Title: Release announcement: TablePress 1.8
Author: Tobias Bäthge
Published: February 25, 2017
Last modified: May 28, 2025

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February 25, 2017

# Release announcement: TablePress 1.8

I’m happy to announce that a new release of TablePress is now available. TablePress
1.8 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.

Over a year passed without the need to ship a bugfix release, which shows how stable
and well-tested the TablePress codebase is. This would not be possible without the
now more than 500,000 active users. A big “Thank you!” to all users and supporters
of TablePress, especially those that helped with a [donation](https://tablepress.org/donate/?output_format=md)!
Your contributions are highly appreciated and allow me to continue giving support
for the plugin! Thank you very much!

Here is a summary of the changes in TablePress 1.8:

 * Full compatibility with WordPress 4.7
 * Updated external libraries (CodeMirror, DataTables, Build tools).
 * Enhancement: Better spacing between the label and input field for the search 
   in tables.
 * Enhancement: Update list of allowed CSS properties in “Custom CSS”.
 * Enhancement: Make it easier for other plugins to clear the TablePress output 
   cache.
 * Enhancement: Simplification of some strings/text, to make translations easier.
 * Bugfix: Better sanitization of HTML code in the Preview (thanks to Gerard Arall).
 * Some internal changes and fixes for better stability, cleaner code, translations,
   and documentation.
 * TablePress 1.8 requires WordPress 4.7!

Updates to some [TablePress Extensions](https://tablepress.org/extensions/?output_format=md)
will also be available shortly. Please take a look through the list of Extensions
and check if there’s maybe an update available.

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!