Title: Table
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Table
* Resolved [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/)
* I’d like to use TablePress searches to return posts with categories and tags
as seen here – [http://cswd.net/recycling/a-z/](http://cswd.net/recycling/a-z/)
* Is this possible?
* Thanks, Tobias. Great plugin!
* [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)
* [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923128)
* Hi,
* thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
* Unfortunately, I can’t really think of a solution here. TablePress can only produce
static HTML tables from the data in one of its tables, but it does not have features
that allow e.g. using posts from categories/tags to be used. Sorry 🙁
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923420)
* Thanks, Tobias. You’re the best!
* Another quick question…. the tables work wonderfully.
* Is there a way to put a Search box on another page that returns results on the
table page?
* I’d like to advertise the Search Table on other pages.
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923421)
* Hi,
* good to hear that the tables are working!
* For that search box, you could look at this maybe: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-in-url-1?replies=4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-in-url-1?replies=4)
and then also combine that with [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-from-another-page?replies=8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-from-another-page?replies=8)
to get a new form.
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923422)
* My apologies.
Just found you’ve already addressed this in other posts. I will
study carefully and proceed. All the best. Thanks again!
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923423)
* 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!
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923424)
* Still having trouble 🙂
* Trying to place Search input here – [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/)
* With results revealed here – [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/)
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923425)
* Hi,
* then you’ll have to put the form on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/),
with [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/)
being the forms `target`, as outlined in those links.
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923426)
* Can I search the table which already exists on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/)
from another page?
* and, have the results of search appear in existing table on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/)
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923429)
* Hi,
* yes, that’s exactly what the approach with the Extension from above can do 🙂
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923430)
* Still can’t do it 🙁
* For Search box, I have the following on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/)
* ```
```
* I have installed “Shortcode Filter from GET parameter” and “DataTables Automatic
Filtering”
* I have the following code on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/)
* `[table_filter id=2 /]`
* What am I missing?
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923431)
* Hi,
* I think that we are very close. I can think of three things at the moment:
* 1. Is the DataTables Automatic Filtering Extension really activated?
2. Did
you make the change that is mentioned in [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-in-url-1?replies=4#post-6191650](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-in-url-1?replies=4#post-6191650)?
3. You are affected by the same invisible character problem as in this post:
[https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-from-another-page?replies=8#post-3877691](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-from-another-page?replies=8#post-3877691)
This invisible character has to be removed.
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923436)
* So close! Still not there.
* Yes, Extension: DataTables Automatic Filtering is activated.
* tablepress-shortcode-filter-get-parameter.php has been changed from
* `$attributes['filter'] = $filter_term;`
* to
* `$attributes['datatables_auto_filter'] = $filter_term;`
* No invisible character has found.
* When I input “firework” in search window on [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/)
I get results at [http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/%E2%80%8E?table_filter=firework&submit=Submit](http://frazier-mcdermott.com/disposal-a-z/%E2%80%8E?table_filter=firework&submit=Submit)
with message Page Not Found
* Thread Starter [comrav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comrav/)
* (@comrav)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923437)
* Do I need to specify Table ID to search?
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-11/#post-5923438)
* Hi,
* the table ID just has to be in the
* ```
[table_filter id=2 /]
```
* Shortcode.
* To check if the Automatic Filtering Extension work by itself, can you try a Shortcode
like
* ```
[table id=2 datatables_auto_filter="firework" /]
```
* ?
* Then, the `%E2%80%8E` that you are seeing in the URL are coming from the mentioned
invisible character that I mentioned (this is the encoded form of the character).
To remove that, please replace the line
* ```