Hi David,
Thank you for your interest in wpdatatables.

Our plugin create HTML tables that are defined with the <table> tag.

Each table row is defined with the <tr> tag. A table header is defined with the <th> tag.  A table data/cell is defined with the <td> tag. Some parts of the table like Filters above the table, Global serach, Export buttons, Display length, Show details and Pagination are wrap out of the table in divs.

We have Lite version of wpdatatables which you can try for free.

wpDataTables Lite is a basic version of a popular best-selling WordPress table plugin. While some premium features are reduced, wpDataTables Lite is still quite a handy tool that allows you to quickly create tables in WordPress from different sources. You can download it from this link and check structure of the html when you create a table.

You can try our sandbox site: Front-end & Back-end - you can find a fully functional version there to try out all plugin features.

Best regards.