Adding tables to a page or post in WordPress is a little fiddly to do but its possible. There are a few different ways it can be done such as with the Advanced TinyMCE plugin and the Visual Composer Tables extension.

TinyMCE Advanced

Adding more buttons to the WordPress text editor

This plugin will let you add, remove and arrange the buttons that are shown on the Visual Editor toolbar. It includes 16 plugins for TinyMCE that are automatically enabled or disabled depending on what buttons are chosen.

Details are at: wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced


It’s fairly simple to add the table editing toolbar once the TinyMCE Advanced plugin is installed.


Easy Tables

Table Manager for Visual Composer

Powerful table manager for Visual Composer allows you to create and manage tables with drag and drop interface. Working with your tables will be very familiar “Excel” like experience. Working with tables never been easier on your site. Add, Remove rows or columns in bulk – saves your time. WYSIWYG toolbar with essentials controls – right at your finger prints. No more boring tables, take full control over your data and presentation!

List of features

  • “Excel” like interface
  • Add/Remove rows and columns in bulk
  • WYSIWYG toolbar with essential controls (font size, bold, italic, underline, strike through, font color, cell background color, text alignment, cell borders)
  • Bonus: 12 Table Visual themes