Wordpress Searchable Spreadsheet Data

Nat

Nat

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I have a CSV of paired data, name | answer format. This data is published publicly, but it's pretty big (1,000s) and it takes at least 3 clicks & on-page searching to navigate to the page section with the answer you're looking for. I thought it would be way easier to make a search box where the user types in a name and the answer is returned. I don't know the safest/best way to do this in WP.

After searching, this is the closest thing I've found so far. But it hasn't been updated in 1yr+ and I'm always paranoid about WP security...
 
Hey @Nat, just started using this one wpDataTables on a new site and it works pretty great. We're pulling in API data into it and everything is working surprisingly well.
 
Jitsiereveld said:
Hey @Nat, just started using this one wpDataTables on a new site and it works pretty great. We're pulling in API data into it and everything is working surprisingly well.
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Thanks for the suggestion, looks pretty similar to TablePress. After looking at the limitations, it doesn't look like its going to fit my needs. It seems to have a search bar (as does TablePress), but I don't want to display any data until a search query is made. Additionally, the plugin has a cap of 150 rows.
 
why not put it into a db then call it with a restful api
 
Jitsiereveld said:
No problem, we're using the Pro version and so I didn't realize the limitations. Hope you find something that suits your needs. If I come across anything else similar to what you're looking for (results not listed until a query is made), I'll be sure to let you know.

Edit: Here is a link to the pro version: https://codecanyon.net/item/wpdatatables-tables-and-charts-manager-for-wordpress/3958969
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Could this work as a link building tool on PBN's? I mean using it as a way to staff a couple of links as a searching database.
 
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