This post contains varieties of functional jQuery table sorter plugins that let you achieve the maximum functionality and flexibility that you cannot get with the classic ways of using HTML tables. With the right jQuery plugin, you can create dynamic tables in which users can identify and sort out all the sections they want. These plugins will help you in creating user friendly and dynamic tables with ease.

DataTables

DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.

jQuery Table Sort

This is absurdly lightweight jQuery table sorting plugin. Nothing fancy, nothing really impressive. As long as you understand basic JavaScript sorting, you can make this plugin do as much or as little as you want.

Animated table sort (REGEXP friendly)

This plugin allows you to animatedly sort a table based on a column’s tds, or on the content/value of a child/descendant element within those tds. The various tds fly to their new homes, giving a nice effect. It also supports sorting on REGEXP matches. You can also control whether row relationships are maintained, whether it sorts on ascii or numeric and ascending or descending.

PicNet Table Filter

This jQuery plugin adds real time Google-like column filtering capabilities to a regular Html table.

tablesorter

tablesorter is a jQuery plugin for turning a standard HTML table with THEAD and TBODY tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell.

tablecloth.js

tablecloth.js is a jQuery plugin that helps you easily style HTML tables along with some simple customizations.

Advanced tables

With this jQuery plugin you convert your flat html tables in nice datagrids in just a few seconds. The plugin will automaticly paginate your table and you can define a particular input field to use as search field for the table.