Añadir tablas a tus entradas y páginas de WordPress puede ayudarte a organizar los datos y hacer que la información sea más fácil de digerir para tus lectores. WordPress simplifica este proceso ofreciendo herramientas sencillas que no requieren código HTML.
Esta guía le mostrará cómo crear y gestionar fácilmente tablas en WordPress. Aprenderás no solo lo básico para insertar tablas, sino también a mejorarlas con características avanzadas como la ordenación y la búsqueda, todo ello sin necesidad de plugins.
Al final de este artículo, dispondrá de los conocimientos necesarios para utilizar eficazmente las tablas para mejorar la presentación y la funcionalidad de su contenido.
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Si prefiere instrucciones escritas, siga leyendo.
Creación de tablas en el editor de bloques de WordPress
WordPress hace que sea super fácil añadir tablas usando el editor de bloques por defecto de WordPress.
Basta con crear una nueva entrada o página o editar una ya existente. Una vez dentro del editor de contenido, haga clic en el símbolo “+” para añadir un nuevo bloque y, a continuación, seleccione el bloque Tabla.
Puedes encontrarla en la sección “Texto” o escribir “Tabla” en la barra de búsqueda.
A continuación, se le indicará que elija el número de columnas y filas que desea para su tabla. Por defecto es 2.
No se preocupe si no está seguro al 100% acerca del número exacto porque siempre puede añadir / eliminar columnas y filas de la tabla más tarde.
Sólo tiene que introducir el número de filas y columnas y hacer clic en el botón “Crear tabla”.
El bloque generará la tabla y la mostrará en pantalla.
Puede escribir en las celdas de la tabla y éstas se redimensionarán automáticamente en función de la cantidad de contenido de cada una.
Puede establecer esta opción en el lado derecho si prefiere que sus celdas sean de ancho corregido. Aquí también puede añadir una cabecera de tabla o una sección de pie de página.
Desde el panel de ajustes, también puedes cambiar a la pestaña Estilo.
Su tema de WordPress puede ofrecer un montón de estilos para el bloque de tabla, o puede elegir los colores de fondo y de texto.
Si quieres añadir una nueva fila o columna, sólo tienes que hacer clic en una celda en el punto de la tabla donde quieras añadirla. A continuación, haz clic en el botón “Editar tabla”.
Esto mostrará un montón de opciones para añadir o quitar filas y columnas a su tabla.
Por defecto, el texto de las columnas de la tabla se alinea a la izquierda.
Puede cambiarla al hacer clic dentro de una columna y luego en el botón “Cambiar alineación de columna”:
También puede cambiar la alineación de toda la tabla dentro de la entrada o página.
Sólo tiene que hacer clic en el botón “Cambiar alineación” y seleccionar una opción de la lista.
Tenga en cuenta que estas opciones pueden hacer que su tabla se muestre más allá de los límites normales del área de su entrada.
Algunos pueden parecer extraños en su sitio web WordPress, así que por favor vea previa su entrada o página para comprobar cómo aparecerá la tabla.
Aquí está nuestra tabla establecida en ‘Wide Width’ tal y como aparece en nuestro sitio de demostración:
Como puede ver, se extiende más allá de los márgenes izquierdo y derecho del área de entradas.
Las herramientas de tabla integradas en el editor de Gutenberg te ofrecen mucha flexibilidad a la hora de mostrar tus tablas. Puedes utilizar el bloque Tabla para mostrar datos a los lectores en un formato fácil de entender.
Sin embargo, el bloque no dispone de características avanzadas como filtrado de búsqueda, ordenación personalizada, etc.
Tampoco le permite utilizar eficazmente la misma tabla en varias áreas de su sitio web WordPress, como los widgets de la barra lateral u otras páginas.
Para crear tablas avanzadas, necesitará utilizar un plugin de tablas para WordPress.
Creación de tablas con el plugin TablePress
TablePress es uno de los mejores plugins de tablas para WordPress del mercado. Es un plugin gratuito y te permite crear y gestionar tablas fácilmente. Además, puedes editar tu tabla por separado e incluso añadir un gran número de filas.
Si está utilizando el antiguo editor clásico de WordPress, que no tiene la funcionalidad de tablas, entonces TablePress sería la mejor manera de añadir tablas en sus entradas y páginas.
En primer lugar, debe instalar y activar el plugin TablePress. Para más detalles, consulte nuestra guía paso a paso sobre cómo instalar un plugin de WordPress.
A continuación, verá un elemento / artículo de menú TablePress en su escritorio de WordPress. Vaya a TablePress ” Añadir nuevo para crear una nueva tabla.
Debe introducir un nombre para la tabla y decidir cuántas filas y columnas desea. También puede añadir/eliminar filas y columnas más adelante.
