Install MMTable and build your first table

MMTable adds a visual table editor to WordPress. You build a table once, then embed it anywhere — shortcode, Gutenberg block, Elementor, or your page builder of choice. This guide walks you through the first ten minutes.

Install the plugin

Two install paths, depending on where you got the zip:

From WordPress.org — open Plugins → Add New, search for MMTable, and click Install Now, then Activate.
From a zip file — open Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose mmtable-1.0.0.zip, click Install Now, then Activate.

After activation a new MMTables menu appears in the WordPress admin sidebar.

Create your first table

Click MMTables → Add New.
Give the table a title — this is internal, not shown on the front end. Use something you'll recognise later.
You're now in the visual editor. The first row defaults to a header row; type column names into row 1.
Click any cell and type to fill it. Tab moves to the next cell, Enter moves down.
Use the toolbar to add rows or columns, toggle the header row, set column types, and so on.
Click Save in the top-right.

After saving, a shortcode appears at the top of the edit screen — something like [mm_table id="42"]. That's how you embed this table on a page.

Embed the table on a page

Open the page where you want the table and paste the shortcode into a paragraph block. Preview the page — the table should appear with sort, search, and pagination working out of the box.

If you use a page builder (Elementor, Gutenberg block, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Divi, or Bricks), use the dedicated MMTable widget/block from that builder's library. Each one lets you pick a saved table from a dropdown, no shortcode required.

What's next

Generate tables from a prompt with AI Generate — type what you want, get a populated table back.
Import a CSV — drag a spreadsheet onto the editor.
Column types and number formatting — make currency, percent, and date columns sort and display correctly.
Shortcode attribute reference — override per-embed.