How to Add a Table to a WordPress Post or Page

What is a table?

A table lays out information in rows and columns, like a school timetable. Tables are great for prices, lists, schedules and comparisons.

WordPress has a Table block. A block is one piece of content in the editor, such as text or a picture.

Steps

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Open a post or page. Go to Posts or Pages and click Add New, or edit an existing one.
3. Click the plus sign where you want the table.

   

4. Type Table in the search box.
5. Click the Table block.
6. Type how many Columns you want. Columns go up and down.
7. Type how many Rows. Rows go across.
8. Click Create Table.

   

9. Click inside a cell and type your text. Use the Tab key to move to the next cell.
10. Click Publish or Update.

Edit the table

1. Click inside the table.

   

2. Click the Edit table icon in the toolbar above it.
3. Choose to insert or delete a row or column.

In the settings panel on the right, you can turn on options such as:

• Header section to give the first row a title style.
• Footer section for a closing row.
• Fixed width table cells to make all cells the same width.

  

  

Under Styles you can choose a striped look, where every other row has a different shade.

If you use the Classic editor

The Classic editor has no table button. Install a table plugin. A plugin is an add-on that gives your site a new feature. Go to Plugins and Add New, then search for "table". Follow the plugin's own screens to build a table and paste its short code. A short code is a small tag in square brackets that shows the table.

Quick recap

• Add the Table block with the plus sign.

  

• Set the rows and columns and click Create Table.
• Type in cells and use the toolbar to add or remove rows.
• Classic editor users need a table plugin.