Title: [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] DataTables JavaScript features not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] DataTables JavaScript features not working

 *  Resolved [jettef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jettef/)
 * (@jettef)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/)
 * Hi!
 * I made a table with WP-table reloaded, but none of the the javascript features
   are working. I can’t sort and there’s no search box.
 * The table is here [http://tunnekoera.ee/koeraga-valja-sooma-2/](http://tunnekoera.ee/koeraga-valja-sooma-2/)
   password is “oxx”.
 * I have enabled table head ,javascript and table tools in the settings. In my 
   footer.php there is no <?php wp_footer(); ?> line and when I add it manually,
   I get
 * > DataTables warning (table id = ‘wp-table-reloaded-id-1-no-1’): Cannot reinitialise
   > DataTable.
   > To retrieve the DataTables object for this table, please pass either no arguments
   > to the dataTable() function, or set bRetrieve to true. Alternatively, to destory
   > the old table and create a new one, set bDestroy to true (note that a lot of
   > changes to the configuration can be made through the API which is usually much
   > faster).
 * Switched to two different themes, which had <?php wp_footer(); ?> line in footer.
   php, but javascript thingy still didn’t work.
 * I use Firefox, also checked my table with Safari. Also tried reinstalling the
   plugin.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749175)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question.
 * I’m not exactly sure, why this happens, but in the head part of the page source,
   there is some HTML code
 *     ```
       <center><img src= width=800></center>
       ```
   
 * that seems to be causing trouble. It might be possible that this stops the JS
   from working.
 * Can you try to remove this, probably from your theme’s “header.php” file.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [jettef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jettef/)
 * (@jettef)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749214)
 * Removed it, but javascript still not working 🙁
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749216)
 * Hi,
 * that is odd, I don’t see any other error message that could indicate what’s wrong…
 * Can you temporarily switch to the WordPress Default Theme to see if it working
   there?
 * After that, please try replacing the language file “lang-et.txt” (in the “language/
   datatables” subfolder) with the file “lang-default.txt”, as sometimes language
   files can cause trouble.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [jettef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jettef/)
 * (@jettef)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749217)
 * Switched theme and changed the language file name. It still doesn’t seem to be
   working. I hope I’m not wasting your time 🙁
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749218)
 * Hi,
 * no, don’t worry! 🙂
 * Unfortunately, I don’t have other ideas to find out what’s wrong. 🙁 I suggest
   that you try asking in the DataTables forums at [http://www.datatables.net](http://www.datatables.net),
   as the people there are more experienced with DataTables and might be able to
   spot the problem.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [jettef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jettef/)
 * (@jettef)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749219)
 * Thanks for trying! 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-datatables-javascript-features-not-working/#post-2749221)
 * Hi,
 * sure, no problem. Sorry that I couldn’t help.
 * If you find the reason, please let us know!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
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