It has become extremely easy to customize a WordPress site, even novices can now do it without difficulty. Today therefore, websites are not only made by webmasters, bloggers or small business owners are now learning to create their own blogs, and they get to do a lot of things among others of which we have tables.
Tables are a great way to display a lot of information such as data, numbers or statistics of your site. This is the best way to showcase a large amount of data easily accessible by your visiteurs.
But, it has always been difficult to include tables in a blog, especially HTML tables. Creating an HTML table is quite tedious, and not everyone can do it. But now you don't have to worry anymore, because in this tutorial I will show you how to create arrays on a WordPress blog using the WP Table Manager plugin.
WP Table Manager is the only WordPress table management plugin that allows you to manage tables in a spreadsheet interface.
With the interface, it is easier for you to create tables, modify them, sort them using an interface " Drag and Drop". You can choose one of the plugin's themes, or customize it using CSS code, and take advantage of the responsive interface.
The plugin is also useful for beginners as well as for developers. As a beginner, you don't need to learn to code. As a webmaster, you have the freedom to customize and use advanced tools such as custom CSS, import and export, and more.
Features
The plugin is powerful by offering multiple advanced features, the plugin allows you to perform various tasks such as creating charts from data, displaying tables, sorting data on the frontend and much more. Let's look at some of the features of the plugin in detail.
Spreadsheet interface
As mentioned earlier, the plugin has a spreadsheet interface which makes it very easy to create and edit tables. You can also add tables into categories and organize them as needed.
6 themes included
The plugin comes with six built-in themes to help you create tables, if you don't have knowledge of HTML or CSS. These themes offer a price list, and a comparison feature. All you need to do is select the theme. You can change all the elements including the button, layout, cell content or you can also play around with the code to create something more unique.
Visual Editions and HTML Cells
The visual editor gives you access to all media tools, you can also add images to tables, or you can set a separate format for each cell in the table. You can choose to keep it simple with text or numbers, and even add images, if you want. You can also choose HTML format to edit a cell with the visual editor.
WP Table Manager is a powerful table manager with options to modify visual tools like colors, borders and many more.
Saving time in changing tables
This is one of the great features of the plugin, you can easily click on a cell and then insert data, the data is saved automatically. It's easy for users to make changes that are automatically synchronized.
Also, you don't have to preview your changes multiple times, the plugin does AJAX saves and a feature "Undo" is also available.
Data table
The plugin allows you to prepare charts from the table data, it includes charts.js which allows you to insert one or more charts into the table. You can choose the map from the options, select the data you want to include in the table, and that's it. When you update the table, the table is automatically updated. There are six styles of cards to choose from and it is easy to create charts.
Importing and Exporting for Excel
The job becomes easy when you don't have to enter the data again to create a table. With WP Table Manger, you can import any data you want on the table and create the layout before you publish the table. The plugin supports special characters and all languages. You can also export tables that you have created in .xls format.
Responsive mode or scrolling
All tables created with the plugin are responsive, and this means that they adapt to the device on which they are displayed, whether it is on a smartphone, tablet or desktop. They can also use the scroll mode which allows the user to view the data easily by moving the scroll bars to fully navigate the table. You can also choose to hide the columns for the responsive mode. Scrolling mode also works on mobile devices.
Data filter
You can treat your data just like in a spreadsheet, you can filter your data as you need. This feature simplifies the management of a large amount of data that you can order as you wish.
Compatibility with basic calculations
The plugin supports basic calculations, you can use these functions in any of the cells of your choice. It supports SUM, COUNT, CONCAT, MIN, MAX, AVG.
Locking columns and lines
This is an awesome feature and of great use when you need to display a large amount of data in the tables. The plugin gives you the option to freeze cells as per your requirement. In each table you have the option to freeze up to 5 rows and columns. You can also set the maximum height of the table.
Price
There are three basic plans available for licensing. Among these plans, you will find plans with 6 to 12 months of assistance
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