); ?></textarea>
                                 <?php endif; ?>    
@@ -378,6 +380,33 @@ class DevInterface {
             ?>
         <?php
     }
+
+    function filter_type_dropdown($id,$selected) {
+
+        global $Tainacan_Filters;
+
+        $class = ( class_exists( $selected ) ) ? new $selected() : '';
+
+        if(is_object( $class )){
+            $selected =  str_replace('Tainacan\Filter_Types\\','', get_class( $class ) );
+        }
+
+        $types = $Tainacan_Filters->fetch_filter_types('NAME');
+        ?>
+        <select name="tnc_prop_filter_type">
+            <?php foreach ($types as $type): ?>
+                <option value="<?php echo $type; ?>" <?php selected($type, $selected) ?>><?php echo $type; ?></option>
+            <?php endforeach; ?>
+        </select>
+        <?php
+        if( $class ){
+            $options = get_post_meta($id,'filter_type_options',true);
+            $class->set_options($options);
+            echo $class->form();
+        }
+        ?>
+        <?php
+    }
     
     function collections_checkbox_list($selected) {
         global $Tainacan_Collections;
@@ -432,10 +461,14 @@ class DevInterface {
                         $class = '\Tainacan\Field_Types\\'.$value;
                         update_post_meta($post_id, 'field_type_options', $_POST['field_type_'.strtolower( $value ) ] );
                         update_post_meta($post_id, 'field_type',  wp_slash( get_class( new $class() ) ) );
-                    } elseif($prop == 'field_type_options') {
+                    } elseif($prop == 'field_type_options' || $prop == 'filter_type_options') {
                         continue;
+                    } elseif ($prop == 'filter_type') {
+                        $class = '\Tainacan\Filter_Types\\'.$value;
+                        update_post_meta($post_id, 'filter_type_options', $_POST['filter_type_'.strtolower( $value ) ] );
+                        update_post_meta($post_id, 'filter_type',  wp_slash( get_class( new $class() ) ) );
                     } elseif ($mapped['map'] == 'meta' || $mapped['map'] == 'meta_multi') {
-                        
+
                         $repo->insert_metadata($entity, $prop);
                         
         			}