Tablepress and ACF

• MrThiemann

• August 11, 2020 at 2:04 pm

Hey Community,
i would like to create custom tables with tablepress.
My idea is that I build myself a scaffolding, which I basically only have to duplicate.
for example I have 5 columns. the columns 4 -5 should all be acf queries. only the column is edited.

<figure class="wp-block-table alignwide">
    <table>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Produkt-Name</td>
                <td>Hersteller</td>
                <td>Bild</td>
                <td>Normaler Preis</td>
                <td>Aktionspreis</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Name_1</td>
                <td><?php the_field('hersteller'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('image'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_normal'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_offer'); ?></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Name_2</td>
                <td><?php the_field('hersteller'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('image'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_normal'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_offer'); ?></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Name_3</td>
                <td><?php the_field('hersteller'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('image'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_normal'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_offer'); ?></td>
            </tr>
                <tr><td>Name_4</td>
                <td><?php the_field('hersteller'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('image'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_normal'); ?></td>
                <td><?php the_field('price_offer'); ?></td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</figure> 

Can I even do that with tablepress? Or does it make more sense to create a new CPT and use a single-XXX.php template?

Thanks, Karsten

• vipstephan

• August 13, 2020 at 5:43 am

I have no experience with TablePress but the image looks like you are adding a table within the Gutenberg editor. You can’t put plain PHP into the editor. What you need is a repeater field with the respective fields in each row, and then you would construct a table from the output.

• MrThiemann

• August 14, 2020 at 2:16 am

I have now solved the whole thing completely different!
Instead of a table I opted for a dynamic container … looks more elegant and makes the whole thing much easier in connection with ACF!

• granatdesign

• February 14, 2022 at 9:10 pm

Can I ask what you mean by a dynamic container, and what that solution looked like?