Process sorting, filtering, and pagination on the server for faster loading of large tables.

Server-side Processing

For large tables, the “Table Features for Site Visitors” can be slow, especially when a page is first loaded. The “Server-side Processing” module can move this work to the server, so that tables will be much faster for site visitors.

Another alternative for loading large tables faster is the Advanced Loading feature module that modern data format for loading the table faster.

Feature description

For example, try searching and paging in this very large table — it has more than 32,000 rows. Despite this large number of cells, it’s loading very fast and the visitor can still use it with ease.

Name	Year	Country	Sport	Time	Rate	Fee
Eric	1986	Sweden	Soccer	05:25	40.4%	$7.14
Julia	1991	Germany	Basketball	04:45	20.3%	$2.90
Adam	2002	Indonesia	Golf	19:40	43.3%	$4.40
Kim	1986	Chile	Badminton	12:50	85.7%	$3.47
Jackson	1998	Australia	Baseball	06:09	66.7%	$6.85
Cade	1986	India	Badminton	19:43	42.4%	$3.22
Keaton	2003	Costa Rica	Basketball	10:31	40.0%	$5.88
Ray	1999	France	Gymnastics	18:08	59.5%	$1.10
Omar	1984	Brazil	Tennis	02:50	54.2%	$2.30
Maite	1986	Norway	Wrestling	15:09	29.5%	$3.91

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Automatic reloading

The Server-side Processing feature also supports automatically reloading the table in a configured interval, to ensure that the site visitor sees the latest table data. This can for example be useful to show things like up-to-date scores or results of a race or competition. This example table automatically refreshes every ten seconds, to show a (fictional) competition ranking (with automatic sorting by the “Points” column). Note how the data and time in the last row change automatically every ten seconds.

Name	Team	Points
Alex	🟥	83
Bryce	🟩	67
Chris	🟨	49
Last update:	Jun 17, 2025, 9:30:02

Usage instructions

To use these features with your tables, activate the “Server-side Processing” feature module on the “Modules” screen of TablePress Max. Then, configure the desired options in the “Server-side Processing” section on the table’s “Edit” screen.

Configuration parameters

To configure this module’s features, you can also use these configuration parameters in the “TablePress Table” block, the Elementor widget, or in the Shortcode that you are using to embed the table:

Module	Slug	Configuration parameter	Name	Description	Type	Default value
Server-side Processing	datatables-serverside-processing	datatables_serverside_processing	Server-side Processing	Whether to load the table data dynamically via the TablePress REST API, for improved loading speed.	boolean (`true` or `false`)	`false`
Server-side Processing	datatables-serverside-processing	datatables_serverside_processing_cached_pages	Server-side Processing Cached pages	Number of pages to cache to reduce requests to the server.	integer	`0`
Server-side Processing	datatables-serverside-processing	datatables_serverside_processing_periodic_refresh	Server-side Processing Periodic refresh	Number of seconds after which the table data is automatically reloaded.	integer	`0`
Server-side Processing	datatables-serverside-processing	datatables_serverside_processing_request_type	Server-side Processing Request Type	Request type for the HTTP/REST request. This is only a Shortcode parameter, but not part of the user interface.	enum (`GET` or `POST`)	`GET`
Server-side Processing	datatables-serverside-processing	datatables_serverside_processing_html_rows	Server-side Processing HTML Rows	This is only a Shortcode parameter, but not part of the user interface. By default, the value of the `datatables_paginate_entries` value is used.	string	`""` (empty string)