The Ultimate Guide to WP_List_Table

Written by Jean Galea
Written by Jean Galea

Throughout WordPress the class WP_List_Table is used to display data, e.g. users, plugins, comments, or posts. The class contains almost all necessary methods for displaying, sorting, paginating, and searching data and and what is more obvious than to use it for your own plugins?

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Throughout WordPress the class WP_List_Table is used to display data, e.g. users, plugins, comments, or posts. The class contains almost all necessary methods for displaying, sorting, paginating, and searching data and and what is more obvious than to use it for your own plugins?

An article on WP Engineer gives a very comprehensive walk-through all necessary steps to create a table tailored to your needs.

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Written by Jean Galea
Jean Galea is an investor, entrepreneur, and blogger. He is the founder of WP Mayor, the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and Spotlight, as well as the Mastermind.fm podcast. His personal blog can be found at jeangalea.com.

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  1. what is your response to the comments about WP-core breaking your code or plugin due to the fact many agree the class seems to be in almost beta form and would like change in future?

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