Core Tables

• Each admin tab, dataset editor tab, Google Sheets panel, plugin-import dialog, Trash view, block inspector, and the Table-block conversion panel links to its guide in the Core Tables documentation. The Plugins screen has a Documentation link.
• HTML imports and Table-block conversion now detect number, currency, true/false, date, and URL columns, as CSV, Markdown, and JSON imports already did. Formatted cells still become rich text and media-library images still become image columns.
• An invalid block or shortcode appearance value (for example an accent that is not a six-digit hex color) now falls back to the site default on its own instead of discarding every appearance override on that embed.
• The chart block's series legend now matches the other inspector labels.
• The Appearance help text names the Table block's Core Tables conversion panel correctly.
• README lists all five dataset templates and every shortcode attribute, and states that the public CSV endpoint needs only the published revision's opt-in. The Sheets guide states the refresh retry limit as three attempts in total.

• Chart up to six numeric columns at once: multi-series line charts and grouped bar charts, with a legend, a color and dash pattern per series, series-named hover values, and an optional value axis label. Choose series in the block's Chart data panel, list them in a shortcode (value="wordpress,shopify" axis="Share (%)"), or pass value_columns and value_axis_label to dataset.embed. Existing single-series charts render as before.
• datasets.list no longer raises a PHP warning when called without a status.

• Convert pasted or uploaded HTML, Markdown, JSON, or CSV tables into datasets with detected column types (number, currency, boolean, date, URL, rich text, image).
• Import TablePress, Ninja Tables, wpDataTables, and WP Table Builder tables as Core Tables drafts without changing the originals, even when those plugins are inactive.
• Export a draft as CSV, lossless JSON, HTML table markup, or Markdown.
• Add a Site Agent skill (core-tables) and core_tables_agent() commands so AI tools can create, update, import, export, publish, and embed tables with the user's own permissions.
• Add five abilities: create-table, export, embed-code, list-import-sources, and import-from-plugin.
• Rename the editor's Import HTML tab to Convert table and the Datasets screen's Import HTML button to Import table.
• Converting new content into a saved dataset keeps its name, CSV download setting, and private columns. Values with leading zeros, such as ZIP codes, import as text.

This is a beta release. Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 8.3+. Back up the database before upgrading; preserve AUTH_KEY for encrypted connections. Version 0.2.0 is retained for rollback.

Validation: PHP/static/JS checks, 19 unit tests, 246 integration checks, ten concurrent-write races, and actual chart/editor/public browser workflows. No additional accessibility certification or customer pilot is claimed.

Delivery verified: GitHub and FluentCart serve the same 213,314-byte ZIP (0609084ee3086de812637960d2351f6f4b1a9124cfeb953c297e8b93d2cf1611). The licensed updater returns 1.0.0-beta.1 with a direct signed R2 package; invalid activation receives no package. A real WordPress bulk upgrade from 0.2.0 passed with maintenance mode active. The temporary verification license was removed, and the 0.2.0 artifact is retained for rollback. All six release CI jobs passed.

• Automatic X/Y labels from selected public columns, numeric/category ticks, and currency units.
• Point and bar values on hover, focus, or touch, including signed and zero values.
• Matching editor previews, nearest-point selection for dense lines, and native titles when JavaScript is unavailable.
• Existing public-data boundaries, missing-value gaps, all-row display, and data-table alternatives remain intact.

Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 8.3+. Back up the database before upgrading; version 0.2.0 adds revision indexes and source/job tables while retaining existing datasets and publications. Preserve WordPress AUTH_KEY to retain access to encrypted connections.

The product remains early access. Google Sheets uses a customer-managed service account. Full assistive-technology certification, automated personal-data detection, and unsupported external-cache invalidation are not claimed.

Validation: PHP/static/JavaScript checks, 19 unit tests, 237 integration checks, 10 concurrent save/publication races, and actual Block Editor/public table workflows. The prior 0.1.1 package remains available for rollback.

Delivery verified: GitHub and FluentCart serve the same 203,617-byte ZIP (e7c5c8fcc947e291119f27c36083871351469f2fa00774e6bfd9e3a4b71261cf). The licensed updater returned 0.2.0 with a direct signed R2 package; invalid activation received no package. A real WordPress bulk upgrade from 0.1.1 succeeded with maintenance mode active. The temporary verification license was removed, and the prior 0.1.1 artifact is retained for rollback. All six release CI jobs passed.

• Connect a Google Sheet with explicit column mapping, encrypted credentials, draft review, refresh scheduling, pause/resume, cancellation, and retry status.
• Search and browse all accessible datasets, restore older revisions, and manage retained history or permanently delete reviewed datasets from Trash.
• Use typed filters, rich cells, line/bar charts, and optional public CSV exports.
• Choose datasets in a focused dialog, adjust presentation in the native Styles tab, and keep dataset editor actions visible while scrolling.
• Pagination and CSV buttons default off. Without pagination, all published rows are displayed. Enabling pagination restores page controls; downloads also require dataset-level permission.

Core Tables 0.1.1 is an early-access update focused on the Block Editor. Core Chart now selects a usable category and numeric value automatically for existing blocks without explicit mappings. Table and chart previews use native WordPress editor controls and quieter table styling.

The package retains the accessible chart data-table alternative, dedicated dataset tables, shortcodes, and opt-in AI Abilities/MCP support.

Early-access limits: 500 rows, 30 columns, and 2 MB per dataset; bar charts only. Google Sheets sync, line charts, and automatic cache purge are not yet available.

Core Tables 0.1.0 is the first early-access release. It stores reusable datasets in dedicated WordPress tables and publishes searchable, responsive tables through Block Editor blocks or [coretable id=123] shortcodes.

