Wp-Table Reloaded – large table problem

I′m having a similar problem. I have roughly 200 rows in my table and working with the table in the admin backend is extremely slow and often the browser stops responding. However, viewing the table from the frontend is no problem at all.

Hi Andreas,

yes, this is a known problem. Basically, it is caused by the large number of input fields and the usage of JavaScript.

It might help to deactivate the “Autogrowing” for table cells on the “Plugin Options” screen.

Also, you should try with a different browser: For example, I have made the experience that “Edit” screens that loads slow in Internet Explorer are quite fast in Google Chrome and Firefox.

For Merrin: Where exactly do you get the error message? When viewing the table on the site or when editing it in the backend?
Also, with which browser?

Regards,
Tobias

Thank you for your reply Tobias, I’ll give your suggestions a try!

Hi Tobias,

The error message on the frontend is basically a blank screen (Firefox) or IE is an HTTP 500 error – Website cannot display etc. I have tested on 2 other browsers and it is similar. The csv file I am trying to upload is 128kb and I have also moved my website to a VPS but so far it is not working.

Any other ideas?

Thanks
Merrin

Hi Merrin,

thanks for those details.

Unfortunately, I really have no idea what is causing this error ??
HTTP 500 Errors are thrown by the server, so I assume that there’s something not optimal with the configuration.

Best wishes,
Tobias

I am having the same problem, it has been 6 months now. Any updates on how we can make large tables load faster? I did notice that in CHROME it is much faster… it is Internet Explorer that is the problem for slow speeds.

If anyone knows how I can optimize the load times of my tables I would greatly appreciate it.

Ali

Hi everyone,

I am also having the same problem, and it seems I have found the solution to fix it.

Well, the closest approach to workaround this problem is by importing the records from .csv file to the table. Please avoid to add row by row from the table edit mode. In addition it will cause the slow access to the page in your wp-admin, it also causes the losing of your new records that you have just added when you save the changes (mostly).

This is the example usage of the large table:
https://www.ikalima.com/reuni/daftar-peserta-acara-hut-emas-dan-reuni-akbar-sma-negeri-5-medan-tahun-2011/

Currently, I have 590 records in that table! Can you imagine it? Before I used the import from file method, I always failed whenever I added some new rows/records into the table or editing the certain records via the table edit mode. But since I used the import from .csv file method, it always succeed to edit my table, especially when adding many records at a time. I even cannot imagine how fast the import process is done! ??

Hope it helps for those of you who are still facing that problem.

Hi,

yes, for large tables, the import process sometimes works better than the manual editing, because other server configuration variables are used for that.
Good that this works for you.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Masino, thanks for the tips, I have yet to have more than 10 entries lol, but it’s good to know for the future.

Do you mind me asking, how did you remove the padding/margin below the table?

A second question, this one is for Tobias I guess;

Is it best practice in general, to have several tables, or a large one, for the best performance?

Thank you

Hi,

I have answered the question about the padding/margin in your other post at https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-space-between-tables-on-page .

For your second question:
This is hard to say, as it depends on your data and intention. If the data belongs together, put everything in one table. If it is independent data, split it up into several tables.
If you save regular backups (to CSV files, I suggest), you should not have trouble if you later want to use a different solution.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Thanks again, I am only testing the moment, so I don’t really have much to put in the table.

I was starting to build tables by “hand” with html, until I realised lately that your plugin had the extra options for sorting etc… It’s a great tool.

Hi rawdolphe,

Do you mind me asking, how did you remove the padding/margin below the table?

I did not customize anything regarding the padding/margin below the table as you mentioned above. Perhaps it has been handled by the theme I am using. Hope this helps.

Hi Masino,

Thanks for your reply. I managed to fix it eventually.