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title: Settings
description: "**WP Data Access > Data Explorer > Manage > Settings** This is a very powerful feature which allows plugin users to add a layer around a table or view. Settings defined for a table or view are available to all plugin…"
url: "https://docs.legacy.wpdataaccess.com/docs/table-and-view-settings/"
updated: "2025-11-26"
category: Data Explorer / Manage Settings
---

# Settings

**WP Data Access > Data Explorer > Manage > Settings**

This is a very powerful feature which allows plugin users to add a layer around a table or view. Settings defined for a table or view are available to all plugin tools (Data Explorer, Data Tables, Data Projects and Project Templates). For example, if you change the column labels of a specific table, these labels are used in the Data Explorer, Data Projects and Data Publications. This allows you to manage table and views settings at one central location.

*Some settings require a premium license.*

### ▶ Table Settings

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_RcjSKR3Kdt.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_RcjSKR3Kdt.png)

Table settings can be used to:

- [Let the plugin use estimated row counts (faster than real row counts)](/docs/table-settings/#row-count)
- [Add row level access control](/docs/table-settings/#row-level-access-control)
- [Define how hyperlinks for a table are processed](/docs/table-settings/#process-hyperlink-columns)

### ▶ Column Settings

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_KFVECrFKHz.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_KFVECrFKHz.png)

Use column settings to:

- [Define labels for specific columns in list tables and data entry forms](/docs/column-settings/#column-labels)
- [Add WordPress media library integration to specific columns](/docs/column-settings/#wordpress-media-library-integration)
- [Make columns inline editable on list tables in the back-end and front-end](/docs/column-settings/#inline-editing)

### ▶ Search Settings

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_lZzP1TOJzo.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_lZzP1TOJzo.png)

**WP Data Access** supports multiple search settings:

- [Fulltext search (natural language mode, boolean mode and with query expansion)](/docs/search-settings/#fulltext-search)
- [Normal search (exact search and wildcard search)](/docs/search-settings/#normal-search)
- [Individual column search (adds search boxes or drop down lists for specific columns)](/docs/search-settings/#individual-column-search)
- [Search engine behaviour (user must enter a search string to get results)](/docs/search-settings/#search-engine-like-search)

### ▶ Geolocation Settings

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screencapture-wpdataaccessk-local-wp-admin-admin-php-2023-06-08-00_53_40_proc.jpg)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screencapture-wpdataaccessk-local-wp-admin-admin-php-2023-06-08-00_53_40_proc.jpg)  With geolocation your users can search places stored in your database table. The users position or a fixed position can be used to search within a range. Interactive maps allows your users to search within a range. Geolocation search can be added to your publications, with or without a map. [Read more...](/docs/geolocation-settings/)

### ▶ Dynamic Hyperlinks

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dynamic-hyperlinks.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dynamic-hyperlinks.png)  A dynamic hyperlink is a computed column generated on the fly. Column variables can be added to a hyperlink and are substituted on generation. Allows adding custom HTML. [Read more...](/docs/dynamic-hyperlinks/)

### ▶ Dashboard Menus

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_voYpDKJ8Xj.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msedge_voYpDKJ8Xj.png)  This feature allows admin users to add fully functional list tables and data entry forms for a database table to their own WordPress dashboard menu or the dashboard menu of non-admin users. This is the simplest way to create data entry forms. The example above (click image to enlarge) adds a fully functional CRUD solution for table authors to the subscribers dashboard menu. [Read more...](/docs/dashboard-menus/)