Title: Fatal error on wpdatatable edition
Last modified: July 25, 2023

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# Fatal error on wpdatatable edition

 *  Resolved [idwebagence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idwebagence/)
 * (@idwebagence)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wpdatatable-edition/)
 * Hi,
   When i try to edit or set up an existing excel table, i’ve got this error.
 * WordPress Environment
   WP Version:6.2.2WP Multisite:No
 * Server Environment
   Operating System:LinuxServer Info:ApachePHP Version:7.4.33No
   plugin out of date.
 * **Fatal error**: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function setFilterType() on
   bool in /home/www/wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wpdatatable.php:
   2443 Stack trace: #0 /home/www/wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wpdatatable.
   php(2421): WPDataTable->prepareRenderingRules(Array) #1 /home/www/wp-content/
   plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wpdatatable.php(2991): WPDataTable->fillFromData(
   Object(stdClass), Array) #2 /home/www/wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/
   class.wdtconfigcontroller.php(98): WPDataTable::loadWpDataTable(2, NULL) #3 /
   home/www/wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/controllers/wdt_admin.php(626): WDTConfigController::
   loadTableConfig(2) #4 /home/www/wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/controllers/wdt_admin.
   php(663): wdtEdit() #5 /home/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(308): wdtConstructor(”)#
   6 /home/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(332): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array)#
   7 /home/www/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #8 /home/www/
   wp-admin/admin.php(259): do_action(‘wpdatatables_p in **/home/www/wp-content/
   plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wpdatatable.php** on line **2443**
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [wpDataTables](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdatatables/)
 * (@wpdatatables)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wpdatatable-edition/#post-16922062)
 * Hello.
   If we understand, this is a table linked to Excel source data?The line
   of code from the error seems to indicate to an incorrect filter type set for 
   one or more columns.Can you please try ( as a test) to make a new table from 
   the same Excel file,see if this table generates and loads without errors?If that
   happens, can you please check did you make any of these changes to the Excel 
   which was linked to the existing Table :
 * Once you create a table from an Excel file, changes in this file, like:
    - Changing the column’s name,
    - Changing the column’s order,
    - Deleting the column, and
    - Adding a new column.
 * are highly not recommended, because the table in the wpDataTable plugin will 
   not work, at the moment. If you make any of these changes, please recreate the
   table again.
   Let us know if that helped.Kind regards.

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