Tabulizer for Page Builders

A separate add-on that puts a Tabulizer data source into Elementor, Divi and WPBakery as a native element - picked from the builder's own panel, with the same numbered parameter boxes everything else uses.

Why it is a separate plugin

Most WordPress sites use none of these builders, and the code that talks to them is only useful on a site that has one. So it ships on its own: Tabulizer for Page Builders, installed only if you want it, and carrying nothing that Tabulizer itself needs.

It depends on Tabulizer. If the main plugin is missing or too old, the add-on registers nothing at all and says so once in the admin - not on a visitor's page.

Each of the three integrations is loaded only when its builder is actually present. A site with Elementor alone never loads the Divi or WPBakery code.

Installing it

Install Tabulizer first

The add-on needs version 7.0.20 or later. It does not replace or change the main plugin.

Upload and activate the add-on

Plugins › Add New › Upload Plugin, then activate Tabulizer for Page Builders.

Open your builder

The element appears in the builder's own panel, under the name Tabulizer Data Source. There is nothing to configure in the add-on itself - it has no settings page.

If you see an admin notice saying the add-on needs Tabulizer, the main plugin is missing, inactive or older than 7.0.20. Update it, or deactivate the add-on - nothing on the site is broken in the meantime, because the add-on simply does not register its elements.

Elementor

Search the Elements panel for tabulizer, and drag Tabulizer Data Source onto the page. It sits in the General category with a table icon.

The Elementor Elements panel with tabulizer typed into the search box, showing a single widget tile named Tabulizer Data Source with a table icon.

Once it is on the page, the Content tab has two sections: Data source, holding the picker, and Optional User Parameters, which starts collapsed.

The canvas shows the real table straight away, rendered by the site with the data source's own ruleset - not a placeholder. What you see in the builder is what a visitor gets.

Open the parameters section and the five numbered boxes are there, with the help line above them.

The same Elementor widget with the Optional User Parameters section expanded, showing the help line and the boxes user_param_1 to user_param_5, the first containing the value th, beside the rendered table in the canvas.

Elementor adds its own Write with AI link beside each text box. That is Elementor's feature, not Tabulizer's, and it has nothing to do with the parameter.

Elementor also lists a second entry called Tabulizer Data Source under its WordPress category. That is Elementor automatically wrapping the Tabulizer widget, which exists whether or not this add-on is installed. Both work; the one from this add-on is the native widget in General, and it is the one to prefer.

Divi

In the Divi Builder, add a module and choose Tabulizer Data Source. It supports the Visual Builder, so you can place it and see the result in context.

Its settings sit on the Content tab, in two toggles that mirror the Elementor sections:

Toggle	What is in it
Data source	The Data Source drop-down, listing every data source on the site by title.
Optional User Parameters	Five text fields, `user_param_1` to `user_param_5`. The help line appears under the first.

WPBakery

In WPBakery Page Builder, add an element and look under the Content category for Tabulizer Data Source. The settings are the same drop-down and the same five numbered fields.

WPBakery renders its elements through shortcodes, so the add-on registers one as well:

[tabulizer_data_source data_source="…" user_param_1="…"]

That shortcode is registered whether or not the builder is loaded, which matters more than it sounds: a page saved while WPBakery was active still contains the shortcode afterwards. If the builder is later disabled, the pages carry on rendering rather than printing raw shortcode text at your visitors.

The element does not render inside admin or REST requests. Building a table there can interfere with saving a page, so it is deliberately skipped - which is why a WPBakery element may show as empty in some admin previews and still be perfectly correct on the page.

The parameters work the same everywhere

All three builders, the block and the widget go through one renderer, so there is one set of rules to learn.

In the builder	In the data source
The first box, `user_param_1`	`{user_param_1:text}`, `{user_param_1:int}`, `{user_param_1:cmd}`, `{user_param_1:float}` or `{user_param_1:date}`
The second box, `user_param_2`	The same, numbered 2

The numbering is positional and fixed: box 3 is always user_param_3, whatever boxes 1 and 2 hold.

The placeholder in the data source must carry a type. A bare {user_param_1} is never substituted and shows up in the table as literal text. Tabulizer also refuses :text inside database queries and file paths - use :cmd, :int, :float or :date there, which are cleaned first.

If a data source expects a parameter and the element does not supply one, the placeholder stays in the query as literal text, matches nothing, and the table comes back empty. Fill the box, and give the data source an Empty results message so that case reads as a sentence rather than a blank space in your layout.

A caret (^) cannot appear in a value - it separates one parameter from the next, and one typed into a box is dropped. A colon is fine.

Which one should I use?

You are working in	Use
Elementor, Divi or WPBakery	This add-on's element. It is native to the builder, so it drags, duplicates and styles like everything else there.
The block editor	The Tabulizer Data Source block - Tutorial 5. No add-on needed.
A sidebar or footer on a classic theme	The Tabulizer Data Source widget - Tutorial 6. No add-on needed.
Building a table rather than placing one	The Tabulizer Table block and its wizard - Tutorials 1 to 4.

Common questions

Do I need this add-on to use Tabulizer with a page builder?

Not strictly. Most builders can place a WordPress widget or a shortcode, so a table can be shown without it. The add-on makes the data source a first-class element of the builder, which is a much better experience.

I use only Elementor. Does the Divi code slow my site down?

No. Each integration is loaded only if its builder is present.

The element is not in my builder's panel.

Check that both plugins are active, and that your builder is one of the three. If an admin notice mentions Tabulizer, the main plugin is missing or too old.

Can I change the table's appearance from the builder?

Not the table itself - that comes from the data source's ruleset, so change it under Tabulizer › Data Sources and every element using it follows. The builder's own spacing and alignment controls apply to the element around the table as usual.

Can I show the same data source twice on one page?

Yes. Add two elements with different parameters and you get two views of the same data, from one query and one cache.

I deactivated the add-on. What happens to my pages?

Elementor and Divi elements stop rendering until it is reactivated; the WPBakery shortcode keeps working, because that is registered independently of the builder.

Add it to your builder

Install Tabulizer for Page Builders, then look for Tabulizer Data Source in your builder's element panel.

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