Title: table interface ( important !! )
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# table interface ( important !! )

 *  Resolved [Mauro Vicariotto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrosfy/)
 * (@mrosfy)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-interface-important/)
 * Hi all.
 * On one of my sites I have several technical sheets with lab analysis of our industrial
   products: since 2019 I have created them with html tables, all formatted with
   a specific stylesheet (obviously the css is a constant that is always the same
   for all sheets).
   Lab sheets are complex, containing several columns as topics,
   chemical standards, eference values, etc. etc. and are typically over 40 lines
   long.These files, in addition to being many, are also multiplied by three: in
   the three languages of the site (including one in Far East fonts).
 * Periodically I have to update the several tables, or add some further for new
   products.
 * Until now I’ve done it by integrating and updating everything by hand, table 
   by table inside html, to then delete the old pages and upload all the updated
   pages …
   it is a job that takes too many days, so we are often late in publishing
   the newest products.
 * I’m looking for an interface (word, excel or other) to edit published tables 
   or integrate new ones directly from WP admin without having to physically enter
   the DOM every time …
 * Possible in WP?
 * There are several online tools to do this, but I haven’t found one that works
   for us, because they have their own format and it is not possible to use our 
   custom css.
   I’ve seen that there are also some WP plugins, but in that case, 
   for those I’ve found, it’s even worse, because they’re trivial and have their
   own image and parameters that are useless and harmful to us.
 * I should build an interface, in my opinion in php, to add to my child theme (
   if I can’t find something suitable): I ask
 * 1) if this is possible in WP
   2) if yes, any procedures and hooks as WP parameters
   for this (very complex) case
 * Thank you a lot in advance.
 * Mauro

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 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Vicariotto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrosfy/)
 * (@mrosfy)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-interface-important/#post-16800514)
 * I mean something like this
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/block-themes/templates-and-template-parts/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/block-themes/templates-and-template-parts/)
 * and
 * [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/template-editor/#how-to-edit-templates-via-the-post-editor](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/template-editor/#how-to-edit-templates-via-the-post-editor)
 * but specific for tables only and that go only in some path of a specific page(“
   products” page) (link1, link2, link3, ..)
 * but after created the several templates in php I will still need an interface
   to fill the php blank cells (the variables, i.e. reference values, etc.)
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-interface-important/#post-16801570)
 * Hi there [@mrosfy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrosfy/) – I spoke with
   a developer about this, who said that there’s nothing in Core that they’re aware
   of that would make the process you describe easy; it requires a custom solution.
   You could technically do what you’re looking for in WordPress, but it would take
   a lot of custom development.
 * p.s. This wasn’t a theme-specific question – if you have other questions along
   these lines, they’d be better off asked in the [Developing with WP forum](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/).
 *  Thread Starter [Mauro Vicariotto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrosfy/)
 * (@mrosfy)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-interface-important/#post-16802189)
 * Thank you Kathryn,
 * you’re very kind.
 * Yes, I think I can make some php structure then add data from external interface
   excel or csv, but if there is no quick way to add it to WP I’d need to rebuild
   parts of wp-admin and wp-includes. Will see if convenient.
 * Sorry if I posted in the wrong section.
 * Ciao, Mauro
    -  This reply was modified 3 years ago by [Mauro Vicariotto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrosfy/).
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-interface-important/#post-16803861)
 * You’re welcome, and no worries. I’ll mark this one as resolved.

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