I’m happy to announce that a new major release of TablePress is now available! TablePress 3.0 sets another milestone in the long history of TablePress.

Update: TablePress 3.0.1 has been released with a few bugfixes. Find out more!

The new release will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing users shortly. The new version can also be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory as well as directly in your WordPress admin dashboard.

TablePress 3.0 is a major feature update. Besides a new plugin logo and modernized admin screens, here are the highlights.

Important: Note the list of changes that might require manual adjustments after updating TablePress on your site.

Heavily Improved Frontend Table Rendering

• CSS style files are only loaded if they are needed, to drastically improve the loading speed!
• You can how have table headers with more than one row and with connected cells!
• Tables are more accessible for visitors with disabilities or that use assistive technologies and easier to use with keyboard navigation!
• Improved search for site visitors, like support of ! for negation as well as accents/diacritics.
• The sorting allows returning to the unsorted order.
• Control elements for filtering and pagination are now responsive, for superior look on small screens.
• A new default pagination style makes it easier to navigate in long tables.
• Automatic right alignment for numbers/dates can be turned on.
• An improved automatic detection of date formats can be activated.

Users with a TablePress Premium license get to enjoy these new feature modules:

• Table Layout: Easily customize the layout and position of features around your tables.
• Advanced Pagination Settings: Customize the pagination settings of your tables.
• Inverted Filtering: Turn the filtering into a search and hide tables if no search term is entered.

Many existing feature modules also received great enhancements:

• Default Style Customizer: You can now change colors for premium features with ease!
• Fixed Columns: Fixed columns have a clearer separation from scrolling columns!
• Individual Column Filter: Filters will be shown in an extra header or footer row and there’s an option to configure which columns get a filter control!
• Automatic Periodic Table Import: A “Run now” button allows triggering imports outside of the configured schedule. And, TablePress can now automatically notify the site admin with an email notification whenever an import fails!
• Row Highlighting and Cell Highlighting: The highlight term can now be provided via a URL parameter!
• Server-side Processing: The feature is now compatible with even more features modules and has improved caching for POST requests!

An important remark: Some changes in TablePress 3.0 will require adjustments on your site! Continue reading!

Before updating, make sure to understand potential breaking changes to backward compatibility:

• Some outdated and retired TablePress Extensions will no longer work! Read more!
• The new structure of the table controls might require adjustments in your “Custom CSS” code!
  • The CSS code for “Alternating Row Colors” has changed!
  • The CSS code for changing colors of actively sorted-on column header cells has changed.
• The sorting arrow icons look slightly different now — but are loaded faster.
• The default pagination type now shows numbers in addition to left/right arrow icons, which also don’t show the “Previous”/”Next” texts anymore!
• Please also see the List of Known Issues below!

Behind the scenes

• TablePress 3.0 requires WordPress 6.2 and PHP 7.4.
• Cleaned up and simplified code, for easier future maintenance, to follow WordPress Coding Standards, and to offer helpful inline documentation.
• Updated external libraries to benefit from enhancements and bug fixes.
• Automated code compatibility checks and build tools simplify chores for easier development.
• Support for PHP 8.4.
• Full compatibility with WordPress 6.7.

Enjoy the new release of TablePress!

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