The 5 minute lighting talk presentation that was done on TablePress on August 5, 2013 for the Philly Burbs WordPress Meetup.

1. Intro to TablePress
No Coding Required

2. Using WordPress for about 5 years
Work at 20/10 Solutions as an Interactive
Developer
Twitter: @tecdoc
Website: http://www.tomcarneyis.me
Favorite web programming languages: HTML,
PHP, CSS and JavaScript
but …… still think coding tables can be
annoying.
About Me

3. What We Will Cover
• Downloading the Plugin
• Setting up your table in the Dashboard
• Using the TablePress options
• TablePress’ shortcode
• Extra Resources

4. TablePress Download
• Go to:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/
• Or go through your WordPress dashboard and
search TablePress
• Activate TablePress

5. Setting up a table
• Go to the TablePress
panel:
• Hit the Add New Table
link

7. Adding Table Content
All you need to do is enter your column headers then
the corresponding content for each cells.

8. Manipulating Table Content

9. Manipulating Content
• Most instances: Fill in the content of the cell
first! (Exceptions being the row and col spans)
• Use the Checkboxes next to the rows or
underneath the columns to Delete or
Duplicate them.

10. Looking at the Options
• Makes including titles and row coloring very
easy and accessible to change.

11. JavaScript Features
• Title of the section can be a little misleading and
intimidating
• Most options give your table more function with a click of a
checkbox.
• Once Finished – Click Save

12. TablePress Shortcode
• Click on All Tables link then Show Shortcode
• Copy and paste the shortcode that is highlighted in
field pictured above and put in the post and/or page
that you want to put it in.

13. Shortcode Shortcut
• Within your Page or Post, click on TablePress
icon in the Content area toolbar
• Click on Insert Shortcode

14. Your Content Area should look like
• With the shortcode in your page/post, place the your needed
content and hit Update or Publish.

16. Where to get the Presentation
• SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/thomascarney
• My Website – With Article
http://tomcarneyis.me/tablepress

17. Extra TablePress Resources
• TablePress on the WordPress Repository
http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/
• TablePress Documentation:
http://tablepress.org/documentation/
• WP Beginner Article:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-
add-tables-in-wordpress-posts-and-pages-no-
html-required/