Simple Table Manager
Enables viewing and editing table records and exporting them to CSV files through a minimal database interface from your dashboard.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 4
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 19 Jan 2025
- Added
- Mar 2015
- Requires WP
- 6.2
- Tested up to
- WP 6.7.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.3
- Downloads
- 24,855
Our analysis
AI-assistedSimple Table Manager is a WordPress plugin that allows you to edit table records and export them to CSV files via a straightforward database interface within your dashboard. It provides basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionality for managing table contents without requiring any knowledge of MySQL or PHP.
This plugin is particularly useful during the initial development phase of a website, making it suitable for users who need to manage table records but lack technical expertise. It is designed to help non-experts track data easily, although it does not allow for the creation of new tables or changes to existing table structures.
Best for: This plugin suits users who need to manage simple table data without technical skills.
What it does well
- ✓Enables editing of table records from the WordPress dashboard
- ✓Allows exporting of table records to CSV files
- ✓No MySQL or PHP knowledge required
- ✓Search and sort functionality for table records
- ✓Filtered inputs to prevent SQL injection attacks
Where it falls short
- •Does not allow creation or structural changes to tables
- •Filtered tags may lead to field corruption
Verdict
Simple Table Manager provides a user-friendly way to handle table records in WordPress, though its limitations on table creation and structure may restrict more advanced use cases.
From the developer
ryo0inoue's own description of Simple Table Manager, lightly tidied.
Simple Table Manager enables editing table records and exporting them to CSV files through a minimal database interface from your dashboard.
- Simply CRUD table contents on your wp-admin screen
- Search and sort table records
- No knowledge of MySQL or PHP required
- Export table records to a CSV file
- Does not allow users to create tables or change the structure of the table
Simple Table Manager is a tool suited for the initial development phase of a website. It is ideal when you want to ask someone else with no database expertise to keep track of table records on your website. This was the motivation for developing this plugin.
Note that to comply with wordpress.org plugin security guidelines, edited and added record fields are filtered through wp_kses_post() to prevent sql injection attacks. In some cases, wanted tags may be filtered out leading to field corruption.