Title: Column Filtering
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Column Filtering
* Resolved [fonzarelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonzarelli/)
* (@fonzarelli)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/)
* Hello,
* I’ve had a request from my client to try and enable the column filtering option
available, for which I downloaded the DataTables Column Filter extension. Having
configured it as specified, the feature does not seem to work. I also noticed
that features such as search, sorting and pagination do not show up:
* [http://www.visual-data.com/?page_id=11](http://www.visual-data.com/?page_id=11)
* In a recent thread, you mentioned in the FAQ section of your site that it’s probably
a JavaScript issue. The site was developed using a customized template, however
I fear that it was not coded well and the developers are no longer reachable.
* I’ve examined the code through the view source option you recommended and tried
locating lines with the
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* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385286)
* Hi,
* thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
* Is this really the “header.php”? I’m surprised that there’s a hard-coded line
for the TablePress CSS in there…
* Regardless, the problem comes from the JS loading. Your theme is loading a custom
and outdated version of jQuery (in the line
* ```
```
* ). That is wrong and should be removed. Instead, the theme should use the version
of jQuery that comes with WordPress.
Then, the theme also tries to load a second
copy of jQuery from the Google CDN (but that has a typo in the URL). That seems
to be in the “footer.php”. Additionally, the “footer.php” does not seem to have
a call to the `wp_footer();` before the closing `` HTML tag.
* So, in summary, there are indeed several bad mistakes in this theme, that cause
all kind of problems. I’m sorry to say it, but if you can’t reach the theme developer,
you should think about switching to a new and working theme… (or get someone
to fix your theme…).
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [fonzarelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonzarelli/)
* (@fonzarelli)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385290)
* Many thanks for getting back to me.
* The hard-coded line for TablePress css was to fix an issue with the table format
when it would appear on the front-end. The table would appear with no borders
and there were alignment issues with the data in the columns. After adding the
line, it fixed the format issue.
* The whole theme is customized to the client’s requirements, however I had no
idea it was this badly coded, and getting hold of the developers will be very
difficult…it would be near impossible to start over at this point.
* Would you explicitly need to state for the theme to use the version of JQuery
that comes with WordPress, or is it automatically picked up?
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385291)
* Hi,
* ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification! That then means that the theme is also
missing the `wp_head();` call before the closing `` HTML tag.
* If you add that and the mentioned `wp_footer();` footer call, everything should
be added automatically, without any hard coding.
* Regards,
Tobias
* Thread Starter [fonzarelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonzarelli/)
* (@fonzarelli)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385294)
* Hi there,
* Just as you suggested, the codex site explains adding the following in the header.
php file, just before tag:
* ```
* tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
* generally use this hook to add elements to such
* as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
*/
wp_head();
?>
```
* and in the footer.php file, just before tag:
* ```
* tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
* generally use this hook to reference JavaScript files.
*/
wp_footer();
?>
```
* I also commented out the following in the header.php file:
* ```
```
* Which, just brings back the following error:
* > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /home/allegro_feroz/visual-data.
> com/wp-content/themes/vd/header.php on line 51
* I guess there is more to it than just including the wp_head() and wp_footer()
calls? Sorry if I sound like a beginner in this, because I pretty much am…
* _[Moderator Note: Please post code & markup between backticks or use the code
button. Your posted code may now have been permanently damaged by the forum’s
parser.]_
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385296)
* Hi,
* nope, that’s just a plain PHP error.
The
* ```
...
```
* after the
* ```
Visual Data
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* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385399)
* Hi,
* no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
* One more thing: You can now also remove the manual CSS line for TablePress, as
that will be registered through `wp_head()` automatically.
* Best wishes,
Tobias
* P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
here in the plugin directory. Thanks!
* Thread Starter [fonzarelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonzarelli/)
* (@fonzarelli)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385400)
* I would be more than happy to…the plug-in works great.
* Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* (@tobiasbg)
* [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385401)
* Hi,
* thanks, I really appreciate it!
* Regards,
Tobias
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* Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
* Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-filtering/#post-4385401)
* Status: resolved
