Tables are an amazing way to organize the data on a web page and make it readable. These can be used as an alternate for displaying product features, schedules, comparisons, statistics, and much more. Since the tables need precise spacing to display the content correctly, they are sometimes difficult to make responsive.

When the websites are migrated from HTML to WordPress, they are primarily focused on enhancing the user experience. If a table is not responsive, the visitor has to scroll the screen to access the entire table. This often scrolls away other content of the page out of view. Such kind of tables affect the user experience of a website and makes it difficult to understand the content. 

Just like the overall design of the WordPress website, the tables should be responsive. Irrespective of the device the website is accessed on, the tables should be able to adjust automatically as per the display area of the device.

WordPress allows you to add responsive tables on your website in two ways. These are:

    - Manually, using HTML and CSS
    - Using a table plugin

The best way to create a table in WordPress is by using a plugin. This is because the plugin automatically generates codes for reformatting the table as per multiple screen sizes. Plugins create this code through breakpoints and format the table accordingly.

TablePress

TablePress is on of the most popular table plugin available today. The plugin has an amazing 300,000+ downloads reported and has a full 5-star rating by its users.

Inserting a new table with the TablePress plugin is fairly easy. Tables can be made from the scratch with the Add New Table page. All you need to do is type in the title of the table and the description, then choose the number of rows and columns you wish to have in the table.

Easy Table 

Easy Table is yet another popular plugin used for generating tables in WordPress websites. With an amazing rating of 4.6 on the WordPress homepage, the plugin is getting quite popular.

Easy Table is one of the rare plugins which allow you to create a table within the WordPress visual editor. For this, you would need the data to be added in the table and a shortcode. Type in [table], and enter the information. Use commas to separate columns and spaces to for rows.

Simple Table Generator 

This plugin generates the basic tables, if simple and sharp templates is what you are looking for. The Simple Table Generator (STG) creates simplest of tables on the WordPress websites and relies entirely on its markup for creating tables.

When you use this plugin as the default column separator, you may change the delimiter. Otherwise, it uses the extended mark-up approach. This plugin is ideal for keeping the tables simple and lightweight as well as free of any unnecessary graphics.