10 Best JavaScript Plugins To Sort Table By Columns (2023 Update)

What Is Table Sort

Table sort is a commonly used data management functionality that enables the user to sort tabular data in an HTML table by ascending or descending order.

Suppose you have an HTML table and want to sort data based on user name, age, email address, you need a table sorting plugin to achieve this function.

The Best Table Sort Plugin:

Here are the 10 best jQuery and Vanilla JavaScript table sorter plugin that makes HTML table sortable and improves the reading experience of large tabular data in your web app. Have fun.

Originally Published Sep 15 2020, updated Mar 06, 2023

Table of contents:

• jQuery Table Sort Plugins
• Vanilla JS Table Sort Plugins

Best jQuery Table Sort Plugins

Highly Customizable Table Sort Plugin With jQuery - Stupid Table

A lightweight yet highly customizable jQuery html table sorting plugin that makes any table columns sortable by custom data type you specify.

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jQuery Plugin For Multi-column Table Sorting - tablesort.js

Just another jQuery plugin for muitl-column table sorting that allows you to sort table cells using string comparison or custom sort functions.

[Demo] [Download]

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Enable Sorting, Filtering And Pagination For Table - jQuery fancyTable

The fancyTable jQuery plugin adds blazing fast, client-side sorting, pagination, and live searching functionalities to your large data table.

[Demo] [Download]

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Paginate, Filter, And Sort Dynamic Data In A Table - Table Sortable

The Table Sortable jQuery plugin helps you render a customizable dynamic data table from JSON or JavaScript objects, with paginate, live filter, and data sort capabilities.

[Demo] [Download]

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jQuery Plugin For Sortable and Searchable Tables - Tablesort

Yet another jQuery table sort plugin that allows to make your html tables sortable and searchable.

[Demo] [Download]

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Best vanilla JS Table Sort Plugins

Ultra Fast HTML Table Sorting Library – sortable.js

The sortable.js JavaScript library enables any static or dynamic HTML table to be sortable. Blazing fast and simple to implement.

[Demo] [Download]

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Minimal Table Sorter In JavaScript – table-sort.js

A minimal table sorter that is easy to implement by simply add the CSS class table-sort to the table tag.

[Demo] [Download]

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Make HTML Table Sortable With sort-table Library

A small JavaScript library which applies the sorting functionality to your HTML table.

[Demo] [Download]

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Sort An HTML Table In Alphabetical Or Numerical Order – Sortable Tables

A JavaScript plugin for sortable tables which enables the user to sort the table columns in alphabetical or numerical order.

[Demo] [Download]

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Minimal Table Sorting Library – sorTable.js

sorTable.js is an extremely light JavaScript library used to sort table rows by alphabet and number without any dependencies.

[Demo] [Download]

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More Resources:

Want more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create sortable HTML tables on the web & mobile? Check out the jQuery Table Sort and JavaScript Table Sort sections.

See Also:

• 10 Best Table Pagination Plugins
• 10 Best Table Filtering Plugins
• 10 Best Data Table/Grid Systems In JavaScript
• 10 Best Responsive Table Plugins In JavaScript And CSS
• 10 Best Table Export Plugins In JavaScript
• 10 Best JavaScript Plugins For Sticky Table Header
• 5 Best Tree Table Plugins In JavaScript