How to Use the WordPress Table Block (Gutenberg)

Tables are a combination of rows and columns that help you present information on a website in an organized way. The WordPress Table block provides an intuitive way for anyone to create and customize tables directly within their content editor.

It eliminates the need for coding or relying on any external plugin. This article will provide a quick guide on how to use the WordPress Table block. Keep reading it to the end.

Add the Table Block to Your Post/Page

Open a post or page. Press the プラス（+）アイコン to open the Gutenberg editor. Type テーブル in the search box. Hit the Table block once it appears below.

After the block is inserted into your post/page, you’ll be allowed to specify the row and column number for the table.

Set the row and column number as you wish and hit the テーブル作成 button at the end. For this article, we’ll select four columns and six rows.

After the table is created, add your desired information to its respective cells. Below is a table we have created with some dummy information.

Use the Table Toolbar

On top of the table, you’ll get a toolbar with the following options. Hovering your cursor on them will show their names.

• Group – After you group up the Table block, you can customize its width.
• Table – Allows for transformation into columns or default styles.
• Drag – Helps you manually move the block and reposition it.
• Move Up/Down – Helps to reposition the table before or after another block.
• Table Alignment – It lets you align the entire table on the post/page.
• Column Alignment – Aligns content within the respective column.

Hope you can explore the other options yourself.

Edit Rows and Columns

You can add new rows and columns to the table anytime you want. Similarly, you can delete any specific row and column.

を打つ。 編集テーブル option on the toolbar. You’ll see several more options appear in a list. Using them, you can insert new rows and columns alongside deleting the one you want.

Update the Table Settings

をクリックする。 Table icon on the toolbar to select the entire table block. You’ll see the 設定タブ on the right sidebar.

Below the tab, you’ll get options to enable the Fixed width table cells, Header section, そして Footer section.

Stylize the Table Block

Next to the Settings tab, you get the スタイルタブ. Under the tab, you’ll get these options: Styles, Color, Typography, Dimensions, そして 国境. Do the customizations you want to make using these options as you want.

Add Inline Images

Place your cursor on the cell where you want to add an inline image. Click the More icon on the toolbar. Select the Inline Image option on the appeared list.

Select the image whether from your local drive or your WordPress Media Library.

You can see an inline image has been added to a cell in the below image. If the image size is so big, you can make it small by changing its pixel size.

結論

Thus, you can use the WordPress Table block. However, this default Table block has several limitations. You can add usual size images, buttons, and many more elements to the table.

To overcome these issues, you can use any advanced table builder plugin. テーブルバーグ is such a plugin you can try for creating versatile and multipurpose tables with advanced options.