Title: TablePress – Sorting by hidden column
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# TablePress – Sorting by hidden column

 *  Resolved [echod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/echod/)
 * (@echod)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-sorting-by-hidden-column/)
 * Hi again!
    I have table with several columns and extension ColumnFilterWidgets.
   My width of text in table so long and i want to hide 2 columns and !to save sorting
   by them. Is it possible? thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-sorting-by-hidden-column/#post-4521973)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Do you really mean sorting? If the column is not visibe, where would you want
   to click to invoke the sorting?
    Or do you mean filtering with the drop down 
   from the ColumnFilterWidgets Extension? That’s indeed possible, and to hide the
   columns, you can use CSS code like
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-123 .column-3 {
         display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Just adjust the ID and column number and add that to the “Custom CSS” textarea
   on the “Plugin Options” screen of TablePress.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [echod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/echod/)
 * (@echod)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-sorting-by-hidden-column/#post-4521991)
 * oh, certainly the filter, thanks! works the filter and the place on the screen
   is released 🙂
    perfect extension TP!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-sorting-by-hidden-column/#post-4521992)
 * 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](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tablepress-sorting-by-hidden-column/#post-4521992)
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