Una vez que hayas añadido el nombre de la tabla, las filas y las columnas, sigue adelante y haz clic en el botón “Añadir tabla” para crear tu tabla.
A continuación, verá una pantalla con la información de su mesa y un área donde podrá añadir contenido.
Sólo tiene que introducir los datos que desee en las celdas de la tabla.
Para añadir o eliminar filas y columnas o realizar operaciones de ordenación, basta con hacer clic con el botón derecho del ratón dentro de la tabla. Aparecerá un menú de opciones en el que podrá realizar más cambios.
Las opciones avanzadas, como “Manipulación de tablas”, se encuentran debajo del área “Contenido de la tabla”.
Desde aquí, puede añadir, quitar / eliminar y duplicar filas.
En “Opciones de tabla”, puede añadir una fila de cabecera y/o pie de página, que no se ordenarán con los datos.
También puede decidir dónde mostrar el nombre y la descripción de la tabla:
Por último, puede establecer varias opciones en la sección “Características de la tabla para los visitantes del sitio”.
Estos ajustes le permiten crear tablas adaptables que pueden ser filtradas, buscadas y ordenadas por sus lectores.
Cuando estés satisfecho con tu tabla, sólo tienes que hacer clic en “Guardar cambios”.
Después de eso, copie el shortcode Tabla. Lo necesitará en el siguiente paso.
Ahora, edita la entrada o página donde quieres mostrar la tabla y añade el bloque Shortcode al editor.
A continuación, añada el shortcode que ha copiado anteriormente en el bloque Shortcode.
No olvides actualizar o guardar tus cambios.
Por otra parte, si utiliza el editor clásico, sólo tiene que añadir el shortcode directamente en la entrada:
Si quieres cambiar tu tabla en el futuro, puedes volver a TablePress en tu Escritorio y hacer cambios. Tu tabla se actualizará automáticamente en todas las entradas y páginas en las que la hayas utilizado.
TablePress también permite importar datos de hojas de cálculo y archivos CSV. Del mismo modo, puede exportar los datos de las tablas de TablePress a un archivo CSV, que podrá abrir con cualquier programa de hojas de cálculo como Microsoft Excel o Google Sheets.
Esperamos que este artículo te haya ayudado a aprender cómo añadir tablas a entradas y páginas de WordPress sin usar HTML. Puede que también te guste nuestra guía sobre cómo crear una tabla de contenidos en WordPress y nuestra selección de los mejores plugins de tablas para WordPress.
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Harindu Perera
How to show grid lines in TablePress???
Lorraine
Many thanks. This made things so clear.
Can Erik
Great article. Thank you very much. Easy to install and understand to use. Cheers!
mangi khumakcham
Good table plugin but not mobile friendly.
The table right side get clipped in mobile view.
Sany
Hey
Can someone show me, how I can create dynamic table?
I am new to WordPress. I like to maintain a database of gadgets say phones. I want an interface for me as admin to enter the specs and a picture of the item. For users, they will have the option to filter by brand and also compare 2 or more of these gadgets in a table format. They should also query an item and see all the specs in a table format. Please advice as to how this can be easily managed or maybe you have an article already for this!?
thanks
Stephen Ainsworth
Amazing people don’t know how to use
and have to use a plugin. Sigh.
Noman S Baranian
That is nice thing to learn and gain.. nice blog
Thanks for this! Now, how do I...
Please, other readers, don’t be to harsh with me (especially using the R word). I am very new to all of this and feel successful in creating my first table. Now, how do I change the look and feel of the text in the table? I am using it to link to materials contained further on the page and highlight important pieces.
a guy
You need to use CSS. There’s a bit of a learning curve to all this (in your case, you might want to style the table, rows, table cells, paragraphs in table cells, links, hover effects etc etc), so only start if it’s really important.
Tablepress - warning
I just lost a Table that I created using Tablepress. I don’t know how it was deleted, but I also just found out that there is no way to recover a deleted table. Since I don’t know how the table was deleted, I am worried about relying on Tablepress.
WPBeginner Support
If you have a backup plugin in place then you can recover your table by restoring to an earlier backup.
We don’t think it is a plugin issue.
Administrador
Lilli
Great! Great! Just what I was looking for! Thanks a million
David
Is it me or Wordpress is retarded? I mean any WYSIWYG editor can do a table on the fly these days, but the biggest CMS can’t? I must be missing something here, but using a plugin or iframes is so much trouble for a simple table… I’ll code it myself.
Vituz Andersen
David,- I am with you. I dont get it. My first HTML editor back in 1998 had tables…. how come it has become easy to make a CMS based website, but you cant make a table…. Hellooooooo!!
Mayur
Hi David,
I initially wanted to code it in myself, but wordpress kept formatting my table all over the place. Is there a specific was to use HTML in a page?
