Title: Table sort extension
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Table sort extension

 *  Resolved [mrbimble](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbimble/)
 * (@mrbimble)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-sort-extension/)
 * I am using your periodic table import extension but the data also needs to be
   sorted as I have no means of changing the order before the import. Is it possible
   to link your data table sort extension within the background task that handles
   the scheduled data import?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  [Haoxian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lonelicloud/)
 * (@lonelicloud)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-sort-extension/#post-6172779)
 * Hi, mrbimble,
 * It is a good question. Do you think to add a default sorting to this table while
   displaying it in page could be an option to you? If the answer is yes, please
   refer to [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-set-default-column-to-sort)
   for further information on adding a default sorting to the table.
 * If the answer does not help, please leave a message here and wait.
 * Have a good day 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-sort-extension/#post-6172800)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * You could indeed check out the JS appraoch that Haoxian mentions, but with the
   Table Row Order Extension from [http://tablepress.org/extensions/table-row-order/](http://tablepress.org/extensions/table-row-order/),
   there’s a better solution I think.
    While can not (and does not have to) directly
   sort the table data after an automatic import, it will simply sort the data before
   it’s shown on the page.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-sort-extension/#post-6172800)
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