diff --git a/example/src/components/TableDemo.tsx b/example/src/components/TableDemo.tsx
index e4296d50..c4ef6177 100644
--- a/example/src/components/TableDemo.tsx
+++ b/example/src/components/TableDemo.tsx
@@ -392,6 +392,66 @@ export const TableDemo = () => {
         columnsWidth={['100px']}
         trProps={trProps}
       />
+
+      <h1>custom header with order</h1>
+      <Table
+        dataSource={data}
+        customHeaderLabels={[
+          { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
+          { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
+          { label: 'name', data: 'name' },
+          { label: 'weight', data: 'weight' },
+          { label: 'symbol', data: 'symbol' },
+          { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
+        ]}
+        onSelect={handleSelect}
+        handleCellClick={handleCellClick}
+        tableClassName="table"
+        theadClassName="thead"
+        trClassName="header-row"
+        thClassName="th"
+        tbodyClassName="tbody"
+        tdClassName="td"
+        selectedRowClassName="trSelected"
+        withOrderBy={true}
+        sortAscIcon={
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowUp} style={{ marginLeft: '4px' }} />
+        }
+        sortDescIcon={
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowDown} style={{ marginLeft: '4px' }} />
+        }
+        columnsWidth={['100px']}
+      />
+
+      <h1>custom 'shortened' header with order</h1>
+      <Table
+        dataSource={data}
+        customHeaderLabels={[
+          'Test',
+          'positions',
+          'names',
+          'weights',
+          'symbols',
+          'actions',
+        ]}
+        onSelect={handleSelect}
+        handleCellClick={handleCellClick}
+        tableClassName="table"
+        theadClassName="thead"
+        trClassName="header-row"
+        thClassName="th"
+        tbodyClassName="tbody"
+        tdClassName="td"
+        selectedRowClassName="trSelected"
+        withOrderBy={true}
+        sortAscIcon={
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowUp} style={{ marginLeft: '4px' }} />
+        }
+        sortDescIcon={
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowDown} style={{ marginLeft: '4px' }} />
+        }
+        columnsWidth={['100px']}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/jest.config.ts b/jest.config.ts
index 1fa0b29e..72fcbb41 100644
--- a/jest.config.ts
+++ b/jest.config.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,46 @@
 module.exports = {
-    preset: "ts-jest",
-    testEnvironment: "jsdom",
-    collectCoverage: true,
-    "moduleNameMapper": {
-      "^.+\\.(css|less|scss)$": "identity-obj-proxy"
-    },
-    "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "<rootDir>/example",
-      "<rootDir>/dist",
-      "<rootDir>/coverage",
-      "<rootDir>/static",
-      "<rootDir>/stories"
-    ],
-    "collectCoverageFrom": [
-      "src/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
-      "!src/**/index.{ts,tsx}",
-      "!src/typings.d.ts",
-      "!<rootDir>/node_modules/",
-      "!<rootDir>/path/to/dir/",
-      "!src/generatePresentationalComponent/createPresentationalComponent.ts"
-    ],
-    globals: {
-      "ts-jest": {
-        tsconfig: {
-          outDir: "./dist/",
-          sourceMap: true,
-          noImplicitAny: true,
-          module: "commonjs",
-          target: "es6",
-          jsx: "react",
-          allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
-          esModuleInterop: true,
-        },
+  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  testEnvironment: 'jsdom',
+  collectCoverage: true,
+  'coverageReporters': ['json', 'lcov', 'text', 'html'],
+  'coverageThreshold': {
+    'global': {
+      'branches': 100,
+      'functions': 100,
+      'lines': 100,
+      'statements': 100
+    }
+  },
+  'moduleNameMapper': {
+    '^.+\\.(css|less|scss)$': 'identity-obj-proxy'
+  },
+  'modulePathIgnorePatterns': [
+    '<rootDir>/example',
+    '<rootDir>/dist',
+    '<rootDir>/coverage',
+    '<rootDir>/static',
+    '<rootDir>/stories'
+  ],
+  'collectCoverageFrom': [
+    'src/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
+    '!src/**/index.{ts,tsx}',
+    '!src/typings.d.ts',
+    '!<rootDir>/node_modules/',
+    '!<rootDir>/path/to/dir/',
+    '!src/generatePresentationalComponent/createPresentationalComponent.ts'
+  ],
+  globals: {
+    'ts-jest': {
+      tsconfig: {
+        outDir: './dist/',
+        sourceMap: true,
+        noImplicitAny: true,
+        module: 'commonjs',
+        target: 'es6',
+        jsx: 'react',
+        allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
+        esModuleInterop: true,
       },
     },
-  };
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/table/Table.tsx b/src/table/Table.tsx
index da19a5dd..eb9411bd 100644
--- a/src/table/Table.tsx
+++ b/src/table/Table.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import { Body } from './Body';
 import { Header } from './Header';
 import { useSortableData } from './useSortable';
 import { useTableSearch } from './useTableSearch';
+type CustomHeaderLabel = {
+  label: string;
+  data: string;
+  omit?: boolean;
+};
 type TableProps = {
   /**
    * the data source used to populate the table
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ type TableProps = {
   /**
    * allow to specify a custom header labels
    */
-  customHeaderLabels?: { label: string; data: string }[];
+  customHeaderLabels?: CustomHeaderLabel[] | string[];
   /**
    * allow to pass extra properties to each row
    */
@@ -117,13 +122,28 @@ export const Table = ({
     data: withOrderBy ? items : dataSource,
   });
 