Many Thanks
Sirje Koop Palmqvist
I copied a table from Word into Wordpress and the code is neat and clean. It works well. Now I want to try the same table with the FooTable plugin to make it responsive, althought it already is responsive in a way. Thought that a webdesigner keeps the material on the local computer anyway and thus can make changes in Word and replace the table in WP. This might be cheating but it works. Sirje
Radu
TablePress is an amazing plugin.
Thank you for this post.
Actually today I downloaded it and already donated some money to their team.
Have a fantastic day everyone.
Emily
Use it with FooTable to make it Responsive. They both support each other. Perfect!
Ernest
Hi,
Is there any way to remove the table lines from showing?
Neal
The problems with plugins like this is that if you ever abandon the plugin the content linked to that plugin is busted across your entire site.
While very slick plugin I try to minimize my database dependency on them as much as possible.
WPBeginner Support
Neal, you are right about that. However, TablePress uses custom post types for tables. This means your tables are stored in the database even if you deactivate the plugin. You can still export the data.
Administrador
Group Of Oceninfo
Hello Wpbeginner Team,
Is it possible to call script in same way ?
For ex. I have 1000 different scripts for 500 different post.
I want to call 2 table in each post and in that table Want to run script not text so Is it possible to call two scripts in table ?
ore
Thanks for this! what resources can I use to create a table in which my clients can log in and post the prices of items they want to either buy and sell and which remains visible to the public
Balaji
Thanks for helping me find the plugin.
Rátkai Tamás
I’m interested in adding a table to a form or page. So if a user goes to the page, he can add the Quantity in the cells and at the bottom of the form he can send the table to me.
Basically it would be a really simple order page without any payment options.
um
how many table we can add in a wordpress without using plugin
Pierre
I’v been trying to insert a table in a blog post by using the tablepress plug in. Suddenly, the word Edit inside a pair of brackets has been appearing in the lower left corner of each page of my web site. I can’t get rid of it. Do you know how I can fix this?
Many thanks!
Pierre
Jennifer
Exactly what I needed to create my press page. You rock.
Allii Allee
i want to add simple tables anyone knows how to add ?
okemini otum
this is awesome, helped me tremendously
Nouman Younas
superb… i just install it after reading this post… i am having some issues when i go for mobile preview… lets see, overall great plugin and post (Y)
sady
How to add Subscribe form like yours??
Thanks
Alicia Rades
Wow! I love this plugin. Thank you!
Anil Anvesh
Ok, I installed the plugin and used a short code to add table to post. Now my query is what google reads short code or table content? Is it seo friendly? Give me a linke to your post where you used this plugin?
Andrew
I like the plugin, but I cannot figure out how to customize the width/height of the columns/rows, or how to have a particular cell be only as large as the contents inside it. Is there any way to do this? Thank you.
WPBeginner Support
Yes look at the support page on the plugin download page.
Administrador
reGz
How to split a column in Combine cells?
any idea?
Thanks
Sylvester
Please, is the data entered using tablepress stored in MySQL tables?
Simon
Good question, I’m interested in the answer too. Anybody knows. Thanks! I’ll see if I can check.
Arnel leo Aranquez
is there a way to use this plugin in viewing data from mysql?
WPBeginner Support
No we don’t think it was written for that. However you can export a mysql table as CSV and import it in TablePress.
Administrador
Lindberg
It would be awesome if it could view any mysql tables in the database.. should be an easy thing to fix and increase usefullness of this plugin so much
Helen Edwards
How do I remove the “Show xx entries” at the top of the table and “showing 1 to 6 of 6 entries” at the bottom?
Emily
Actually it is out there when you add row and table. The setting is just below it. Look carefully.
Jaya
Hi,
how can i use the tablepress form in my post section to particular user can able to add tables using copy, import files… Please help me to use…Thank you.
regards
Jaya
Bamboo
This is a huge time saver. Thank you!
Amanda
This is a great plugin. i have one question – i nee ot make the font bigger for the info that’s in my table. is there any way to do this other than entering code for each cell individually?
Editorial Staff
For that you would have to modify the CSS.
Administrador
Amy
So which WordPress version are you writing for? WordPress.com or WordPress.org, because I can’t find the plugin option on my dashboard. You really should specify this … now I’m back to writing code by hand after getting my hopes up.
Editorial Staff
All articles on WPBeginner are written for self-hosted WordPress
Administrador
Jimi Mikusi
Wow.
I’m not easily impressed but this managed to do it.
Within minute after adding the plugin I had a visual pleasing and easily maintainable table on my site.
Thanks!
Editorial Staff
Glad you got it to work
Administrador
Eddu
Love this plugin.
Tried to style the table with Headway. No luck so far. Did someone else tried also? Would be great if it would be possible to do so.
