Full list of options

Here is a full list of what you can do with OptimizeForm Product Table, which can you can use these to configure the [product_table] shortcode in many different ways.

Note: where you see the * it indicates that specific option can be set as defaults on the plugin settings page. Other options can only be controlled directly in the product table shortcode. 

Columns

• columns=""* – sets the columns in the table. The available columns are: sku, id, name, description, short-description, date, categories, tags, image, reviews, stock, weight, dimensions, price, add-to-cart, and button
• To change the name of a column you can do this by adding a : (colon) after the column name.

Add to cart

• cart_button* – sets the style of the add to cart buttons

Currently there are 3 options to choose from:

button - this is the defualt option

checkbox - this displays a checkbox on the table where the add to cart button would normally be displayed.

button_checkbox - with this option you get the best of both worlds a checkbox and also a button.

For example:

[product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" cart_button="button"]
[product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" cart_button="button_checkbox"]
[product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" cart_button="checkbox"]

• show_quantity* – shows or hides the quantity selector next to the add to cart button

By default, the quantity selector is set to hidden. You can change this via your options settings or set show_quantity to true or false.

For example: [product_table show_quantity="true"]

• variations* – controls how variable products appear in the table

There are 3 ways in which you can allow your customers to choose their product variations.

Option 1 dropdown lists

You can select this as a default setting in the main OptimizeForm product table settings page or add variations="dropdown" to the product table shortcode. 

Option 2 – List each variation on its own row

You can select this as a default setting in the main OptimizeForm product table settings page or add variations="separate" to the product table shortcode. 

Example: [product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" variations="separate"]

Option 3 – Select variations on the single product page

This is the default option and therefore don't need to do anything else if you have not selected either option 1 or 2 on the main OptimizeForm product table settings page

• ajax_cart* – disables or activates ajax add to cart behaviour

You have the option to enable or disable the ajax add to cart function. If the set the ajax_cart="false" the will cause the page to refresh each time a user add something to their cart.

For eample: [product_table ajax_cart="false"]

• add_selected_button* – controls the location of the ‘Add Selected to Cart’ button

If you choose to use the checkbox or button_checkbox add to cart button style then an “Add Selected to Cart” button will automatically display above and/or below the product table.

You have the option to select whether the “Add Selected to Cart” appears above/below the table or in both location.

For example:

[product_table cart_button="checkbox" add_selected_button="bottom"]

• button_text – changes the button text if you are using the button column to show a link to the single product page

To change the button text from the default "Show details" text you can do so from the main OptimizeForm product table settings page or add button_text="Your New Button text here" to the product table shortcode. 

How to filter which products appear in the table

You can segment the products on your table in numerous ways which are documented below. Please note this type of control can only be added directly to the shortcode.

Categories / tags / terms / custom fields

You can specify whether to display multiple categories in the table – either separated by commas or by a plus sign (+). Using commas means “products in this category OR that category”. Using a plus means “products in this category AND that category”. You can’t mix and match commas and pluses – you have to use one or the other.

• category="enter category slug or id here" – lists products from a specific category
• tag="enter tag slug or id here" – lists products with a specific tag
• term="enter term here" – lists products with a specific custom taxonomy term
• cf="field name:field value" – lists products with a specific custom field value. For example: [product_table cf="color:blue,color:red"] That would only show products that are either blue or red.

Custom taxonomy columns

To add taxonomies to your table use the format tax:<insert taxonomy slug> in the columns option. This will display a custom taxonomy in a column of your product table.

So, for example, to display for a custom taxonomy with the slug portfolio_type, you would use:
[product_table columns="name,description,tax:portfolio_type"].

Exclude / include

• exclude="enter ID of the product you want to exclude here" – excludes specific products from the table based on ID
• include="enter ID of the product you want to include here" – lists specific products in the table based on ID
• exclude_category="enter ID of the category you want to exclude here" – excludes entire categories of products from the table

Product status

• status=" enter product status here" – lists products with a specific post status for example: [product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" status="publish,draft"]

Dates

You can specify whether to display products in the table based on the date they were published in the table – either separated by commas or by a plus sign (+). Using commas means “products in this year OR that year”. Using a plus means “products in this year AND that year”. You can’t mix and match commas and pluses – you have to use one or the other.

• year="insert year here" – lists products published in a specific year
• month="insert month here" – lists products published in a specific month in numerical format.
• day="insert day here" – lists products published on a specific day of the month in numerical format.
• date_format="insert day here" – sets the date format for any date columns. For example: [product_table columns="name,date,price" date_format="F j, Y"] See the WordPress Codex for more information.
• date_columns="insert day here" – specifies which columns contain dates, so that the column can be sorted by date correctly

Table size

• rows_per_page* – sets the number of products on each page of the table
• product_limit* – sets the maximum number of products that can appear in the table

Sorting

• sort_by* – controls how the products are sorted when the table first loads. You can select this as a default setting in the main OptimizeForm product table settings page or add sort_by="insert what you wnat to sort by here" to the product table shortcode. 