This release includes CSV and HTML table imports, rich text and Media Library image cells, public-column controls, appearance settings, bar charts with table alternatives, saved revisions, recoverable Trash, six permission-checked WordPress abilities, optional MCP exposure, and a FluentCart-bound licensed updater.

Early-access limits: 500 rows and 30 columns per dataset; 2 MB per import or snapshot. Google Sheets sync, line charts, and automatic full-page cache purging are not included. Purge a page cache manually if it retains old table HTML after publishing or trashing.

Requires WordPress 6.9+ and PHP 8.3+. The plugin continues to render installed tables when a license is inactive; protected updates and support require a valid license.

Validation: PHP 8.3 and 8.5 source CI passed on the tagged commit. The package passed 98 dataset integration checks and 21 licensing checks on a disposable WordPress 6.9 installation, plus 13 PHPUnit tests (38 assertions).

• Added recoverable dataset Trash with owner-scoped restore, preserved revisions and publication pointers, and exclusion from public queries and embeds.
• Added Trash and Restore dashboard actions with bundled icons and a confirmation before hiding published embeds.
• Kept all dataset data in the existing dedicated tables; no WordPress post-data migration is involved.

• Added HTML table preview/import with and without a figure wrapper, plus a direct Import HTML dashboard action.
• Added an opt-in conversion action on WordPress core Table blocks.
• Added icon-only Earlier and Later column controls from ~/Icons; Undo restores the clean saved state.
• Kept default horizontal overflow and added phone/tablet stacked layouts.
• Collected minified frontend CSS in one inline style tag for normal post content and corrected modal control spacing.

• Added per-block appearance overrides and safe rich-text and WordPress image cells.
• Simplified dataset editor spacing, cell borders, and saved-state controls.

A local alpha implementation exists. No public plugin release or production deployment has occurred.

• Added [coretable id=123] and chart shortcodes using the published-data renderer.
• Added admin dataset search, publication filters, copyable embeds, and clearer status.
• Added validated global appearance controls with a live preview.
• Added a FluentCart license readiness section; activation awaits a published product and signed updater.
• Bundled frontend assets for classic themes and Shortcode widgets.
• Added native Core Table and Core Chart blocks with reusable dataset editing.
• Added typed schemas, private-column projection, saved drafts, explicit publication, and revision restore.
• Added CSV preview/mapping, formula-safe draft exports, and WordPress dataset management.
• Added server-rendered tables, progressive search/sorting/pagination, responsive layouts, and bar charts with table alternatives.
• Added build/package tooling, domain/integration tests, static analysis, and source CI.
• Alpha limits: 500 rows, 30 columns, 2 MB; Sheets, indexed scale, and launch requirements remain incomplete.
• Planning documents Detailed product plan, standalone contract, workflows, and launch boundaries.
• Planning documents Proposed data model, state transitions, APIs, recovery rules, and provider choices.
• Planning documents Dependency-ordered milestones, effort ranges, pilot measures, and acceptance tests.
• Planning documents Engineering baseline and product-family ownership/sequence guidance.
• Planning documents Initial product brief, proposed scope, architecture constraints, and roadmap.
• Planning documents Repository guidance, contribution and security policies, and GPL-3.0-or-later license.

• Replace the separate browse/search/select fields with a focused dataset chooser and a compact selected-dataset summary. Keep server-side search for larger libraries.
• Simplify block toolbars, group table controls and chart mapping, and move appearance controls into the native Styles tab. Reflect row spacing, borders, and striping in previews.
• Default pagination and the table CSV download button to off. Explicit switches enable them. Without pagination, display all rows; Rows per page appears only when pagination is enabled. Shortcodes use pagination=yes and download=yes.
• Preserve dataset-level export permission, published-only previews, safe downloads, and no-JavaScript pagination when enabled.

• Simplify the dataset dashboard with clearer names, source metadata, quiet row actions, and labeled mobile rows.
• Keep draft/publication actions visible while editor tabs scroll; show draft, published, and unsaved states beside the dataset name. Group public CSV settings with columns.
• Put Sheets status and refresh actions first, with expandable connection settings, grouped mapping controls, and readable refresh history.
• Move publication/retention and activity into expandable sections after revision history. Show publication failures inside the confirmation dialog.
• Extend the bundled Tabler outline icons from the local icon library. Preserve native WordPress controls, system typography, theme accent colors, and frontend rendering.

• Browse/search all permitted datasets and reach older revisions; block pickers no longer stop at the first 100 records. Lists include row counts and source/refresh state.
• Refresh Sheets immediately, cancel queued or running jobs, pause/resume schedules without reconnecting, and see pending-job updates and last-success timing.
• Permanently delete reviewed datasets from Trash after CSV export and typed confirmation. Remove history and credentials atomically while retaining redacted anti-replay tombstones.
• Preserve the loaded page after failed requests and improve pagination status/focus handling and repeated-embed labels. No additional accessibility audit or publisher pilot is included in this scope.

• Add public-only revision indexes, a 10,000-row/30-column envelope, transactional indexing, typed filtering, and bounded server-rendered pages with no-JavaScript navigation.
• Add read-only Google Sheets preview/mapping, encrypted service-account connections, persisted refresh jobs, retries, diagnostics, and opt-in automatic publication.
• Add line charts, a product-comparison template, opt-in safe public CSV, actor-scoped idempotency keys, publication history, unpublish, and administrator-confirmed revision cleanup.
• Add WordPress privacy ownership export/manual erasure review and LiteSpeed/WP Super Cache purge adapters. External caches still need an integration.
• Fix rich-text cleaning persistence and small numeric values failing revalidation or losing index precision.
• Add scale, real concurrency, provider failure, browser, and packaged-upgrade checks. This candidate is not a commercial release or production deployment.