Title: TablePress default sort on hidden column
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# TablePress default sort on hidden column

 *  Resolved [Greg Turnbull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregturnbull/)
 * (@gregturnbull)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-default-sort-on-hidden-column/)
 * Tobias:
    my page displays a simple member directory table with some columns that
   are hidden but searchable. So far so good.
 *  [http://gregturnbull.net/?page_id=731](http://gregturnbull.net/?page_id=731)
 * One of the hidden columns is the member’s last name (column D). No need to display
   it, as the information for the user is displayed in column A. I am not asking
   to let the user sort columns, as clearly they would have no need to sort by something
   not displayed.
 * However, for administrative rather than user-interface purposes, I would like
   to have the page load initially with a default sort by last name.
 * Is it possible to sort a table based on the value of the hidden field (column)?
 * I have tried: row_order=”sort” row_order_sort_column=”D”
    row_order_sort_direction
   =”ASC”
 * also tried with row_order_sort_direction=”DESC” as shown in documentation of 
   the extension
 * Thanks
 * Greg
 * [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, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-default-sort-on-hidden-column/#post-4617374)
 * Hi Greg,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Those Shortcode parameters should work for this here. Are you really sure that
   the Extension is activated?
 * If yes, and you still can’t get it to work, I’d like to take a direct look at
   this on your site. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account
   for me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file“
   tablepress.php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks!
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Greg Turnbull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregturnbull/)
 * (@gregturnbull)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-default-sort-on-hidden-column/#post-4617398)
 * Silly me. (not activated).
    Problem solved. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-default-sort-on-hidden-column/#post-4617401)
 * Hi,
 * no problem! 🙂 Happens to me all the time.
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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