+  const isListOfStrings = (
+    headers: CustomHeaderLabel[] | string[]
+  ): headers is string[] =>
+    headers.some(
+      (header: CustomHeaderLabel | string) => typeof header === 'string'
+    );
+
   const handleClick = (value: string) => {
     if (customHeaderLabels) {
-      const customHeaderEl = customHeaderLabels.find(c => c.label === value);
+      const customHeaderEl = isListOfStrings(customHeaderLabels)
+        ? customHeaderLabels.findIndex((c: string) => c === value)
+        : customHeaderLabels.find((c: CustomHeaderLabel) => c.label === value);
+
+      const key =
+        typeof customHeaderEl === 'number'
+          ? Object.keys(dataSource[0])[customHeaderEl]
+          : (customHeaderEl as CustomHeaderLabel).data;
+
       //@ts-ignore
-      requestSort(customHeaderEl.data);
+      requestSort(key);
       //@ts-ignore
-      setSelectedHeader(customHeaderEl.data);
+      setSelectedHeader(key);
     } else {
       requestSort(value);
       setSelectedHeader(value);
@@ -142,6 +162,26 @@ export const Table = ({
     );
   };
 
+  const getHeaderValues = () => {
+    if (customHeaderLabels && isListOfStrings(customHeaderLabels)) {
+      return customHeaderLabels.filter(
+        (label: string) => !columnsToOmit?.includes(label)
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (customHeaderLabels) {
+      return Array.from(
+        customHeaderLabels.filter(
+          (c: CustomHeaderLabel) =>
+            !columnsToOmit?.includes(c.data) && c.omit !== true
+        ),
+        (c: CustomHeaderLabel) => c.label
+      );
+    }
+
+    return keys(items, columnsToOmit);
+  };
+
   return (
     <>
       {withSearch && (
@@ -156,11 +196,7 @@ export const Table = ({
           theadClassName={theadClassName}
           trClassName={trClassName}
           thClassName={thClassName}
-          values={
-            customHeaderLabels
-              ? Array.from(customHeaderLabels, c => c.label)
-              : keys(items, columnsToOmit)
-          }
+          values={getHeaderValues()}
           keySorted={getClassNamesFor(selectedHeader)}
           sortAscIcon={sortAscIcon}
           sortDescIcon={sortDescIcon}
diff --git a/src/table/__tests__/Table.test.tsx b/src/table/__tests__/Table.test.tsx
index 7c37224c..ad465af4 100644
--- a/src/table/__tests__/Table.test.tsx
+++ b/src/table/__tests__/Table.test.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,50 @@ describe('Table', () => {
     expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>1</span>');
   });
 
+  it('should perform the order with short custom headers', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={values}
+        customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'actions']}
+        selectedRowClassName="selectedRowClassName"
+        withOrderBy={true}
+      />
+    );
+    //body
+    const { id } = values[0];
+    const row: any = screen.getByText(id).closest('tr');
+    expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>2</span>');
+    //header
+    const rows: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    const idHeader = rows[0].children[0];
+    fireEvent.click(idHeader);
+    expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>1</span>');
+  });
+
+  it('should not perform the order when data can not be found', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={values}
+        customHeaderLabels={[
+          { label: 'invalid', data: 'undefined' },
+          { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
+          { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
+        ]}
+        selectedRowClassName="selectedRowClassName"
+        withOrderBy={true}
+      />
+    );
+    //body
+    const { id } = values[0];
+    const row: any = screen.getByText(id).closest('tr');
+    expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>2</span>');
+    //header
+    const rows: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    const idHeader = rows[0].children[0];
+    fireEvent.click(idHeader);
+    expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>2</span>');
+  });
+
   it('should allow to search and return 0 elements', () => {
     render(
       <Table
@@ -124,6 +168,76 @@ describe('Table', () => {
     expect(tbody[1].children).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
+  it('should not display omitted table headers', () => {
+    render(<Table dataSource={values} columnsToOmit={['position']} />);
+    const row: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    expect(row[1].innerHTML).toContain('id');
+    expect(row[2].innerHTML).toContain('actions');
+  });
+
+  it('should not display omitted table headers with given custom headers', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={values}
+        columnsToOmit={['position']}
+        customHeaderLabels={[
+          { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
+          { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
+          { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
+        ]}
+      />
+    );
+    const row: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    expect(row[1].innerHTML).toContain('Test');
+    expect(row[2].innerHTML).toContain('actions');
+  });
+
+  it('should not display omitted table headers with given custom headers with omit flag', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={values}
+        customHeaderLabels={[
+          { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
+          { label: 'position', data: 'position', omit: true },
+          { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
+        ]}
+      />
+    );
+    const row: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    expect(row[1].innerHTML).toContain('Test');
+    expect(row[2].innerHTML).toContain('actions');
+  });
+
+  it('should not display omitted table headers with given shorted custom headers', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={values}
+        columnsToOmit={['position']}
+        customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'actions']}
+      />
+    );
+    const row: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    expect(row[1].innerHTML).toContain('Test');
+    expect(row[2].innerHTML).toContain('actions');
+  });
+
+  it('should display only the table header', () => {
+    render(
+      <Table
+        dataSource={[]}
+        customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'actions']}
+        selectedRowClassName="selectedRowClassName"
+        withSearch={true}
+      />
+    );
+    const row: any = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+    expect(row[1].innerHTML).toContain('Test');
+    expect(row[2].innerHTML).toContain('position');
+    expect(row[3].innerHTML).toContain('actions');
+    const tbody = screen.getAllByRole('rowgroup');
+    expect(tbody[1].children).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it('should allow to reorder the data if the customHeader is specified', () => {
     render(
       <Table
@@ -148,7 +262,7 @@ describe('Table', () => {
     expect(row.innerHTML).toContain('<span>1</span>');
   });
 
