Title: Release announcement: TablePress 1.8.1
Author: Tobias Bäthge
Published: October 3, 2017
Last modified: May 28, 2025

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October 3, 2017

# Release announcement: TablePress 1.8.1

I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available. TablePress
1.8.1 can now be downloaded from the [WordPress Plugin Directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)
and will show up as an automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard for existing 
users shortly.

TablePress 1.8.1 is a stability, security, and maintenance release with these changes:

 * Enhancement: Make HTML import more robust and faster.
 * Enhancement: The HTML import can now import merged cells in a row.
 * Enhancement: Harden the XLSX import against potential security issues (thanks
   to Yuji Tounai).
 * Enhancement: Allow easier changes to import data for developers, by adding a 
   filter hook.
 * Enhancement: The layout of the TablePress admin screens will look better on small
   screens.
 * Enhancement: Update list of allowed CSS properties in “Custom CSS”.
 * Enhancement: Reduce size of default CSS, by removing old hacks for Internet Explorer.
 * Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, SimpleXLSX, CSSTidy, Build
   tools).

If TablePress is helpful for you, please [rate it](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/)
in the WordPress Plugin Directory and consider supporting further TablePress development
with a [donation](https://tablepress.org/donate/?output_format=md). Thank you!