TablePress

Changelog

Recent changes are shown below. For earlier changes, please see the changelog history.

Version 2.0.4

TablePress 2.0.4 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.x, please see below.

• The “Table” button for users that don’t use the WordPress block editor is back!
• Issues that some users had with saving changes on the “Edit” screen are fixed.
• No errors should be thrown anymore when required PHP extensions are missing on a server when importing files.
• Visual glitches in the Horizontal Scrolling, caused by themes adding conflicting CSS, are reduced.
• The “Automatic Filtering” feature now allows retrieving the filter term from a URL parameter. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• A backwards compatibility improvement was added to the “Individual Column Filtering” feature. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The “Server-side Processing” feature now uses much shorter request URL which improves performance and prevents possible server errors. (TablePress Max only.)
• Some internal documentation and build tools were updated.

TablePress 2.0.3 contains these changes:

• The “Edit” screen now has context menu entries and supports Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/option + Shift + ↑/↓/←/→ keyboard shortcuts for moving the currently selected rows to the top or bottom, or the currently selected columns to the left or right edge.
• On the “Edit” screen, it’s now easier to drag and drop rows and columns with the mouse, as the clickable regions are now bigger.
• On the “Edit” screen, the cell height was reduced, so that more content fits on the screen.
• The “Edit” screen now properly supports copying and pasting of content that contains quotation marks.
• The “Show Shortcode” link on the “All tables” screen, often used for copy and paste, is back!
• The automatic format detection of the file import is more robust, especially when importing CSV files.
• TablePress better protects itself against conflicts caused by other plugins that use outdated versions of the Composer tool.
• An error where tables could not be saved was fixed. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The Column Filter Dropdowns module now properly deals with & characters and HTML code in cells, and applies better sorting to the selectable options. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)

TablePress 2.0.2 contains these changes:

• The “Edit” screen now supports Ctrl/Cmd + L/I/E keyboard shortcuts for the “Insert Link”, “Insert Image”, and “Advanced Editor” buttons, respectively.
• The “Edit” screen now supports Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ↑/↓/←/→ keyboard shortcuts for moving the currently selected rows up or down, or the currently selected columns left or right.
• An error where tables could not be saved was fixed. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The Fixed Columns module now properly shows multiple fixed columns. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The integration of the Automatic Periodic Table Import module was fixed. (TablePress Max only.)

TablePress 2.0.1 contains these changes:

• TablePress will again work correctly when it’s “network activated” on WordPress Multisite installations.
• Issues that some users had with saving changes on the “Edit” screen are fixed.
• The misalignment between head and body rows when using “Horizontal Scrolling” is fixed.
• The vertical alignment of elements in table cells is back to its old behavior, due to issues in some themes.
• No errors should be thrown anymore when the “Table Features for Site Visitors” are active for tables that have combined cells or no head row.
• The “Shortcode” text field, often used for copy and paste, on the “Edit” screen is back!
• More valuable information about errors is given when a table import fails.
• An issue with the sorting arrow icons showing as weird characters is fixed.
• No errors should be thrown anymore when required PHP extensions are missing on a server when evaluating math formulas.

Besides a fresh and modern look of the TablePress screens, here are the highlights of TablePress 2.0:

Completely new “Edit” screen for tables

• TablePress now has an even more spreadsheet-like user interface that makes working with large tables a breeze.
• Editing will be much faster: A right-click context menu allows for quick access to the table manipulation tools.
• A keyboard shortcut for saving changes will save a lot of scrolling.

Block editor support instead of having to deal with Shortcodes

• The new “TablePress table” block will give you a preview of the table when inserting it into a post or page, for a more intuitive embedding of tables. You won’t even have to remember the table ID, as a table search is included.
• And if you want, converting existing Shortcodes is just two clicks away.

Easier styling of tables with CSS variables

• You can now use CSS variables instead of complex CSS selectors for quicker and easier styling changes, in particular of table colors.
• The CSS selectors in the default CSS have been simplified for higher compatibility with more themes.

Importing tables is easier and more powerful than ever

• Simply drag&drop files to import them — even multiple files at once, even of different formats!
• No more need to choose the import file format: The auto detection will know if it’s a CSV, Excel, HTML, or JSON file.
• In addition, more file formats are recognized, like the LibreOffice ODS format.
• The Excel import is much more powerful: For example, clickable links and simple styling will be recognized and imported!
• The Replace/Append select box also has a live-search with autocomplete now, making finding the right table much faster.

New formula calculation engine

• TablePress now understands many more formulas, just as you know them from Excel!
• The formulas even support text strings now, which enables many new ways of automatically creating table content.
• When exporting tables, potentially dangerous formulas will be escaped, to increase protection against CSV injection attacks.

Premium versions

• Even more great features for you and your site’s visitors and priority email support are available with a Premium license plan of TablePress. Go check them out!

Behind the scenes

• Cleaned up and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Updated external libraries to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.
• Automated code compatibility checks and build tools simplify chores for easier development.
• Support for PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2.
• TablePress 2.0 requires WordPress 5.8.