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Excel tables

Documentation To add table, go to page “Excel tables” in admin panel.

Active installs60+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d105▲ +40% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score32/100At risk
All-time downloads6.1KSince Mar 2018
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d21▼ -27.6% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Excel tables shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 60+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (60+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 8 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.8 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

257Jul 10Aug 23Oct 7
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day13May 5, 2026
Last 12 months782

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Excel tables stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
csv >100 5,054 Best csv plugins →
excel >100 942 Best excel plugins →
table >100 10,000 Best table plugins →
tables >100 10,000 Best tables plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.2100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Excel tables

From the official readme · v1.2

Description

This plugin allows you to import excel file into wordpress.

Documentation
To add table, go to page “Excel tables” in admin panel.

Installation

Installing “Excel tables” can be done either by searching for “Excel tables” via the “Plugins > Add New” screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps:

  1. Download the plugin via WordPress.org
  2. Upload the ZIP file through the ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload’ screen in your WordPress dashboard
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Changelog

Add styles

1.0

  • Excel tables.

1.1

  • Add xlsx file format

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

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FAQ

Excel tables: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026

Is Excel tables free?

Yes. Excel tables is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Excel tables safe to use in 2026?

Excel tables shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 60+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Excel tables?

Excel tables is active on 60+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,132 times since it launched in March 2018. It was downloaded 105 times in the last 30 days.

Does Excel tables work with WordPress 7.1?

Excel tables is officially tested up to WordPress 4.8.33, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Excel tables last updated?

The latest version, 1.2, was released on May 10, 2018 (8 years ago).

Who makes Excel tables?

Excel tables is developed and maintained by veradeveloper.

What are the best alternatives to Excel tables?

The most popular alternatives to Excel tables are TablePress (600K+ installs), WP All Import (100K+ installs) and Import and export users and… (70K+ installs).

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