Comparison: Posts Table Pro and WooCommerce Product Table plugins
We have two dynamic WordPress table plugins, each designed to meet a specific need:
- Posts Table Pro is our generic table plugin, perfect for listing WordPress pages, posts, or any custom post type (products, documents, jobs, members, events, etc.). While you can use it to display WooCommerce products in a basic list, it is not really designed for this purpose and is missing the dedicated features of our WooCommerce Product Table plugin.
- WooCommerce Product Table is our dedicated WooCommerce table plugin, perfect for listing WooCommerce products in a one-page order form. It has extra features specific to WooCommerce, including add to cart buttons, product reviews, stock column, product variations, product filter widgets, and full support for all the standard product data in WooCommerce.
Need the features of both plugins? Posts Table Pro and WooCommerce Product Table are fully compatible with each other, so you can use both on the same site!
| PTP | WPT | |
|---|---|---|
| WHAT CAN IT DISPLAY? | ||
| WordPress posts & pages | Y | N |
| Any custom post type (e.g. documents, jobs, events, or products) | Y | N |
| WooCommerce products | Y - limited | Y - full support |
| WooCommerce orders | Y - limited | N |
| Custom fields & taxonomies | Y | Y |
| Extra WooCommerce data, e.g. attributes, stock, & ratings | N | Y |
| EASE OF USE | ||
| Add tables anywhere on your site | Y | Y |
| Create multiple tables | Y | Y |
| Add to archive pages (requires editing template files using the sample provided) | Y | Y |
| TABLE COLUMNS | ||
| Choose which columns appear in the table, & in which order | Y | Y |
| Columns for ID, name, content/description, image, date, categories, tags, custom fields & taxonomies | Y | Y |
| Columns for excerpt, author, & status | Y | N |
| Columns for SKU, short description, reviews, stock, weight, dimensions, price, buy & button | N | Y |
| Customizable column headings | Y | Y |
| CONTROL WHAT APPEARS IN THE TABLE | ||
| Choose based on category, tag, status, date (day, week, and/or month), taxonomy term, or custom field | Y | Y |
| Include or exclude specific items by ID | Y | Y |
| Exclude entire categories | Y | Y |
| TABLE SIZE OPTIONS | ||
| Customizable column widths | Y | Y |
| Control the number of rows per page | Y | Y |
| Set a maximum number of items in the table | Y | Y |
| DATE OPTIONS | ||
| Date format option | Y | Y |
| Specify which columns are treated as dates | Y | Y |
| SORT OPTIONS | ||
| Control how the table is ordered when it first loads, and the sort direction | Y | Y |
| Clickable column headings, allowing users to sort the table. | Y | Y |
| SEARCH & FILTERS | ||
| Instant AJAX-powered keyword search | Y | Y |
| Filter products based on a specific search term when the table first loads | Y | Y |
| Filter dropdowns for categories, tags, or any custom taxonomy (plus attributes for WPT) | Y | Y |
| Filter widgets | N | Y |
| Users can filter by clicking on a category, tag or custom taxonomy in the table | Y | Y |
| CONTROLS ABOVE & BELOW THE TABLE | ||
| Show, hide or position the search box, filters, reset button, page length dropdown, totals, & pagination | Y | Y |
| 4 pagination button styles | Y | Y |
| Customizable messages for empty tables | Y | Y |
| IMAGES & MULTIMEDIA | ||
| Image size option | Y | Y |
| Open images in lightbox | Y | Y |
| Display embedded audio files, video and media playlists | Y | Y |
| TABLE CONTENT CONTROLS | ||
| Content/description length option | Y | Y |
| Display HTML formatting & shortcodes from other plugins | Y | Y |
| Enable/disable links to the single post/product page | Y | Y |
| RESPONSIVE OPTIONS | ||
| 100% responsive & mobile-friendly | Y | Y |
| Control which columns to hide when there are too many to fit on the page | Y | Y |
| Choose which columns to show or hide on different devices | Y | Y |
| Control behavior of the + icon to view hidden columns | Y | Y |
| Choose whether to show hidden columns by default, or open in a modal window | Y | Y |
| PERFORMANCE | ||
| Lazy load option | Y | Y |
| Built-in caching | Y | Y |
| WOOCOMMERCE FEATURES | ||
| Display add to cart buttons, checkboxes, or both | N | Y |
| Quantity picker | N | Y |
| Ajax add to cart option | N | Y |
| Customizable ‘Add Selected to Cart’ button | N | Y |
| List product variations as dropdowns or on separate rows | N | Y |
| Integration with Product Add-Ons plugin | N | Y |
| EXTRAS | ||
| Choose whether columns are truncated onto a single line, or wrapped onto multiple lines | Y | Y |
| Show or hide the footer row | Y | Y |
| Scroll offset option for websites with sticky headers | Y | Y |
| Specify which columns use numeric terms | Y | Y |
| Integration with any theme and various 3rd party plugins (see compatibility list for PTP and WPT) | Y | Y |
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