Tilling and Planting is a Bible and theology blog written by Cory Lewis, a software developer based in Wisconsin. His readers usually arrive looking for one particular topic. This case study shows how any content-heavy blog can turn a sprawling archive into something people can actually search, using Posts Table Pro.
The challenge: an archive page built for scrolling
By default, the archive listed every post in full. As a result, readers had to scroll past entire articles and click through pagination to find anything. Cory quickly cut it back to titles, images and excerpts. However, the underlying problem remained.
"It was still a lot of scrolling and no ability to search or sort," he explains.
The solution: one searchable table of every post
Posts Table Pro replaced that long list with a sortable, filterable table. Readers can now type a keyword or narrow the table by topic, then open the right post in seconds. Because the table builds itself from existing posts, Cory does not have to maintain it by hand. For a blog that publishes regularly, that adds up.
"The plugin allows my readers to quickly search for specific posts and filter on topics they are interested in," says Cory. He also expects the time savings to grow as the archive does.
Posts Table Pro is the best way to organize posts in a manner that will make it easy for readers to find what they want to read without overwhelming them.
Cory Lewis, Tilling and Planting
Why it works for content-led sites
Cory is a developer by trade, so he could have built something custom. Instead, he found the plugin easy and intuitive to set up, with plenty of flexibility over how the table looks and which features readers get. For anyone sitting on years of posts, that combination is hard to beat.