jQuery DataTables - Slow initiation, “Normal” html table shown in the beginning

Question

I\'m using jQuery DataTable plugin, but I got a concern where the scripts loading seems to take some time, so my web page is always displaying the ordinary html table first, and

Answer 1

My datatable was jumping between posts because of the filter on top.

Simple solution: Hide the table with display:none, then use jquery .fadeIn() before DataTable() is called.