TablePress
by Tobias Bathge
Builds sortable, responsive data tables you can edit like a spreadsheet and embed with a shortcode.
This link may earn us a commission. It never changes our rating.
What TablePress does
Builds sortable, responsive data tables you can edit like a spreadsheet and embed with a shortcode.
It sits in the content part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Tobias Bathge on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our content guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
5/5
Reviews
4,626
Active installs
600,000+
Downloads
24.7M
Latest version
3.3.4
Last updated
2026-08-19
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 3.3.4, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 5.0/5.
Where TablePress ranks elsewhere
TablePress does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
- Full compatibility with WordPress 7.1, including an updated visual styling to match the latest WordPress design.
- Bugfix: Prevent a loading error of the "Default Style Customizer" module if the "Syntax Highlighting" setting is turned off in the user's profile. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- Cleaned up 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.
- Full compatibility with WordPress 7.0, including an updated visual styling to match the latest WordPress design.
- Bugfix: Properly take into account hidden rows when using a complex filter expression with the "Row Filtering" module. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- Bugfix: The sorting arrow icons when using the "Responsive Tables" module's "Flip" mode no longer break the layout when using small fonts. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- Cleaned up 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.
- Security fix : Reflected XSS. Thanks to Bonds and the Patchstack team for following responsible disclosure policies when reporting this issue!
- Enhancement: When importing tables from a URL, the file format is now detected more reliably, allowing more file formats to be imported successfully.
- Enhancement: The Cloudflare APO plugin's cache is now cleared when a table is modified.
- Bugfix: The "FIXED()" math function will now work as expected and in the same ways as Excel or Google Sheets.
- Bugfix: The horizontal position of the sorting arrow icons when using the "Responsive Tables" module's "Flip" mode is correct again. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- Cleaned up 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.
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Table editing is genuinely spreadsheet simple
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Very large tables load a JavaScript library on the page
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
- 2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
- 3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
- 4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
- 5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.
How it compares
Other content plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TablePress | 5.0 | 5 (4,626) | Freemium | Table editing is genuinely spreadsheet simple |
| Advanced Custom Fields | 4.5 | 4.5 (1,439) | Freemium | Turns messy page content into structured, reusable data |
| Custom Post Type UI | 4.6 | 4.6 (276) | Freemium | Structured content types with no code |
| Easy Table of Contents | 4.6 | 4.4 (219) | Freemium | Automatic and configurable |
| LuckyWP Table of Contents | 4.7 | 4.9 (885) | Free | Clean markup and free |
| Pods | 4.8 | 4.8 (418) | Free | Fields and content types in a single free tool |
Alternatives
Other content plugins
Advanced Custom Fields
WP Engine
Adds structured custom fields to any post type so editors fill in fields instead of styling content by hand.
1,439 reviews · 76.2M downloads · v6.8.10
Custom Post Type UI
WebDevStudios
Creates custom post types and taxonomies through the admin instead of hand-written registration code.
276 reviews · 24.7M downloads · v1.19.3
Easy Table of Contents
Steven Zahm
Generates a table of contents from your headings automatically with per-post-type control.
219 reviews · 19.3M downloads · v2.0.87.1