Tables are using pagination by default. Although pagination improves the user experience, it slows down performance, especially for large tables. Pagination requires counting: All table rows All matching table rows The pagination features were optimized in version 4.2...
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Added freemius library to WP Data Access plugin
Starting from version 3.5.0, WP Data Access uses the freemius library to bring the plugin to the next level…What is freemius?New WP Data Access releases will be available in two version: a free version and a premium version. Freemius is a tool that helps to maintain...
Add user input filter to where clause
Starting from version 3.1.5, the plugin allows to add a filter to a where clause based on user input: Add an argument to your request (supports POST and GET) Give your argument the name of your column prefixed with wpda_search_column_ ExampleAdds condition
Publications are now fully responsive
To create a fully responsive publication: Open your publication in Data Tables Set output to responsive Set number of columns to 0 Save your publication If you want all devices to show the same (fixed) number of columns, set number of columns > 0 (= number of...
Added JSON editor/validator to table options advanced column in Data Tables
JSON editor/validatorThe code editor was added to the table options advanced column in Data Tables. The content of this column must be valid JSON. By default the code editor helps to check if the content is valid JSON while being entered.Disable JSON...
Table ID changed!
The new version allows plugin users to show multiple publications of the same database table on a web page. This also allows you to test your publications directly from Data Tables menu.To offer this functionality the publication ID was added to the ID of the HTML...
Lookup queries on child column using parent filter
Lookups supported in previous versions of the plugin could be based on one single column only. The new version allows to add lookups based on multiple columns in parent-child forms. Additional columns can be used to filter the lookup list in such a way that only...
Create your own registration pages with Data Projects
WP Data Access version 3 allows you to create registration only pages for your own database tables. To support this feature value “only” was added to the listbox of column “Allow insert?” (previous values: “yes” and “no”).Use the following settings to add a...
Hide plugin menu (for developers)
Plugin and theme developer can now hide the plugin menu. For this reason the Manage Plugin menu item was removed from the the plugin menu moved to the WordPress settings menu.
Plugin settings moved to WordPress settings menu
The Manage Plugin menu item was removed from the plugin menu and is now avilable from the WordPress settings menu. Plugin help was removed from the plugin menu as well and can now be found as context sensitive help after the page title.
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