diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/CategorizedItems.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/CategorizedItems.vue
index 987861fa7bd67..37ab34721d69a 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/CategorizedItems.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/CategorizedItems.vue
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import { INodeCreateElement, INodeItemProps, ISubcategoryItemProps, ICategoriesW
 import { WEBHOOK_NODE_TYPE, HTTP_REQUEST_NODE_TYPE, ALL_NODE_FILTER, TRIGGER_NODE_FILTER, REGULAR_NODE_FILTER, NODE_TYPE_COUNT_MAPPER } from '@/constants';
 import { matchesNodeType, matchesSelectType } from './helpers';
 import { BaseTextKey } from '@/plugins/i18n';
+import { intersection } from '@/utils';
 import { sublimeSearch } from './sortUtils';
 
 export default mixins(externalHooks, globalLinkActions).extend({
@@ -181,7 +182,10 @@ export default mixins(externalHooks, globalLinkActions).extend({
 		},
 		filteredNodeTypes(): INodeCreateElement[] {
 			const filter = this.searchFilter;
-			const searchableNodes = this.subcategorizedNodes.length > 0 ? this.subcategorizedNodes : this.searchItems;
+
+			const searchableNodes = this.subcategorizedNodes.length > 0 && this.activeSubcategory?.key !== '*'
+				? this.subcategorizedNodes
+				: this.searchItems;
 
 			let returnItems: INodeCreateElement[] = [];
 			if (this.defaultLocale !== 'en') {
@@ -196,15 +200,19 @@ export default mixins(externalHooks, globalLinkActions).extend({
 			}
 
 
+			const filteredNodeTypes = this.excludedCategories.length === 0
+				? returnItems
+				: this.filterOutNodexFromExcludedCategories(returnItems);
+
 			setTimeout(() => {
 				this.$externalHooks().run('nodeCreateList.filteredNodeTypesComputed', {
 					nodeFilter: this.nodeFilter,
-					result: returnItems,
+					result: filteredNodeTypes,
 					selectedType: this.selectedType,
 				});
 			}, 0);
 
-			return returnItems;
+			return filteredNodeTypes;
 		},
 		filteredAllNodeTypes(): INodeCreateElement[] {
 			if(this.filteredNodeTypes.length > 0) return [];
@@ -334,6 +342,16 @@ export default mixins(externalHooks, globalLinkActions).extend({
 		},
 	},
 	methods: {
+		filterOutNodexFromExcludedCategories(nodes: INodeCreateElement[]) {
+			return nodes.filter(node => {
+				const excludedCategoriesIntersect = intersection(
+					this.excludedCategories,
+					((node.properties as INodeItemProps)?.nodeType.codex?.categories || []),
+				);
+
+				return excludedCategoriesIntersect.length === 0;
+			});
+		},
 		switchToAllTabAndFilter() {
 			const currentFilter = this.nodeFilter;
 			this.$store.commit('nodeCreator/setShowTabs', true);
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/TriggerHelperPanel.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/TriggerHelperPanel.vue
index 5d885c84e6d55..5690d536ee7bd 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/TriggerHelperPanel.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/Node/NodeCreator/TriggerHelperPanel.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 			:initialActiveIndex="0"
 			:searchItems="searchItems"
 			:firstLevelItems="isRoot ? items : []"
-			:excludedCategories="[CORE_NODES_CATEGORY]"
+			:excludedCategories="isRoot ? [] : [CORE_NODES_CATEGORY]"
 			:initialActiveCategories="[COMMUNICATION_CATEGORY]"
 		>
 			<template #header>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default mixins(externalHooks).extend({
 	computed: {
 		items() {
 			return [{
-					key: "core_nodes",
+					key: "*",
 					type: "subcategory",
 					title: this.$locale.baseText('nodeCreator.subcategoryNames.appTriggerNodes'),
 					properties: {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils.ts
index e38a67eaad6ed..7880c79de9a09 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ export const isEmpty = (value?: unknown): boolean => {
 	}
 	return false;
 };
+
+export const intersection = <T>(a: T[], b:T[]): T[] => a.filter(Set.prototype.has, new Set(b));