Posted 1 year ago #
How does wp-table-reloaded interact with the older plugin wp-table, which I also have installed and have a couple of tables on? Is there any danger of overwriting an old table if the same table number is used in reloaded?
And by the way, what mysql table name does wp-table-reloaded use to store things? I couldn't easily spot it in the list, though the wp-table table is easily findable.
Thanks!
Hi,
the only way WP-Table Reloaded interacts is with loading the tables from wp-Table's database tables, upon request for an import.
WP-Table Reloaded will not interfere with wp-Table or change anything from it, it only reads the data once and stores it in its custom data structure.
That (for your second question) means to store a two-dimensional array as a serialized string in the "wp_options" table. Thus, WP-Table Reloaded does not use its own database tables (like wp-Table does) but it uses readily available methods from WordPress.
All this means: You will not lose any data of the old wp-Table (nothing is overwritten), even when the same table ID is used. However, I do not encourage using both plugins at the same time. This is due to slight differences in the Shortcodes the plugins use (WP-Table Reloaded uses [table id=1 /], while wp-Table uses [TABLE 1].)
So, the recommended way is to go to the "Import" screen of WP-Table Reloaded and use the import feature at the bottom to load the tables of wp-Table. You can then use them in WP-Table Reloaded, and I would then encourage to change the old Shortcodes of wp-Table to the new ones of WP-Table Reloaded (likely with a changed table ID!). After that, you should remove wp-Table.
Best wishes,
Tobias
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