Creating a table in post

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  6ixyardsco · Member · May 12, 2015 at 9:18 am

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  I tried downloading the plugin to enable tables in a post, however I understand that WordPress doesn’t allow plugins for free websites. Would really appreciate being able to create a table.

  Please advice.

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  staff-jeanpierreac · Staff · May 12, 2015 at 10:44 am

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  Hi!

  You cannot install plugins you download in WordPress.com sites. To do that, you should use WordPress.org. [Differences org vs com, here ]

  Anyway you dont need it, because you can add a table to your post, in three ways.

  1.- You can write it by using HTML.
  To do that, you need to use the TEXT Tab (rigth side of your text editor), as described here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/beginning-html/

  And then, use HTML to describe the table exactly as you want. (A good explanation of what you can do with HTML and how to do it could be this: https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/

  2.- You can embed tables directly from programs like Excel or Google Docs

  You can create a table with Ms WORD, for instance, then copy or cut it and paste in your Post editor (with the “Visual” tab selected)

  3.- You can use a website to help you to create tables and then paste the code in the text editor.

  This is explained here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/advanced-html/

  I hope this helps you. Enjoy blogging!