Title: [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] Installing 3rd Party Plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] Installing 3rd Party Plugin

 *  Resolved [GhostCav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghostcav/)
 * (@ghostcav)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/)
 * Just found WP-Table-Reloaded today. Great plugin so far. I have a newbie question.
   I wanted to add a 3rd party plugin (DataTables Column Filter). I downloaded it
   from [http://www.datatables.net/extras/](http://www.datatables.net/extras/) ….
   but now I’m confused as to where it goes in my WordPress directory. I’m assuming
   it is not installed like other wordpress plugins. I’d greatly appreciate any 
   insight into this. Thanks.
 * [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, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312421)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post. You are correct, as these are not regular WordPress plugins,
   they are installed differently.
    As a start, I suggest to read [http://www.datatables.net/blog/Getting_started_with_DataTables%3A_First_steps](http://www.datatables.net/blog/Getting_started_with_DataTables%3A_First_steps),
   and then the instructions for each plugin. Regarding the files, you can just 
   put them into a new folder, e.g. in your wp-content dir. You might then just 
   need to adjust the URLs later in the code.
 * Additionally, my recommendation is to invoke these plugins manually. That means:
   Turn off the usage of DataTables for your table in WP-Table Reloaded, and load
   everything manually (by following those instructions from above). That way, WP-
   Table Reloaded will only deliver the HTML code of your table. A useful plugin
   to add JavaScript code only to certian posts/pages is the HiFi plugin ([http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hifi/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hifi/)).
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [orionwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orionwell/)
 * (@orionwell)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312700)
 * Hi –
    I would like to use a plug-in called Audio Player in my table cells. This
   plugin generates a shortcode that creates an instance of an embedded player for
   an MP3 audio file. When I tried putting the shortcode in the table cell, it was
   just echoed as plain text. Is there a way to make it work? Regards, – Tom
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312701)
 * Hi Tom,
 * thanks for your question.
 * Yes, you can use Audio Player in table cells. It just requires some small extra
   work because the Audio Player plugin does not use regular WordPress Shortcodes,
   but its own version – which do not work out of the box in tables.
 * You can easily make them work by adding the following line of code to the file“
   functions.php” of your theme.
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wp_table_reloaded_cell_content', 'insert_audio_player' );
       ```
   
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 *  [orionwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orionwell/)
 * (@orionwell)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312702)
 * Thanks, Tobias. I dropped in the filter, but it seemed to wipe out the table 
   structure. All the text in the table just ran together. Is there something more
   I need to add to the functions.php file? Or is there something I need to set 
   on the table to make sure it accommodates the player?
    Regards, – Tom
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312703)
 * Hi Tom,
 * no, usually you don’t need anything else.
    But can you maybe post the URL to 
   the page with the table, so that I can take a look and maybe find out why it 
   is not working?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [orionwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orionwell/)
 * (@orionwell)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312704)
 * Hi Tobias –
    [http://www.aliveinthenow.com/show/show-schedule/](http://www.aliveinthenow.com/show/show-schedule/)
 * Here is the URL for the page with the table. What appears to happen is that the
   player gets inserted way down the page and everything gets pulled out of the 
   table and placed above it. Then a blank table structure is displayed below the
   player.
 * Thanks for taking a look at it,
    – Tom
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312705)
 * Hi Tom,
 * thanks for the URL.
 * I think I found out what’s wrong. Please try again with this code in the functions.
   php
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wp_table_reloaded_cell_content', array( &$AudioPlayer, 'processContent' ), 2 );
       ```
   
 * The code in my first answer correct (as I just saw, the function echoes its return
   value instead of just returning it, which is necessary). The new code should 
   behave correctly 🙂
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 *  [orionwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orionwell/)
 * (@orionwell)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312706)
 * Perfect – worked like a charm! Thanks, Tobias!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-installing-3rd-party-plugin/#post-2312707)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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