TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy

Journal

Changes in recent versions are shown below. For earlier changes, please see the changelog history.

Version 2.1.7

TablePress 2.1.7 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.1, please see below.

• Some improvements for enhanced compatibility with WordPress 6.3 were added.
• A bug with the loading of the frontend features for site visitors in the context of the block editor was fixed.
• Formula evaluation: The HYPERLINK() function from Excel is now supported for creating clickable links.
• The Stack mode of the Responsive Tables feature now works better when column widths have been changed. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The Counter Column feature no longer requires sorting or filtering to be activated. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The Counter Column feature now takes into account pagination when Server-side Processing is used. (TablePress Max only.)
• The Server-side Processing feature now handles edge cases with conflicting settings better. (TablePress Max only.)
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 2.1.6

The TablePress 2.1.6 release was withdrawn due to a bug. Its changes are part of TablePress 2.1.7.

Version 2.1.5

TablePress 2.1.5 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.1, please see below.

• Early improvements for the upcoming WordPress 6.3 were added.
• The header cells on the “Edit” screen now show sorting arrow icons again, to indicate that columns can be sorted by a double-click.
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 2.1.4

TablePress 2.1.4 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.1, please see below.

• A warning message that could show on some servers after importing files was fixed.
• A PHP deprecation notice was fixed, for improved compatibility with current versions of PHP.
• The “Row Filtering” module no longer returns wrong cache results when filtering from a URL parameter is used. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 2.1.3

TablePress 2.1.3 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.1, please see below.

• Pasting text into table cells via the right-click context menu on the “Edit” screen now works as expected.
• The list of allowed CSS properties in “Custom CSS” has been extended to include new properties.
• The Server-side Processing feature now shows a loading animation while data is retrieved from the server. (TablePress Max only.)
• The TablePress REST API now only returns the “_links” field upon request, for improved performance. (TablePress Max only.)
• The TablePress REST API now caches the generated JSON schema, for improved performance. (TablePress Max only.)
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 2.1.2

TablePress 2.1.2 fixes a few bugs and brings some nice enhancements. For more information on changes and new features in TablePress 2.1, please see below.

• The “Modules” screen now supports the Ctrl/Cmd + S keyboard shortcut for saving changes on the screen. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• Some erroneously removed CSS code for the TablePress admin screens was restored.
• The TablePress REST API now properly returns the table ID as well. (TablePress Max only.)
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

TablePress 2.1.1 contains these changes:

• The “Plugin Options” screen now supports the Ctrl/Cmd + S keyboard shortcut for saving changes on the screen.
• Keyboard shortcuts for moving cells no longer erroneously trigger when navigating inside an edited cell.
• A few typos in translatable strings were corrected.
• Some instances of invalid HTML code were fixed.
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

TablePress 2.1 contains these changes:

New features, enhancements, and bug fixes

• Full compatibility with WordPress 6.2.
• On the “Edit” screen, you can now set the desired default cell size via the “Screen Options” tab, for maximum flexibility when editing large tables.
• The table editor’s context menu now also works when editing a cell.
• The table editor’s context menu and keyboard shortcuts now allow inserting images and links at the current cursor position and as well as turning existing text into a link.
• On the “Edit” screen, potential confusion is reduced by adjusting how individual sections can be collapsed.
• Tables that use scrolling are less likely to have misplaced header cells.
• The “Export” screen now has a button to quickly reverse a long list of tables, which can save time if you want to export a table from the end of the list.
• The “Last Editor” of a table is again determined correctly.
• More detailed error messages are shown on the “Edit” and “Import” screens.
• A few styling glitches on the different TablePress admin screens have been fixed.
• The “Edit” screen shows other available features, to make users aware of them. (TablePress Free only.)
• The “Fixed Header” module now works more reliably with themes that use floating elements as well. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The “Alphabet Filtering” module has more options, like choosing a filtering column and alphabet, and is more robust on small screens. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The “Automatic Filtering” module also allows using commas in filter values now. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The “Column Filter Dropdowns” module now only disables selections if none can be made. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
• The “REST API” module now allows public and unauthenticaed requests, if desired. (TablePress Max only.)
• The “Server-side Processing” module is more robust when dealing with large tables that use many settings. (TablePress Max only.)
• Cleaned up, improved, and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Several external code libraries and build tools have been updated to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.

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