Hello,
Thank you for reaching out.
The “Parse shortcodes in strings” option is intended to allow shortcode content to render inside table cells. However, since different plugins handle their shortcodes in different ways, we can’t guarantee full compatibility with all of them. In some cases—especially with more complex plugins like gallery builders—the shortcode may not execute as expected inside a table cell.
That said, we can still take a closer look and see if there’s anything we can suggest or reproduce on our end.
Please reach out to us through our contact page:
https://wpdatatables.com/contact/
and start a chat with support.
If you’re using the Lite version, select the pre-purchase question option, and just mention this forum thread so we have the full context. From there, we may ask for a few additional details to better understand the setup and try to replicate the issue.
Kind regards,
Milos