The Posts Table Pro plugin comes with over 50 options for customizing your tables. This article describes all the options available for your tables, and how to use them.

Where to manage your table options

You can configure the most popular options directly in the table builder, whereas the more advanced options are managed on the plugin settings page and/or as shortcode options:

• Add Table - These options are available when you use the table builder to create a new table (Post Tables → Add New).
• Edit Table - These options are available when you edit a table (Post Tables → Edit).
• Settings Page - You can set defaults for these options on the settings page (Post Tables → Settings). These will be used for all your new tables, and you can override the defaults for each individual table. 
• Shortcode - Available as shortcode options so that you can configure them directly in the [posts_table] or [posts_table_template id=""] shortcode.

The list of options below indicates where you can manage each one.

Full list of options

Table columns

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Columns	Sets the columns in the table. You can also customize or remove the column headers	✓	✓	✓	✓

Choosing which posts appear in the table

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Category	Lists posts from a specific category	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Tag	Lists posts with a specific tag	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Term	Lists posts with a specific custom taxonomy term	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Custom field	Lists posts with a specific custom field value	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Post type	Lists posts with a specific post type (e.g. products, events, or projects)	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Status	Lists posts with a specific status (e.g. publish)	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Year	Lists posts published in a specific year	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Month	Lists posts published in a specific month	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Day	Lists posts published on a specific day of the month	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Author	Lists posts by a specific author/user	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Include	Lists specific posts in the table based on ID	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Exclude	Excludes specific posts from the table based on ID	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Exclude category	Excludes entire categories of posts from the table	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Exclude term	Excludes posts with specific taxonomy terms from the table	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
MIME type	Lists media library files with a specific file extension	✓	✓	⛌	⛌

Table content

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Rows per page	Sets the number of posts on each page of the table	⛌	✓	✓	✓
Post limit	Sets the maximum number of posts that can appear in the table	⛌	✓	✓	✓
Links	Sets which columns in the table are clickable	✓	✓	✓	✓
Button text	Changes the text of the button column, for example if you want this to appear as 'Read More' rather than 'View'	⛌	✓	✓	✓
Shortcodes	Displays content generated by other shortcodes in the table (e.g. buttons or embedded audio or video players)	⛌	⛌	✓	✓

Sorting & ordering

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Sort by	Controls how the posts are sorted when the table first loads	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sort order	Sorts the table in ascending or descending order	✓	✓	✓	✓
Filters	Add filter dropdown lists above the table	✓	✓	✓	✓
Search term	Filter by search term when the table first loads	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Search on click	Controls whether clicking on a category, tag or custom taxonomy will filter the table or link to the relevant archive page	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓

Control elements above & below the table

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Search box	Shows, hides or positions the keyword search box	⛌	✓	✓	✓
Reset button	Shows, hides or positions the reset link	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Page length	Shows, hides or positions the “Show <x> posts” dropdown list	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Totals	Shows, hides or positions the post totals (e.g. “Showing 1 to 10 of 50 posts”)	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Pagination	Shows, hides or positions the pagination buttons (previous, next etc)	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Paging type	Sets the pagination style	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Sticky header	Keep the table header visible after scrolling down	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Hide header	Remove the table header row	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Show footer	Shows or hides the footer row of the table	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Scroll offset	Changes the height that the page scrolls to when you move between pages in the table	⛌	⛌	✓	✓

Sizing & styling

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Widths	Forces each column to a certain width	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Content length	Sets the number of characters in the 'content' column	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Excerpt length	Sets the number of characters in the 'excerpt' column	⛌	⛌	✓	✓

Images

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Image size	Sets the size of featured images in the table	⛌	⛌	✓	✓
Lightbox	Control whether your images open in a lightbox	⛌	⛌	✓	✓

Mobile visibility & responsive options

Your tables will automatically adjust to suit mobiles and different screen sizes. There are shortcode options to give you more fine-grained control over this.

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Wrap	Controls whether or not content is wrapped onto multiple lines	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Responsive priority	Controls which columns are hidden on screen sizes when there are too many to fit on the page	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Responsive visibility	Provides fine-grained control over the breakpoints for each column when viewed on smaller screen sizes	✓	✓	⛌	✓
Responsive control	Controls the + icon which shows hidden rows	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Responsive display	Sets whether hidden rows are visible or hidden, or open in a modal window	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓

Peformance

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Lazy load	Improves performance by loading the overall page before the table, and loading 1 page of posts at a time	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cache	Whether to use caching to speed up table load time	⛌	⛌	✓	✓

Miscellaneous options

Option	Description	Add Table	Edit Table	Settings Page	Shortcode
Date format	Sets the date format for any date columns	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Date columns	Specifies which columns contain dates, so that the column can be sorted by date correctly	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
No posts message	Controls the text that appears if no posts are found when the table first loads	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
No posts filtered message	Controls the text that appears if no results are found when a user searches or filters the table	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓
Numeric terms	Fixes any issues if you're using numeric slugs for your categories or taxonomies	⛌	⛌	⛌	✓

What else can I do?

Please also see our articles on advanced usage, which include advice on adding tables to category archive or search results pages, translating the posts table into other languages, developer documentation, and more. We've also published a list of compatible third party plugins that you can use with Posts Table Pro.

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