wpbones / wptables

1.1.1 2026-10-07 11:36 UTC

MIT

• Giovambattista Fazioli

• WP Bones
• WP Table

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-10-07 12:12 UTC

README

     

A fluent implementation of WordPress WP List Table for WP Bones

Requirements

This package works with a WordPress plugin written with WP Bones framework library.

Installation

You can install third party packages by using:

php bones require wpbones/wptables

I advise to use this command instead of composer require because doing this an automatic renaming will done.

You can use composer to install this package:

composer require wpbones/wptables

You may also to add "wpbones/wptables": "^1.1" in the composer.json file of your plugin:

  "require": {
    "php": ">=8.1",
    "wpbones/wpbones": "^3.0",
    "wpbones/wptables": "^1.1"
  },

and run

composer install

How to

You can use WP Tables either like subclass or like fluent class instance.

Subclassing

As subclass class instance you may create a your own class as show below:

<?php

namespace WPKirk\Http\Controllers;

use WPKirk\WPTables\Html\WPTable;

class ExampleTable extends WPTable
{

  protected $name = 'Discos';

  public function getColumnsAttribute()
  {
    return [
      'id'          => 'Name',
      'description' => 'Description',
    ];
  }

  public function getItems( $args = [] )
  {

    $fake = [];

    for( $i = 0; $i < 20; $i++ ) {
      $fake[] = [
        'id' => "Example {$i}",
        'description' => 'Some description...'
      ];
    }

    return $fake;

  }
}

In your view controller you have to use the load method in order to register the screen options:

...
  public function load()
  {
    ExampleTable::registerScreenOption();
  }

  public function index()
  {
    $table = new ExampleTable();

    return WPKirk()
      ->view( 'dashboard.table' )
      ->with( 'table', $table );
  }
...

In your ExampleTable you may override:

public function getCheckBoxValueAttribute( $item )
{
   return $item[ 'my_colum' ];
}

// or

public function getCheckBoxColumnNameAttribute()
{
   return 'my_colum';
}

This will be the value used in the checkbox value.

Bulk actions

getBulkActionsForView() lists the actions of the drop-down menu, and a method named after each one runs it: the keep_on_trash action calls processBulkActionKeepOnTrash(), with the checked values.

public function getBulkActionsForView( $view )
{
  return [
    'delete' => __( 'Delete' ),
  ];
}

public function processBulkActionDelete( $items )
{
  // delete $items

  $this->successMessage = 'Deleted ' . count( $items ) . ' items';
}

The method runs only when the request carries the nonce that the table form prints (bulk-{plural}). The form is sent with GET, which the CSRF check of WP Bones 3 does not cover, so the table checks it itself: a request without the nonce, as a link from another site would be, shows "The link you followed has expired." and runs nothing. Since 1.1.0.

A link of your own that runs one of these actions, a row action for example, has to carry the same nonce. Inside the table class, sign it with wp_nonce_url( $url, 'bulk-' . $this->_args['plural'] ). To check a nonce of your own instead, override isValidBulkActionNonce().

Fluent

If you like use the WPTable as fluent instance, you have to set the columns twice.

...
  public function loadFluentExample()
  {
    WPTable::name( 'Books' )
           ->columns(
              [
                'id'          => 'Name',
                'description' => 'Description',
              ]
            )
           ->screenOptionLabel( 'Rows' )
           ->registerScreenOption();
  }

  public function indexFluentExample()
  {

    $items = [];

    for ( $i = 0; $i < 20; $i++ ) {
      $items[] = [
        'id'          => "Book {$i}",
        'description' => 'Some description...',
      ];
    }

    $table = WPTable::name( 'Books' )
                    ->singular( 'Book' )
                    ->plural( 'Books' )
                    ->columns(
                      [
                        'id'          => 'Name',
                        'description' => 'Description',
                      ]
                    )
                    ->setItems( $items );

    return WPKirk()
      ->view( 'dashboard.table' )
      ->with( 'table', $table );
  }