Title: Datatable feature not active
Last modified: April 9, 2018

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# Datatable feature not active

 *  Resolved [jimoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimoe/)
 * (@jimoe)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/)
 * WP 4.9.5
    tablepress 1.9 firefox 59.0.2
 * The option “Use the following features of the DataTables” is enabled. Sorting,
   search, and pagination are enabled. The required JS module(s) are loading.
 *     ```
       jQuery(document).ready(function($){
       $('#tablepress-articles-csm').dataTable({"order":[],"orderClasses":false,"stripeClasses":[],"pagingType":"simple","info":false});
       });
       ```
   
 * The features are not active. There was nothing obvious in the error console.
 * Where have I gone awry?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdatatable-feature-not-active%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/#post-10162551)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * The cause for this is in row 51 of the table. There, you are using `#colspan#`
   to merge cells.
    Due to this, the table doesn’t have the same number of cells
   in each row, which however is a requirement by DataTables. Therefore, you must
   remove all `#colspan#` for it it to work.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [jimoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimoe/)
 * (@jimoe)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/#post-10162715)
 * Thank you. That fixed it. I missed that one row when transcribing from another
   area.
 *  Thread Starter [jimoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimoe/)
 * (@jimoe)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/#post-10162718)
 * The issue is resolved.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/#post-10162777)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatable-feature-not-active/#post-10162777)
 * Status: resolved