TableCrafter – Data to Beautiful Tables

8.0.47

• Performance: each table now loads its rows once per page view instead of two or three times (the visibility and resize observers no longer trigger duplicate fetches).
• Performance: the AJAX row query picks the page of entries first and pivots only those rows, cutting the query from about 56 ms to 6 ms on a 3,000-entry Gravity Forms table; the pagination count query no longer joins the meta table (10 ms to under 1 ms).
• Performance: the full frontend stylesheet is no longer inlined into every table render and the table config is serialized once, shrinking a typical table page from 243 KB to 73 KB (38 KB to 7.6 KB compressed).
• Performance: the database schema check no longer runs on every request; it runs on activation and upgrades only, and now targets the migrated base table so the failing ALTER statements on migrated sites stop.
• Performance: filter dropdown value lists are cached per form and field and invalidated on entry writes, removing one DISTINCT scan per filter column per render.
• Performance: row, cell, touch and delete handlers are delegated once per table instead of being re-bound on every render (about 6,000 listeners per render on a 100-row table down to 14).
• Performance: Thickbox is no longer enqueued on pages without a table; the saved-presets request is skipped for logged-out visitors; the AI summary loads when scrolled into view; scroll indicators update at most once per frame.
• Fix: lookup columns resolve users in one batch instead of one query per user, and two PHP warnings per AJAX request from an unassigned variable are gone.

8.0.46

• New: Pro sites running without an active license now show a clear activation notice in wp-admin with Activate License and Get a License shortcuts. It can be snoozed for 7 days and never appears on localhost or staging environments.
• Security: bundled PhpSpreadsheet updated to 2.4.7 (CVE-2026-59933 and two related advisories); npm build-chain advisories patched (brace-expansion, adm-zip).
• Dev: release tooling hardening – WP.org SVN auth now resolves from the macOS Keychain, and dist packaging hygiene improvements.

8.0.45

• Style: replaced em-dashes and en-dashes with standard hyphens across all plugin code, admin interface text, tooling, and documentation for consistent typography. No functional changes.

8.0.44

• New: Manual tables – build a table by typing into a spreadsheet-style grid, no external data source required. Insert, delete, duplicate, and move rows and columns; rich cell content; per-row, per-column, and per-cell visibility; and CSV import straight into a manual table.
• New: Import from many formats – Excel (XLSX/XLS), OpenDocument (ODS), HTML tables, JSON, and ZIP archives, with append and replace modes.
• New: Excel-compatible formulas – evaluate spreadsheet formulas in cells.
• New: Password-protected tables – gate a table behind a password with a signed unlock cookie.
• New: Block editor upgrade – real sidebar controls (rows per page, search, export buttons, column filters, pagination info), shortcode-to-block conversion, and proper preview states, on every table type.
• New: Merge cells across rows or columns (with overlap validation), row grouping under collapsible sub-headings, and an auto-renumbering index column (pagination-aware, excluded from exports).
• Fixed: data-source tables (JSON, CSV, Google Sheets, Excel) now load the plugin stylesheet on the front end – styled tables instead of bare ones.
• Fixed: saving a table no longer hides it via a misread boolean setting; toolbar visibility choices (pagination, search, filters, export menu, length selector, entry-count label) are now enforced on the live table.
• Reliability: full PHP 8.0-8.4 compatibility is verified on every release via a Docker activation matrix (fresh WordPress + plugin activation, per PHP version).

8.0.43

• Fixed: activation fatal on PHP 8.1 hosts – a PHP 8.2-only true return type prevented the plugin from activating on the supported PHP 8.1 floor. No functional changes.

8.0.42

• New inline-editing validation rules: oneOf (restrict a cell to an allowed list of values), notOneOf (block specific values), phone (built-in format check or your own custom pattern), and unique (instant in-browser duplicate check plus an authoritative server-side check that ignores the row being edited).
• Developers can add custom cell validation rules via the new tablecrafter_validate_cell filter.