{"id":846,"date":"2026-05-12T20:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/?p=846"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:17:04","slug":"table-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/2026\/05\/12\/table-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Table block allows you to organize content into rows and columns, making it easier to present structured data such as schedules or comparisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find demos and usage guidance for this block on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/table-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-mtsublue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-mtsublue-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility Best Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use tables only for data (not layout), include clear header rows, and keep tables simple for easier navigation by screen readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-mtsublue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-mtsublue-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Standard Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MTSU WordPress instance offers two types of tables. The default works like any standard table and offers the ability to include a heading column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Column 1<\/th><th>Column 1<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>data<\/td><td>data<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>data<\/td><td>data<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sortable Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sortable table option is also available. This can be accessed by adding a table then following the below instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the Settings section for the block by clicking the table then the Settings icon <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"44\" height=\"48\" class=\"wp-image-745\" style=\"width: 44px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Pasted-image-1.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Settings Icon\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Block <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the Styles icon<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-850\" style=\"width: 44px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/styles.svg\" alt=\"wordpress styles icon\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Sortable<br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"196\" class=\"wp-image-851\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/style-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/tablesstyles.png\" alt=\"wordpress table settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/tablesstyles.png 518w, https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/tablesstyles-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-table-sortable\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Column 1<\/th><th>Column 1<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Data<\/td><td>Data<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data<\/td><td>Data<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Table block allows you to organize content into rows and columns, making it easier to present structured data such as schedules or comparisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,29,8],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blocks","tag-table","tag-text-block","tag-wordpress-blocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/2149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/web-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}