diff --git a/docs/user_guide.rst b/docs/user_guide.rst
index bf0c0f78..ca0fb7e9 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/user_guide.rst
@@ -197,20 +197,17 @@ adds a sortable time column, and removes the links column:
 .. code-block:: python
 
   from datetime import datetime
-  from py.xml import html
   import pytest
 
 
   def pytest_html_results_table_header(cells):
-      cells.insert(2, html.th("Description"))
-      cells.insert(1, html.th("Time", class_="sortable time", col="time"))
-      cells.pop()
+      cells.insert(2, "<th>Description</th>")
+      cells.insert(1, '<th class="sortable time" data-column-type="time">Time</th>')
 
 
   def pytest_html_results_table_row(report, cells):
-      cells.insert(2, html.td(report.description))
-      cells.insert(1, html.td(datetime.utcnow(), class_="col-time"))
-      cells.pop()
+      cells.insert(2, "<td>A description</td>")
+      cells.insert(1, '<td class="col-time">A time</td>')
 
 
   @pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
diff --git a/src/pytest_html/nextgen.py b/src/pytest_html/nextgen.py
index 219d2d79..0ad6f7d4 100644
--- a/src/pytest_html/nextgen.py
+++ b/src/pytest_html/nextgen.py
@@ -37,11 +37,25 @@ class Cells:
         def __init__(self):
             self._html = {}
 
+        def __delitem__(self, key):
+            # This means the item should be removed
+            self._html = None
+
         @property
         def html(self):
             return self._html
 
         def insert(self, index, html):
+            # backwards-compat
+            if not isinstance(html, str):
+                if html.__module__.startswith("py."):
+                    warnings.warn(
+                        "The 'py' module is deprecated and support "
+                        "will be removed in a future release.",
+                        DeprecationWarning,
+                    )
+                html = str(html)
+                html = html.replace("col", "data-column-type")
             self._html[index] = html
 
     class Report:
@@ -219,6 +233,7 @@ def pytest_sessionstart(self, session):
 
         header_cells = self.Cells()
         session.config.hook.pytest_html_results_table_header(cells=header_cells)
+
         self._report.set_data("resultsTableHeader", header_cells.html)
 
         self._report.set_data("runningState", "Started")
@@ -258,25 +273,30 @@ def pytest_runtest_logreport(self, report):
         }
 
         test_id = report.nodeid
-        if report.when != "call":
+        if report.when == "call":
+            row_cells = self.Cells()
+            self._config.hook.pytest_html_results_table_row(
+                report=report, cells=row_cells
+            )
+            if row_cells.html is None:
+                return
+            data["resultsTableRow"] = row_cells.html
+
+            table_html = []
+            self._config.hook.pytest_html_results_table_html(
+                report=report, data=table_html
+            )
+            data["tableHtml"] = table_html
+        else:
             test_id += f"::{report.when}"
         data["testId"] = test_id
 
         # Order here matters!
         log = report.longreprtext or report.capstdout or "No log output captured."
         data["log"] = _handle_ansi(log)
-
         data["result"] = _process_outcome(report)
-
-        row_cells = self.Cells()
-        self._config.hook.pytest_html_results_table_row(report=report, cells=row_cells)
-        data["resultsTableRow"] = row_cells.html
-
-        table_html = []
-        self._config.hook.pytest_html_results_table_html(report=report, data=table_html)
-        data["tableHtml"] = table_html
-
         data["extras"] = self._process_extras(report, test_id)
+
         self._report.add_test(data)
         self._generate_report()
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_html/scripts/dom.js b/src/pytest_html/scripts/dom.js
index b3d07c80..eb68d986 100644
--- a/src/pytest_html/scripts/dom.js
+++ b/src/pytest_html/scripts/dom.js
@@ -52,7 +52,21 @@ const dom = {
         const header = listHeader.content.cloneNode(true)
         const sortAttr = storageModule.getSort()
         const sortAsc = JSON.parse(storageModule.getSortDirection())
-        const sortables = ['result', 'testId', 'duration']
+
+        const regex = /data-column-type="(\w+)/
+        const cols = Object.values(resultsTableHeader).reduce((result, value) => {
+            if (value.includes("sortable")) {
+                const matches = regex.exec(value)
+                if (matches) {
+                    result.push(matches[1])
+                }
+            }
+            return result
+        }, [])
+        const sortables = ['result', 'testId', 'duration', ...cols]
+
+        // Add custom html from the pytest_html_results_table_header hook
+        insertAdditionalHTML(resultsTableHeader, header, 'th')
 
         sortables.forEach((sortCol) => {
             if (sortCol === sortAttr) {
@@ -60,9 +74,6 @@ const dom = {
             }
         })
 