-  it('should not reorder the data if the customHeader specified doesn\'t have a match data', () => {
+  it("should not reorder the data if the customHeader specified doesn't have a match data", () => {
     render(
       <Table
         dataSource={values}
diff --git a/stories/liveEdit/TableLive.tsx b/stories/liveEdit/TableLive.tsx
index f5bcfe1d..ed6e10cc 100644
--- a/stories/liveEdit/TableLive.tsx
+++ b/stories/liveEdit/TableLive.tsx
@@ -233,14 +233,7 @@ function TableDemo() {
     <div className="App">
       <Table
         dataSource={data}
-        customHeaderLabels={[
-          { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
-          { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
-          { label: 'name', data: 'name' },
-          { label: 'weight', data: 'weight' },
-          { label: 'symbol', data: 'symbol' },
-          { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
-        ]}
+        customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol', 'actions']}
         columnsToOmit={['symbol']}
         onSelect={handleSelect}
         handleCellClick={handleCellClick}
diff --git a/stories/table/Documentation.stories.mdx b/stories/table/Documentation.stories.mdx
index d3e3202d..a1473abf 100644
--- a/stories/table/Documentation.stories.mdx
+++ b/stories/table/Documentation.stories.mdx
@@ -60,14 +60,7 @@ const handleCellClick = (target: any, value: any) => {
 
 <Table
   dataSource={ELEMENT_DATA}
-  customHeaderLabels={[
-    { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
-    { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
-    { label: 'name', data: 'name' },
-    { label: 'weight', data: 'weight' },
-    { label: 'symbol', data: 'symbol' },
-    { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
-  ]}
+  customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol', 'actions']}
   columnsToOmit={['symbol']}
   onSelect={handleSelect}
   handleCellClick={handleCellClick}
diff --git a/stories/table/Styled.stories.mdx b/stories/table/Styled.stories.mdx
index 14a7d8d6..4c50602a 100644
--- a/stories/table/Styled.stories.mdx
+++ b/stories/table/Styled.stories.mdx
@@ -460,14 +460,7 @@ in the following example we display a custom header - _customHeaderLabelsh_ -
       return (
         <Table
           dataSource={data}
-          customHeaderLabels={[
-            { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
-            { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
-            { label: 'name', data: 'name' },
-            { label: 'weight', data: 'weight' },
-            { label: 'symbol', data: 'symbol' },
-            { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
-          ]}
+          customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol', 'actions']}
           handleCellClick={handleCellClick}
           tableClassName="table"
           theadClassName="thead"
diff --git a/stories/table/UnStyled.stories.mdx b/stories/table/UnStyled.stories.mdx
index 006b7664..4d6e62af 100644
--- a/stories/table/UnStyled.stories.mdx
+++ b/stories/table/UnStyled.stories.mdx
@@ -330,14 +330,7 @@ in the following example we display a custom header - _customHeaderLabelsh_ -
           actions:  <button className="btn btn-danger" name="delete">Delete</button>
         },
       ];
-      return <Table dataSource={data} handleCellClick={handleCellClick} withSearch={true} customHeaderLabels={[
-            { label: 'Test', data: 'id' },
-            { label: 'position', data: 'position' },
-            { label: 'name', data: 'name' },
-            { label: 'weight', data: 'weight' },
-            { label: 'symbol', data: 'symbol' },
-            { label: 'actions', data: 'actions' },
-          ]}/>;
+      return <Table dataSource={data} handleCellClick={handleCellClick} withSearch={true}   customHeaderLabels={['Test', 'position', 'name', 'weight', 'symbol', 'actions']}/>;
     }}
   </Story>
 </Canvas>