Pricing Tables for Websites (fully CSS based) is a small code package sold on ThemeForest that provides ready-made table layouts for displaying product tiers, subscription plans or service packages. It is built entirely with CSS2 and CSS3, with no background images and no JavaScript dependencies, and it costs $3. It suits developers and site owners who want a lightweight, editable pricing block they can drop into an existing page and restyle without touching a script library.
The vendor, whose ThemeForest profile does not disclose a sales count for this item, has kept the scope deliberately narrow. What is being sold is markup and stylesheets, not a plugin, not a page builder module, and not a hosted service. That distinction matters more than the price tag, because it determines both what the package can do and what it cannot.
What the CSS pricing tables actually deliver
The headline capability is the absence of dependencies. Because the tables are drawn with CSS alone, there is no jQuery or other library to enqueue, no script that can conflict with a theme’s existing JavaScript, and no render-blocking file beyond the stylesheet itself. For a site already carrying a heavy plugin load, that is a meaningful reduction in surface area for bugs.
The visual construction is equally stripped back. Every colour, border, gradient, shadow and hover state is produced with CSS2 and CSS3 properties rather than image files. In practice this means the whole table scales cleanly on high-density displays, since there are no raster assets to look soft on a retina screen. It also means a buyer can change the entire colour scheme by editing a handful of hex values instead of opening an image editor and re-exporting sprites.
Several further points are worth separating out:
- Layouts adapt down to roughly 600px. The vendor states the tables work at any resolution from 600px upward, which covers tablets in landscape and most desktop viewports. This is a floor, not a mobile-first guarantee — see the limitations below.
- Coloured and grey variants ship together. Having a neutral version alongside the coloured one is useful when a pricing block needs to sit inside a page whose palette is already fixed.
- Tooltips are included. The vendor’s tags mention tables with tooltips, which lets a plan feature carry a short explanatory note without sending the visitor to another page.
- Browser coverage is broad and explicitly stated. Firefox 3 and later, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer 7 and up are all listed as supported.
- The markup validates. The vendor states the code passes W3C validation, which reduces the chance of a table breaking a page’s existing layout or triggering quirks mode.
The combination of flexible layouts and straightforward customisation is the real selling point here. A freelancer building a landing page for a SaaS client can take the default table, adjust the column count, rewrite the feature rows and recolour the highlight state in an afternoon, without waiting on a designer or a developer to build the component from nothing.
Where these tables fit, and where they do not
The strongest fit is a static or lightly dynamic website that needs a pricing section and nothing more. Marketing sites built on plain HTML, small business sites, agency portfolio pages, and WordPress themes where the developer is comfortable editing template files directly all fall into this group. The same applies to email-adjacent or print-adjacent contexts where a table’s semantic structure is genuinely useful, since the markup is a real table rather than a stack of divs.
It also suits projects with strict performance budgets. A pricing block that adds no JavaScript request and no image request is easy to justify when every kilobyte is being audited.
There are situations where this package is the wrong choice. If the pricing table needs to change based on a visitor’s currency, logged-in status, or a toggle between monthly and annual billing, a CSS-only component cannot do that on its own — it would need custom scripting layered on top, at which point the buyer is writing the interactive part themselves. Similarly, anyone who wants to drag a pricing block into place inside Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg or another visual builder should look at a plugin built for that environment instead. A pure CSS package assumes direct access to the code.
Narrow mobile viewports are another consideration. The stated 600px floor means the layouts are not described as phone-first, so a project where the majority of traffic arrives on small handsets should test carefully before committing.
Setting up a CSS pricing table in practice
Installation is a file-copy exercise rather than a configuration process. The buyer downloads the package, moves the stylesheet into the site’s CSS directory or the theme’s asset folder, and links it from the page head. The table markup is then pasted into the relevant template or content area, and the feature rows are edited as plain text.
The prerequisites are modest but real. Some comfort with HTML is required to add or remove plan columns and feature rows correctly, and basic CSS knowledge is needed to change colours, spacing and typography. There is no admin screen, no settings panel and no import tool, so nothing is configurable through a graphical interface.
