TablePress 2.0.2 fixes a few bugs in TablePress 2.0.1 and TablePress 2.0. For more information on the great changes in TablePress 2.0, please see below.
- The “Edit” screen now supports Ctrl/Cmd + L/I/E keyboard shortcuts for the “Insert Link”, “Insert Image”, and “Advanced Editor” buttons, respectively.
- The “Edit” screen now supports Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ↑/↓/←/→ keyboard shortcuts for moving the currently selected rows up or down, or the currently selected columns left or right.
- An error where tables could not be saved was fixed. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- The Fixed Columns module now properly shows multiple fixed columns. (TablePress Pro and Max only.)
- The integration of the Automatic Periodic Table Import module was fixed. (TablePress Max only.)
TablePress 2.0.1 contains these changes:
- TablePress will again work correctly when it's “network activated” on WordPress Multisite installations.
- Issues that some users had with saving changes on the “Edit” screen are fixed.
- The misalignment between head and body rows when using “Horizontal Scrolling” is fixed.
- The vertical alignment of elements in table cells is back to its old behavior, due to issues in some themes.
- No errors should be thrown anymore when the “Table Features for Site Visitors” are active for tables that have combined cells or no head row.
- The “Shortcode” text field, often used for copy and paste, on the “Edit” is back!
- More valuable information about errors is given when a table import fails.
- An issue with the sorting arrow icons showing as weird characters is fixed.
- No errors should be thrown anymore when required PHP extensions are missing on a server when evaluating math formulas.
TablePress 2.0 is a major feature update. Besides a fresh and modern look of the TablePress admin screens, here are the highlights:
- Completely new “Edit” screen for tables
- TablePress now has an even more spreadsheet-like user interface that makes working with large tables a breeze.
- Editing will be much faster: A right-click context menu allows for quick access to the table manipulation tools.
- A keyboard shortcut for saving changes will save a lot of scrolling.
- Block editor support instead of having to deal with Shortcodes
- The new “TablePress table” block will give you a preview of the table when inserting it into a post or page, for a more intuitive embedding of tables. You won’t even have to remember the table ID, as a table search is included.
- And if you want, converting existing Shortcodes is just two clicks away.
- Easier styling of tables
- You can now use CSS variables for quicker and easier styling changes, in particular of table colors.
- The CSS selectors in the default CSS have been simplified for higher compatibility with more themes.
- Importing tables is easier and more powerful than ever
- Simply drag&drop files, even multiple files at once, even of different formats!
- No more need to choose the import file format: The auto detection will know if it’s importing a CSV, Excel, HTML, or - JSON file.
- In addition, more file formats are recognized, like the LibreOffice ODS format.
- The Excel import is much more powerful: For example, clickable links and simple styling will be recognized and imported!
- The Replace/Append select box also has a live-search with autocomplete now, which makes finding the right table much - faster.
- New formula calculation engine
- TablePress now understands many more formulas, just as you know them from Excel.
- The formulas even support text strings now, which enables many new ways of automatically creating table content.
- Behind the scenes
- 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 simple chores for easier development.
- Support for PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2.
- TablePress 2.0 requires WordPress 5.8.
- Premium versions
- Even more great features for you and your site’s visitors and priority email support are available with a Premium license plan of TablePress. Go check them out!
For more information please see the announcement at https://tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-2-0/.