The Shortcode

[table-info id=N field=<field-name> /]Code language: JSON / JSON with Comments (json)

can be used to display table meta data in a post, page, or text widget.

The Shortcode has three parameters:

id (string) (required)

The ID of the table that has the Custom Data Field

field (string) (required)

The name of a meta field (see below)

format

only possible value: raw. Only applies to the default field last_modified and will return the raw datetime format instead of the pretty string.

Possible values for field are:

name

The name of the table with ID id

description

The description of the table with ID id

last_modified

The time of the last modification of the table with ID id, if the format parameter is set to raw, a datetime string will be returned, otherwise a pretty string. The format human can be used to show a text like “5 hours ago”, the format values date and time show just the date or time of the last modification, respectively.

last_editor

The author who last modified the table with ID id

Example of three Shortcodes in action (i.e. in a post or on a page near a table):

The table [table-info id=2 field=name /] was last modified at [table-info id=2 field=last_modified format=raw /] by [table-info id=2 field=last_editor /].Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

will produce something similar to

The table Demo Table was last modified at 2022-12-20 15:20:21 by TobiasBg.Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

There’s a also a Template Tag Function for this Shortcode available:

<?php tablepress_table_info( 'id=1&field=name' ); ?>Code language: PHP (php)

It works exactly like the Template Tag Function, with the parameters from this section.