-        // Add custom html from the pytest_html_results_table_header hook
-        insertAdditionalHTML(resultsTableHeader, header, 'th')
-
         return header
     },
     getListHeaderEmpty: () => listHeaderEmpty.content.cloneNode(true),
diff --git a/src/pytest_html/scripts/storage.js b/src/pytest_html/scripts/storage.js
index 4a87216b..5703b013 100644
--- a/src/pytest_html/scripts/storage.js
+++ b/src/pytest_html/scripts/storage.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-const possibleFiltes = ['passed', 'skipped', 'failed', 'error', 'xfailed', 'xpassed', 'rerun']
+const possibleFilters = ['passed', 'skipped', 'failed', 'error', 'xfailed', 'xpassed', 'rerun']
 
 const getVisible = () => {
     const url = new URL(window.location.href)
     const settings = new URLSearchParams(url.search).get('visible') || ''
     return settings ?
-        [...new Set(settings.split(',').filter((filter) => possibleFiltes.includes(filter)))] : possibleFiltes
+        [...new Set(settings.split(',').filter((filter) => possibleFilters.includes(filter)))] : possibleFilters
 }
 const hideCategory = (categoryToHide) => {
     const url = new URL(window.location.href)
     const visibleParams = new URLSearchParams(url.search).get('visible')
-    const currentVisible = visibleParams ? visibleParams.split(',') : [...possibleFiltes]
+    const currentVisible = visibleParams ? visibleParams.split(',') : [...possibleFilters]
     const settings = [...new Set(currentVisible)].filter((f) => f !== categoryToHide).join(',')
 
     url.searchParams.set('visible', settings)
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ const showCategory = (categoryToShow) => {
         return
     }
     const url = new URL(window.location.href)
-    const currentVisible = new URLSearchParams(url.search).get('visible')?.split(',') || [...possibleFiltes]
+    const currentVisible = new URLSearchParams(url.search).get('visible')?.split(',') || [...possibleFilters]
     const settings = [...new Set([categoryToShow, ...currentVisible])]
-    const noFilter = possibleFiltes.length === settings.length || !settings.length
+    const noFilter = possibleFilters.length === settings.length || !settings.length
 
     noFilter ? url.searchParams.delete('visible') : url.searchParams.set('visible', settings.join(','))
     history.pushState({}, null, unescape(url.href))
 }
 const setFilter = (currentFilter) => {
-    if (!possibleFiltes.includes(currentFilter)) {
+    if (!possibleFilters.includes(currentFilter)) {
         return
     }
     const url = new URL(window.location.href)
diff --git a/testing/test_integration.py b/testing/test_integration.py
index cf8b038a..587a2785 100644
--- a/testing/test_integration.py
+++ b/testing/test_integration.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ def run(pytester, path="report.html", *args):
     chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
     chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
     chrome_options.add_argument("--window-size=1920x1080")
-    # chrome_options.add_argument("--allow-file-access-from-files")
     driver = webdriver.Remote(
         command_executor="http://127.0.0.1:4444", options=chrome_options
     )
@@ -476,3 +475,55 @@ def test_xdist(self, pytester):
         pytester.makepyfile("def test_xdist(): pass")
         page = run(pytester, "report.html", "-n1")
         assert_results(page, passed=1)
+
+    def test_results_table_hook_insert(self, pytester):
+        header_selector = (
+            ".summary #results-table-head tr:nth-child(1) th:nth-child({})"
+        )
+        row_selector = ".summary #results-table tr:nth-child(1) td:nth-child({})"
+
+        pytester.makeconftest(
+            """
+            def pytest_html_results_table_header(cells):
+                cells.insert(2, "<th>Description</th>")
+                cells.insert(
+                    1,
+                    '<th class="sortable time" data-column-type="time">Time</th>'
+                )
+
+            def pytest_html_results_table_row(report, cells):
+                cells.insert(2, "<td>A description</td>")
+                cells.insert(1, '<td class="col-time">A time</td>')
+        """
+        )
+        pytester.makepyfile("def test_pass(): pass")
+        page = run(pytester)
+
+        assert_that(get_text(page, header_selector.format(2))).is_equal_to("Time")
+        assert_that(get_text(page, header_selector.format(3))).is_equal_to(
+            "Description"
+        )
+
+        assert_that(get_text(page, row_selector.format(2))).is_equal_to("A time")
+        assert_that(get_text(page, row_selector.format(3))).is_equal_to("A description")
+
+    def test_results_table_hook_delete(self, pytester):
+        pytester.makeconftest(
+            """
+            def pytest_html_results_table_row(report, cells):
+                if report.skipped:
+                    del cells[:]
+        """
+        )
+        pytester.makepyfile(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            def test_skip():
+                pytest.skip('reason')
+
+            def test_pass(): pass
+
+        """
+        )
+        page = run(pytester)
+        assert_results(page, passed=1)