Again, great plugin
Ed.
William Lower
What a treasure this was to find! This non-programmer was having a serious non-day trying to create tables with code.
Chrissy
Thanks for this ! Ive been searching the web trying to find a solution because I see all these awesome pricing tables on websites and Ive been using the TinyMCE plugin, which works but its not what I am really needing. Thanks again you guys rock
Vickie
Thanks for another very useful post!
Please does anyone know if it is possible to add code into a cell? I need to add paypal code into a table but not sure the best way to do it?
Jeff Cohan
Did you try simply pasting the code into the cell?
Yvonne Finn
Thanks so much for this relatively simple to use plugin. It has saved me from much frustration as I am no techie and don’t actually want to spend hours doing what can be done with a plugin.
I tried some of the other plugins for creating tables and was not impressed with their user-friendliness or lack thereof.
Much appreciation!
Yvonne
Jon Mason
THIS is a work of art! Nicely done and it is responsive too!
M.Aswad Mehtab
Thanks for This post very helpful for those who are not good with html and css !!
David
This looks like Tables Reloaded, which we use on some sites. However, it looks easier to use and manage. How well does it work with caching plugins like w3 total cache?
Editorial Staff
This is the successor of WP Tables Reloaded plugin worked on by the same developer (Tobias). Tobias also commented on this post saying that the next version will be compatible with W3 Total Cache.
Administrador
Jeff Cohan
Absolutely agree: TablePress is THE BEST plugin for creating tables in WordPress (IMHO).
Just a few things to add:
1) TablePress is the successor to what USED TO BE the best plugin for creating tables in WordPress: WP-Table Reloaded (now retired). Both are the work of developer Tobias Bathge.
2) Tables built with WP-Table Reloaded can be migrated to TablePress.
3) Tobias’ support is extraordinary. When I first used TablePress in November of 2012, I encountered a bug in the HTML import function and reported it in the support forum at WordPress.org. Within an hour, Tobias published a fix to Github. But don’t take my word for it. Check out the support forum.
Jeff Cohan
Keith Davis
Thanks Guys
This could be the table plugin for me.
In the past I’ve created tables in Dreamweaver then cut and pasted the code.
I’ll throw out a few tweets on this one.
Editorial Staff
Keith, this is by far the best one we found so far as well. Totally appreciate the social media love that you send us
Administrador
Jason
I just got this plug in last week as an alternative to using google docs iframe functions. This works great and allows a client to update the table without updating the pages or posts. I did find that you have to make sure you empty the caches if you are using the W3 plugin, or else you will get a cached version of the table. Great write up.
TobiasBg
Great to hear that you like the plugin!
What you say about caching plugins, like W3 Total Cache, is true. Good thing though: The next version of TablePress will automatically clear the W3 Total Cache page cache, to make sure that all shown tables are up-to-date
Best wishes,
Tobias
Author of TablePress
Rod Salm
Seems odd to put a table creating tab in the main Wordpress menu. The menu is supposed to be for top level functions. It seems that it should be in tools maybe, or in the post menu, where you select the tables, have the table making function accessible in the edit functions. Most times people are creating tables in posts and pages and would need to edit the table as well as the data within it.
Having said that, it’s a pretty slick table maker.
Rod Salm
TobiasBg
I agree that the main menu is not always the best option, like when you only maintain a few tables once in a while. So, I made this an option
In the TablePress Plugin Options, you can actually choose where you want the TablePress menu entry to appear. Moving it to “Tools” or “Posts” is no problem with that 
(The predecessor of TablePress put its menu under “Tools” by default. I then however got questions from users who couldn’t find it, after activating it. That is why TablePress will sit in the main menu by default.)
Best wishes,
Tobias
Author of TablePress
Artem Russakovskii
You can change the placement in the plugin settings.
Editorial Staff
Not odd at all. It is done for organizational purposes similar to contact forms, sliders, etc. By doing it this way, you can easily go to the menu and look at all the tables you have ever created rather than searching through the individual posts.
Administrador
Blograzzi
This is good. I use it. But I want to ask something. What if i have 7 column and 10252 rows excel table?
Editorial Staff
10,000 rows? Why in the world would you want that to be part of your blog post? Attach it as a separate file, so those who want to download it can do so if they like. It would freak the user out to see how long the page is if you have that many rows.
Administrador
TobiasBg
As the editorial staff pointed out already, there are better methods for such large tables, like offering a download, or using a custom PHP/mySQL solution.
You can certainly try using TablePress with a table of that size, but I don’t really recommend it. It should work, but it will probably be slow, especially on the “Edit” screen of the table.
Best wishes,
Tobias
ivica
Absolutely THE best table WordPress plugin at the moment. I tried them all, and this one is the most robust/powerful and yet at the same time the most simple to use. Good choice!