Order the rows in different ways when a table is shown!

Row Order

For some tables, it can be useful to show the rows in random, reversed, sorted, or manually chosen order each time.

The same is possible for columns using the Column Order feature module.

Feature description

Here are examples for different row order types:

Normal order

This is an example table:

Name	Year	Country	Sport
Eric	1986	Sweden	Soccer
Julia	1991	Germany	Basketball
Adam	2002	Indonesia	Golf
Kim	1986	Chile	Badminton
Jackson	1998	Australia	Baseball

Random order

This is the same table but in a randomized order:

Name	Year	Country	Sport
Adam	2002	Indonesia	Golf
Eric	1986	Sweden	Soccer
Jackson	1998	Australia	Baseball
Kim	1986	Chile	Badminton
Julia	1991	Germany	Basketball

This is a good way to prevent that some rows get more “attention”, e.g. when showing reviews or products.

Reversed order

This is the same table but in automatically reversed order:

Name	Year	Country	Sport
Jackson	1998	Australia	Baseball
Kim	1986	Chile	Badminton
Adam	2002	Indonesia	Golf
Julia	1991	Germany	Basketball
Eric	1986	Sweden	Soccer

Manual order

This is the same table but with only rows 2, 5, and 3 shown, in that order.

Name	Year	Country	Sport
Eric	1986	Sweden	Soccer
Kim	1986	Chile	Badminton
Julia	1991	Germany	Basketball

With this, it’s possible to show only some desired rows of a table in a desired order.

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Usage instructions

To use these features with your tables, activate the “Row Order” feature module on the “Modules” screen of TablePress Pro or TablePress Max. Then, configure the desired options in the “Row Order” section of the “Settings” sidebar of the table’s “TablePress table” block when editing the post or page with the table, or use the configuration parameters from below.

The available settings for the Column Order module in the "Settings" sidebar of the "TablePress table" block. — The available settings for the Column Order module in the “Settings” sidebar of the “TablePress table” block.

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
Row Order	row-order	row_order	Row Order	Desired row order for a pre-ordering. Possible values are Default, Random, Reverse, Sort, and Custom.	enum (`default`, `random`,`reverse`, `sort`, or `manual`)	`default`
Row Order	row-order	row_order_manual_order	Row Order Custom Order	List of columns in the desired order, if “custom” is configured for the Row Order.	string	`""` (empty string)
Row Order	row-order	row_order_sort_column	Row Order	The columns which shall be sorted on, if “sort” is configured for the Row Order.	string	`""` (empty string)
Row Order	row-order	row_order_sort_direction	Row Order	The order direction which shall be used when sorting, if “sort” is configured for the Row Order.	enum (`asc` or `desc`)	`asc`