Table Groups

Organize tables and control where they appear in the WordPress admin.

A Table Group is the container that sits between WordPress contexts (post types, taxonomies, users, option pages) and your custom tables. It controls where the table UI appears and how it is rendered.

One table group can hold multiple tables. Each table belongs to exactly one group.

Manage Table Groups

Navigate to ACPT → Custom Content Types → Table Groups to list, create, edit, and delete groups.

The Table Groups list shows name, display mode, number of tables, and location rules.

Creating a Table Group

Click Register Table Group to open the creation form. The form has three tabs:

General tab

Field	Description
Name	Unique identifier (no spaces; used internally).
Label	Human-readable label shown in the admin.
Display mode	How the tables are rendered (see below).
Context	WordPress metabox context: normal, side, or advanced.
Priority	WordPress metabox priority: high, default, low, or core.

Display modes

Mode	Description
Standard	Each table is rendered as a plain section.
Accordion	Tables collapsed into accordion panels.
Vertical tabs	Tables as a vertical tab list on the left.
Horizontal tabs	Tables as a horizontal tab bar at the top.

Tables tab

Select which tables belong to this group. Tables can also be assigned to a group during table creation (see Tables).

Location rules tab

Location rules determine which WordPress screen shows this group's tables.

Each rule has:

Field	Options
Belongs to	post_type, taxonomy, user, option_page
Operator	= (equals) or != (not equals)
Value	The post type slug, taxonomy slug, or option page slug

Multiple rules can be combined with AND / OR logic.

Example: Show a group only on the movie post type:

Belongs to: post_type  |  Operator: =  |  Value: movie

Editing a Table Group

Click Edit in the actions menu to reopen the group form. All tabs are editable.

Viewing a Table Group

Click the group name or View to open a read-only summary with three tabs: General, Tables, and Location rules.

From the view page you can navigate directly to the group's tables or manage permissions.

Deleting a Table Group

Click Delete in the actions dropdown. Deleting a group does not delete the tables or their data — the tables are detached from the group and can be reassigned.

Deleting a Table Group removes the location rules, which means the associated tables will no longer appear in the WordPress admin contexts that used to be covered by those rules.

Permissions

Table groups have their own permission system. Click Permissions from the view page to configure which WordPress roles can edit or read the group.

See Permissions for details.