A table of numbers asks a reader to do the work. A chart does it for them.
Advanced Charts draws six kinds of chart from plain text you type — no spreadsheet import, no external service, just labels and values separated by a pipe.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Advanced Charts block needs Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Advanced Chart, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- Every value is typed, separated by a pipe (
|). Labels, one row of series data, colours — all of it is a single line of text with|between the parts, not a spreadsheet-style grid.
Steps
- Add the Advanced Charts block and choose a chart Style.
- Type your axis labels into Label Values, separated by
|.
- Open Datasets and enter your data — the shape depends on the chart, see below.
- Turn on Grid Lines, Legends or Tooltip under Style if you want them.
Spaces around the pipe show up in the chart. Measured:
Q1 | Q2renders the labelsQ1andQ2, trailing space included. Type your values with no space around the|for a tidy result.
The Six Chart Types
| Chart | Best for | Data entry | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line | A trend over time | One row per line, pipe-separated values | — |
| Bar | Comparing a few categories | One row per bar series | Bar chart |
| Radar | Comparing several qualities at once | One row per shape | Radar chart |
| Pie | A simple share-of-whole | One Data field, always proportional | Pie and Doughnut chart |
| Doughnut | The same, with a hole in the middle | One Datasets row — see the guide first | Pie and Doughnut chart |
| Polar Area | Share-of-whole with equal-angle slices | One Data field, always proportional | Polar Area chart |
| Bubble | Three numbers per point | Bracketed x|y|r groups | Bubble chart |
How It Behaves
- Everything is typed, not dragged. Labels, values and even multi-series data are all pipe-separated text fields — there is no grid or table UI.
- Doughnut has a trap worth knowing before you start. Doughnut Data is not one row per slice. Measured: adding one row per slice draws a separate full ring for each row, not proportional slices, and the legend strikes through every entry after the first. Put every slice’s value in one row, pipe-separated — add a second row only if you deliberately want a second, concentric ring. See the Pie and Doughnut guide.
- Bar’s Orientation setting does not currently change the bar direction. Measured: a Horizontal bar chart and a Vertical one produce the same upright bars. See the Bar chart guide.
- Spaces around the pipe show up in the chart. Measured:
Q1 | Q2renders the labelsQ1andQ2, trailing space included. Type your values with no space around the|for a tidy result.
Limitations
- Pro only.
- No live data connections — every value is typed in, so the chart updates when you edit the block, not automatically.
- Data entry is pipe-separated text, which takes some getting used to for a first chart.
Troubleshooting
My chart is blank
Check Label Values and the dataset’s Data field both have values, and that they have the same number of pipe-separated items.
My doughnut looks like solid rings, not slices
Put every slice’s value in one Datasets row, pipe-separated, rather than one row per slice. See the Pie and Doughnut guide for the full explanation.
The block is missing from the inserter
Switch Advanced Chart on under Nexter > Blocks.
