Title: New Hyperlink (Excel import) function not working
Last modified: September 7, 2023

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# New Hyperlink (Excel import) function not working

 *  Resolved [Troy Rutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trutter/)
 * (@trutter)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-hyperlink-excel-import-function-not-working/)
 * Hey Tobias,
 * I am importing a table with ~800 rows and 2 of the fields are using the Hyperlink
   function. I was excited to hear this was now supported, but my plugin is up to
   date and it is still not working (the tables have =HYPERLINK(E2,D2) in them in
   the resulting tablepress table)
   running the latest WP and Tablepress 2.1.7. Also
   tried saving as both xls and xlsx same result. I believe we are running the older
   PHP 7.4 but i tried it on 8.2 as well, same thing. I even tried with only 2 rows.
   Was the HYPERLINK function only in premium? Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-hyperlink-excel-import-function-not-working/#post-17034138)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, the HYPERLINK function is not related to the Premium versions, i.e. it should
   be working in the free version as well.
 * Now, it’s correct that you see the formula `=HYPERLINK(E2,D2)` in the cell, after
   the file import. The formula is imported in “raw” and the evaluated by TablePress(
   to HTML code for a link).
 * So, for the cells that have a HYPERLINK formula, what do you see when showing
   that table in a post/page?
 * As for PHP requirements: The PHP version does indeed play a role here, but only
   in the sense that at least version 7.2 is required. In addition though, the `
   mbstring` PHP module must be installed on the server. (You can check that on 
   the Site Health page of your WordPress admin dashboard, or in a phpinfo.php file
   that calls `phpinfo()`.)
 * Regards,
   Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-hyperlink-excel-import-function-not-working/#post-17034138)
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