Title: Remove sorting for a single column
Last modified: June 16, 2020

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# Remove sorting for a single column

 *  Resolved [pauldotmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldotmac/)
 * (@pauldotmac)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sorting-for-a-single-column/)
 * Hi,
    Is it possible to remove the sorting capability from just 1 column? Thanks
   Paul Excellent plugin BTW

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sorting-for-a-single-column/#post-12994496)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * To turn off sorting for a single column, please add this to the “Custom Commands”
   text field on the table’s “Edit” screen:
 *     ```
       "columnDefs": [ { "orderable": false, "targets": [ 1, 4 ] } ]
       ```
   
 * This example would turn of sorting for the second and fifth column (note that
   counting the columns starts with 0 in this code).
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [pauldotmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldotmac/)
 * (@pauldotmac)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sorting-for-a-single-column/#post-12999254)
 * Excellent, worked as indicated.
    Thank you. Paul
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sorting-for-a-single-column/#post-12999401)
 * 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/#new-post)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-sorting-for-a-single-column/#post-12999401)
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