Title: Making a column a header
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Making a column a header

 *  Resolved [brabuhr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brabuhr/)
 * (@brabuhr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-column-a-header/)
 * Hi,
 * I know there’s an option to make a table’s header the first row of the table,
   but is it possible to make the first column the header instead? Perhaps through
   CSS?
 * Thanks very much!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-column-a-header/#post-4882315)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Yes, that is possible with an extra parameter for the Shortcode:
 *     ```
       [table id=123 first_column_th=true /]
       ```
   
 * You will however not be able to use the JS functions with this, and you might
   have to add some styling yourself.
    Another solution would be to use the Responsive
   Tables Extension from [http://tablepress.org/extensions/responsive-tables/](http://tablepress.org/extensions/responsive-tables/)
   which can flip the table to the side.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [brabuhr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brabuhr/)
 * (@brabuhr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-column-a-header/#post-4882386)
 * Thanks! Issue has been resolved. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-column-a-header/#post-4882398)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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 * [column](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/column/)
 * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/)

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-column-a-header/#post-4882398)
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