Title: Set a table as “draft”
Last modified: July 24, 2023

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# Set a table as “draft”

 *  Resolved [Martin Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docdunning/)
 * (@docdunning)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-a-table-as-draft/)
 * I’d like to be able to create a table and set it as “draft”, which would hide
   it from the front-end (e.g. when requested by a shortcode). If I later set the
   table as “published”, it would be displayed again.
 * I guess I can do something with the plugin’s hooks, but it would be useful to
   know if something is possible in the basic version of the plugin.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-a-table-as-draft/#post-16917882)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Unfortunately, giving tables a status like “draft” or “published” is not yet 
   possible.
 * Maybe, as a workaround, you could use the “Hide” feature: Select all rows, right
   click and use “Hide -> Selected rows” in the context menu (or use the button 
   below the table). This way, the table will not be shown in pages where it’s already
   embedded. Then, when you want to publish it, just un-hide the rows again.
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Martin Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docdunning/)
 * (@docdunning)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-a-table-as-draft/#post-16917999)
 * [@tobiasbg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) – Thanks for the quick
   reply. That workaround is fine for what I need 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-a-table-as-draft/#post-16918415)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias
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   in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-a-table-as-draft/#post-16918415)
 * Status: resolved