WooCommerce Product Table Alternative
A simpler WooCommerce Product Table alternative
Barn2’s WooCommerce Product Table reads live from your store and builds order forms. FlexTable takes a different route: manage the table in a Google Sheet and publish it anywhere on your site.
Feature by feature
FlexTable vs WooCommerce Product Table by Barn2
Two plugins, two different jobs. Here is how they actually differ.
| Capability | FlexTable | WooCommerce Product Table (Barn2) |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | A Google Sheet you edit | Your WooCommerce product catalog |
| Setup | Connect a sheet and map the columns | Install it and it reads your existing products |
| Add to cart | Link to the product or checkout page | Built-in add to cart, right in the table |
| Bulk or wholesale ordering | Not built for this | Core feature, with quantity fields per row |
| Variable products | Shown as regular columns from your sheet | Dropdowns or a row per variation |
| Works without WooCommerce | Yes, any WordPress site | No, WooCommerce is required |
| Day to day price updates | Anyone who can edit a spreadsheet | Through WooCommerce or WordPress admin |
| Search, sort and filter | Yes | Yes |
| Best fit | Catalogs, price lists, spec and comparison tables | A full order-form shopping experience |
Which one fits
Pick the tool that matches how you sell
Both are solid plugins. They just solve different problems.
If your product table is a catalog, not a cart
- You already keep product data in Google Sheets
- You want a catalog, price list, or spec table, not a shopping cart
- Teammates need to update prices without opening WordPress
- The table also needs to work on a site without WooCommerce
If you need a real order form
- Customers should add multiple products to cart from one table
- Your product data already lives in WooCommerce and should stay there
- You need a wholesale order form with quantity fields per row
Why teams pick FlexTable
Built for people who live in spreadsheets
Everything you need to turn a sheet into a table your visitors can actually use.
Live sync from Google Sheets
Edit a row in the sheet and the table on your site updates on its own.
Search, sort and filter
Shoppers can find a product in a few hundred rows in seconds.
Images and buy links
Add a column for product images and another that links out to buy.
Works on any page
Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, or a shortcode. No WooCommerce required.
Spec and comparison tables
Line up attributes side by side, not just a plain product list.
No product import
Nothing to migrate into WordPress. The sheet stays the source of truth.
Switching over
Moving from a database table to a spreadsheet table
You are not importing anything into FlexTable. You are pulling your product list back out into a sheet.
Export your products
Use WooCommerce’s own export tool, or your table plugin’s export, to get your products into a spreadsheet.
Trim the sheet down
Keep the columns shoppers actually need: name, price, image, SKU, and a link to each product.
Connect it to FlexTable
Paste the sheet URL, publish the table, and edit the sheet whenever something changes.
FAQs
Common questions about switching
Turn your product sheet into a table today
Connect a Google Sheet and publish a searchable product table in a few minutes.