Time to a working result is short. Dropping in the default table and adjusting the text is a matter of minutes. Matching a table to an existing brand — swapping the palette, adjusting padding, aligning the call-to-action buttons with the rest of the site — is the part that takes longer, and is realistically an hour or two for someone fluent in CSS. The vendor does not state whether documentation is bundled, so buyers should assume they are working from the code itself.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- No JavaScript and no background images, so the component adds almost nothing to page weight and cannot conflict with existing scripts.
- Colours and effects live in the stylesheet, making a full rebrand a matter of editing values rather than regenerating assets.
- Explicitly tested across a wide browser range, including older Internet Explorer versions that many modern components have abandoned.
- W3C-valid markup reduces the risk of breaking an existing page layout.
- At $3, the cost is low enough that the decision is essentially about fit rather than budget.
- Coloured and grey variants give a starting point for both branded and neutral page designs.
Limitations
- There is no interactivity. Billing period toggles, currency switching and conditional plan display all require custom JavaScript that is not part of the package.
- The 600px lower bound means the layouts are not presented as mobile-first, and the vendor does not describe how they behave below that width.
- No admin interface or settings screen exists, so every change is a code edit.
- No sales count is published on the listing, which makes it difficult to gauge how widely the code has been used in production.
- The vendor does not state whether documentation, support terms or update guarantees are included, so those should be confirmed before purchase.
- Because the package is a code snippet rather than a plugin, it will not survive a theme update that overwrites the template file unless the change is made in a child theme.
How this compares with the wider category
Pricing table products generally fall into three groups: visual builder add-ons, standalone WordPress plugins with an admin interface, and raw code packages like this one. Builder add-ons win on convenience — a table is dragged into place and edited on screen — but they tie the site to that builder and usually load extra CSS and JavaScript on every page. Standalone plugins offer more features, such as billing toggles and shortcode embedding, at the cost of another plugin to maintain and update.
A fully CSS based pricing table sits at the opposite end. It offers the least functionality and the most control. There is nothing to update, nothing to deactivate, and no dependency chain, but also no safety net: the buyer is responsible for every change. The right question is not which approach is better, but whether the project needs dynamic behaviour. If it does not, the lighter option is usually the more sensible one, and it will still be working years from now when the builder it might otherwise have depended on has changed its pricing model.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do these pricing tables need JavaScript to work?
No. The tables are built entirely with CSS2 and CSS3, and the vendor explicitly states that no JavaScript plugins are required. That means the component will render even if scripts fail to load, and it will not conflict with other scripts on the page. Any interactive behaviour beyond hover states would have to be added separately.
Can a CSS pricing table be used in WordPress?
Yes, provided the theme files can be edited. The stylesheet is linked from the theme, and the table markup is placed in a template or content area. Because it is not a plugin, changes should be made in a child theme so they are not overwritten the next time the parent theme receives an update.
Will the tables work on mobile phones?
The vendor states the layouts support any resolution from 600px upward, which covers tablets and desktops. Phone screens are typically narrower than that, and the listing does not describe behaviour below 600px. Anyone expecting most traffic from small handsets should test the tables on a real device before relying on them.
Is it possible to change the colours and fonts?
Yes. All styling is handled in the stylesheet using CSS properties rather than images, so colours, gradients, borders and typography can be edited directly. The package also includes both coloured and grey variations as starting points. Changing the palette requires basic CSS knowledge, since there is no settings panel or visual editor.
Verdict
This package is worth buying for developers and site owners who need a static pricing section, are comfortable editing HTML and CSS, and value a component that adds no scripts and no images to the page. The low price and the absence of dependencies make it an easy addition to a project with a tight performance budget. It is not the right choice for anyone who needs billing toggles, currency switching or conditional plan display, nor for users who want to place and style a pricing table through a visual builder without touching code. Buyers should also confirm documentation and support terms directly with the vendor, since the listing does not state them. Treat it as a well-built starting point rather than a finished, configurable product.