You can sort by the following options:

• name
• menu_order
• id - sort by product id
• sku - sort by product sku code
• price - low to highest
• popularity - the number of sales
• reviews - the average customer review
• date - the date the product was first added to the store
• modified - the date the product was last updated
• rand - random sorting

• sort_order* – sorts the table in ascending(asc) or descending(desc) order. For example [product_table columns="name,price,add-to-cart" sort_by="price" sort_order="asc"]

Filtering / searching

• filters* – You can set the filter that displays above the table via a filter dropdown list from the main OptimizeForm product table settings page
• search_term="insert search term here" – You can filter the products on the table by search term when it loads. for example: [product_table search_term="dresses"] would show all dresses on the table.
• search_on_click="true or false here" – controls whether clicking on a category, tag or custom taxonomy will filter the table or link to the relevant archive page

Elements above & below the table

• search_box* – shows, hides or positions the keyword search box
• reset_button* – shows, hides or positions the reset link
• page_length="Enter location here i.e top"* – This allows users to specify the amount of product to display per page. You can control the location on the table in which this is shown. Choose from top, bottom, both or false to hide it.
• totals* – This allows you can to control the location on the table in which this is shown. Choose from top, bottom, both or false to hide it. For example “Showing 1 to 10 of 50 products”)
• pagination="Enter location here i.e top"* – shows, hides or positions the pagination buttons, for example previous, next etc... Choose from top, bottom, both or false to hide it.
• paging_type="Enter location here i.e top"* – sets the pagination style

Aviliable options:

numbers – page numbers only
simple – ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ only
simple_numbers – ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ buttons, plus page numbers (the default)
full – ‘First’, ‘Previous’, ‘Next’ and ‘Last’ buttons
full_numbers – ‘First’, ‘Previous’, ‘Next’ and ‘Last’ buttons, plus page numbers

• no_products_message – controls the text that appears if no products are found when the table first loads
• no_products_filtered_message – controls the text that appears if no results are found when a user searches or filters the table

Images

• image_size=""* – sets the size of product images in the table.  You can use any standard image size (e.g. thumbnail, medium, large, etc), or one or two numbers to denote the width and height for the image.

For example: [product_table columns="image,name,description" image_size="medium"]

For an image 160 pixels wide by 200 pixels high:[product_table columns="image,name,description" image_size="160x200"]

• lightbox="insert true or false here"* – control whether your images open in a lightbox when users click an image. This can be set in the plugin default settings or via the product_table shortcode.

Content

• description_length="insert the number of words to limit description by here"* – sets the length of the description column
• shortcodes="insert true or false here"* – With this option, you can display shortcode and embeds such as videos, mp3 files and more in the product table. Set on in global settings.
• links="insert element to make clickable or set to none"* – allows you to make a certain element on your table clickable for example your sku, name, categories, tags, attributes, any custom taxonomy, and image.

Mobile visibility & responsive options

Learn more here: https://aovup.com/kb/table-responsive-options/(opens in a new tab)

• priorities – controls which columns are hidden on screen sizes when there are too many to fit on the page
• column_breakpoints – choose which columns are shown/hidden on different screen sizes and devices
• responsive_control – controls the + icon which shows hidden rows
• responsive_display – sets whether hidden rows are visible or hidden, or open in a modal window

Performance

• lazy_load* – improves performance by loading the overall page before the product table, and loading 1 page of products at a time
• cache – whether to use caching to speed up table load time

Miscellaneous

• widths – sets the width of each column
• wrap="insert true or false here" – controls whether or not content is wrapped onto multiple lines
• show_footer* – shows or hides the footer row of the table set at the global level or by editing the product shortcode define true or false to enable or disable footer label.
• scroll_offset="insert a numeric number here"* – changes the height that the page scrolls to when you move between pages in the product table
• numeric_terms – fixes any issues if you’re using numeric slugs for your categories or taxonomies

Product table shortcode examples

To get you started, here are some popular examples of different ways to use WooCommerce Product Table.

Basic usage displaying all products (see below for full list of columns):
[product_table columns="name,short-description,tags,price,add-to-cart"]

Display products from a single category (use the category slug or ID):
[product_table columns="sku,name,description,tags,price,add-to-cart" category="ebooks"]

Display products from several categories. This example shows products in the “ebooks” category or the “audiobooks” category:
[product_table columns="id,name,categories,price,add-to-cart" category="ebooks,audiobooks"]

Display products that belong to several categories. This example shows products that are in the “featured”, “course”, and “health” categories:
[product_table columns="name,short-description,tags,price,add-to-cart" category="featured+course+health"]

Exclude products from a category. This example excludes products in the “clients” category:
[product_table exclude_category="clients"]

Display product image. Defaults to 50 by 50 pixels, but you can specify a custom image size if you wish:
[product_table columns="image,name,price,add-to-cart" image_size="80x80"]

Choosing custom column headings:
[product_table columns="name:Product Name,reviews:Rated,date:Added On,price:Unit Price"]