Title: Issue column filter widget
Last modified: August 24, 2019

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# Issue column filter widget

 *  Resolved [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * Am using a the column filter widgets in a table (view link [https://bit.ly/2KQd2ic](https://bit.ly/2KQd2ic)).
 * I want the filter for the ‘Industry’ column to show at the top so I have excluded
   the columns but industry still doesnt seem to show up.
 * Can you help?
 * The shortcode I have in place is:
 * [table id=1 hide_columns=”1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,14″
    row_order=random responsive=”
   scroll” dataTables_paginate=true use_datatables=true datatables_columnfilterwidgets
   =true datatables_columnfilterwidgets_exclude_columns= 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14
   datatables_sort=false datatables_paginate_entries=10 filter=”Yes” filter_columns
   =14 /]

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11863522)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * I’m not really sure what you mean, and unfortunately, I could not check it. Your
   link only gives me a 404 Not found error.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11863771)
 * Yes bit difficult to understand if you cant see the page. Try the page now it
   will show you what im talking about. The industry filter widget is not showing
   at the top
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11863792)
 * Hi,
 * I’m still not sure that I get it. If you want `Industry` to have a drop down,
   you can’t exclude column 2 in the `datatables_columnfilterwidgets_exclude_columns`
   parameter, as “Industry” is column 2 of the visible table.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11864640)
 * Yes you are right, I removed 2 from the exclude column parameter but the industry
   drop down still doesn’t show
 * Here is the shortcode im using:
 * [table id=1 hide_columns=”1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,14″
    row_order=random responsive=”
   scroll” dataTables_paginate=true use_datatables=true datatables_columnfilterwidgets
   =true datatables_columnfilterwidgets_exclude_columns= 1,7,8,9,10,11,13,14 datatables_sort
   =false datatables_paginate_entries=10 filter=”Yes” filter_columns=14 /]
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11865466)
 * Hi,
 * when I check your link from above, the exclude parameter for the ColumnFilterWidgets
   is still set to `1,2,5,6`. Can you please check that again?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11865631)
 * Thats odd, i just checked now and my shortcode is:
 * [table id=1 hide_columns=”1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,14″
    row_order=random responsive=”
   scroll” dataTables_paginate=true use_datatables=true datatables_columnfilterwidgets
   =true datatables_columnfilterwidgets_exclude_columns= 1,7,8,9,10,11,13,14 datatables_sort
   =false datatables_paginate_entries=10 filter=”Yes” filter_columns=14 /]
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11865650)
 * Hi,
 * are you sure that that really is the Shortcode for the table in in your link?
   Could we be seeing some cached version of the page?
    Is there a “Custom Command”
   on the “Edit” screen of the table?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11896212)
 * Hi,
 * Yes that is really the shortcode in the table. I delete the cache through wordpress
   but didnt do anything. Is there a different cache for tablepress?
 * I do have a custom command for this table as follows:
 * “columnDefs”: [ { “orderable”: false, “targets”: [ 0, 1, ] } ], “columnDefs”:[{“
   orderable”: false, “targets”: [ 0, 1, ] } ],”dom”: “Wlfrtip”,”oColumnFilterWidgets”:{“
   aiExclude”: [ 0,1,4,5 ] }, “language”: { “search”: “”, “searchPlaceholder”: “
   Search” }, “pagingType”: “simple_numbers”
 * Im still lost to why the industry drop down wont show.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11896930)
 * Hi,
 * ah, that kind of explains it. You have the Shortcode parameter and a “Custom 
   Command” that pretty much do the same.
    Please change the `0,1,4,5` in the “Custom
   Command” to `0,4`.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11897398)
 * Hi,
 * That worked great, thanks, but it has now created another issue. I use this same
   table on another page, so that custom command change impacts the filters on this
   other table (refer [https://bit.ly/2lvwuqu](https://bit.ly/2lvwuqu))
 * You will see there are two new filters that now appear on the top, one which 
   is blank and the other named ‘Sale Status’. What is the best approach to remove
   these?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11898068)
 * Hi,
 * we should actually try with the
 *     ```
       "oColumnFilterWidgets": { "aiExclude": [ 0,4 ] }
       ```
   
 * part in the “Custom Commands”. Then, the values in the Shortcode are used. Can
   you therefore please remove this from the “Custom Commands”?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [amanfre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanfre/)
 * (@amanfre)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11900214)
 * Hey Tobias. That worked perfectly. Thanks as always.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-column-filter-widget/#post-11901248)
 * Hi,
 * great! Thanks for the confirmation!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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