TablePress
For more information, check out the plugin developer’s very thorough documentation and FAQs.
Create a table and add it to a post
1. Activate the TablePress plugin.
2. On your siteās Dashboard, click TablePress > Add New Table in the left sidebar.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP1_add_new_table-1024x959.png)
3. Add the table name and choose the number of rows and columns. Click Add Table.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP2_table_format.png)
4. In Table Content, click a cell and start typing its content. When you are done, click in the next cell to add content. To modify a cell that already has content, double-click it.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP3_fill_table_cells-1024x839.png)
5. Tables will automatically consider the first row to be the table header. Clicking on a cell in the header row allows people to sort the table by that value. To change these or other options, scroll down to Table Options > Table Features. When you are done, click Save Changes.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP4_table_options_features-1024x763.png)
6. Now your table is ready to be added to a post or page. Go to the post or page where the table will be included, or create a new one.
7. Add a new block by clicking the plus symbol [1] and type āTablePressā in the search bar [2]. Click TablePress Table when it appears in the list[3].
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP5_add_table_block-1024x457.png)
8. Select the table you want to add in the Block Settings Sidebar. If you have multiple tables with similar names, you can find a tableās unique ID in Dashboard > TablePress > All Tables.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP6_select_table-1024x489.png)
9. Your table will appear in the page or post after it is published.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP7_final_table-1024x826.png)
Import a table
1. Go to your siteās Dashboard and click TablePress > Import a Table in the left sidebar.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP8_import_table-1024x905.png)
2. In Import Tables, click the Select Files area to select a file, or drag one into it.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP9_select_file-1024x675.png)
3. Alternatively, if the table is hosted online, select the URL option in Import Source, and fill the File URL field.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP10_file_url-1024x672.png)
4. The imported table will be added as a new table. You can also choose to replace an existing table or add (append) your new table to an existing one . Select your intended option and click Import.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP11_add_replace_append-1024x643.png)
5. Your table is now ready to be added to a post or page. Before doing this you can also make changes to the table content, options, or features, in the same way as when you create a new table from scratch.