Quite often I will compare products or other resources, by writing in tables in my posts. Until now, I have created my table with Google Docs, exported to pdf, taken a screenshot, saved as jpg, and then uploaded the image. Other than the obvious hassle, this doesn`t allow any of the good data in that table to be parsed by search engines. Finally, I took the time to search the plugin repository for something that would allow me to write directly in a table. After a couple flubbed attempts (the plugins were more hassle than the aforementioned method, if you can believe that!), I found WP Table Reloaded. This new plugin is written by Tobias Bathge, and is designed for writing in tables!!
Here is the options page for WP Table Reloaded:
You can easily add new tables, import a table, or csv file. It has easy options for editing the content, rows, or columns at once. You can even add images or links. And if you wish to use the table for more than one post, you can customize each table by using a custom field in the post itself.
For the search engines, you can specify a table, and other meta data that will be inserted into the html. It is more than what I would request in a custom written plugin, yours for the asking from the wordpress.org plugin repository.
NOTES on security & safety:
- last updated Dec. 19, 2009 (excellent!)
- compatible to WP version 2.9.1 (means the author is up to date with the developer`s versions)
- is hosted at wordpress.org
- author has active (& informative) website
Seems to be what I needed. Thank your for the post. Won’t know until I have time to check it out and play around a bit.