Hi Theo,

1. In regards to changing the pagination to text instead of arrow,

at the moment we do not have a solution for it, but it is a good idea for the future.

Please feel free to search on our suggestions page, 

 to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there,  and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.

You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;

and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.

2.

In terms of switching places between the "Show number of rows" and "Search" above the table:

we don't have an easy built-in way,

but you can try with this CSS,   to make the "Number of rows" go to the right side:

.wpDataTablesWrapper .dataTables_length {
    float: right !important;
}

And to make the "Search" move to the left position:

.wpDataTablesWrapper .dataTables_filter {
    float: left !important; 
}

So, you can combine all of this together, and add it,

if you wish to have this only for one table, go in this table Customize tab/Custom CSS,

and add it there,

or if you need to have the same style for all tables, add this to main plugin settings/Custom JS and CSS/Custom CSS.

Let me know if that works for you? Thanks