JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Dogbert

HTML

<div class="category_items">
    <div class="category_item">1</div>
    <div class="category_item">2</div>
    <div class="category_item">3</div>
</div>
<div class="category_items">
    <div class="category_item">1</div>
    <div class="category_item">2</div>
    <div class="category_item">3</div>
    <div class="category_item">4</div>
    <div class="category_item">5</div>
</div>
<div class="category_items">
    <div class="category_item">1</div>
    <div class="category_item">2</div>
    <div class="category_item">3</div>
    <div class="category_item">4</div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(".category_items").each(function() {
    $(this).find(".category_item:gt(2)").hide();
});