Hello Craig.

Thank you for your interest in our plugin.

Yes, of course - if you update the Google Spreadsheet the table was created from it will update that table. There is a cache on the Google side, so when you update the table it might take up to 5-15 minutes to be reflected in wpDataTables.

Also, the data is read from the data source every time the page loads, so when your tables are large (more than 2000-3000 cells) this source won’t be the right choice since the page with large tables will load slow, or even crash after reaching a certain size.

Please note: Once you create a table from a Google Spreadsheet, changes in the core file from which a table is created, like:

• Changing the column’s name,
• Changing the column’s order,
• Deleting the column, and
• Adding a new column.

are highly not recommended, because the old table will not work, at the moment. If you make any of these changes, please recreate the table again.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Best regards.

Hi Craig.

I believe this question should be turned to the hosting provider

Every table sends out an admin-ajax call, and while I have encountered users that have a lot of tables on the same page, the more tables you put there - the more time it will take to load the page.

If the tables are small, like you said, I believe we're talking about a few seconds. For example, I just created a page with 20 tables, and it took 9 seconds for it to load. Like I said, it varies on the server and hosting provider. I am on a local network, and without any additional plugins active, so that can also impact the speed.

Best regards.