diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/sorting_summary.py b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/sorting_summary.py
index 8587830862..8eada29b0e 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/sorting_summary.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/sorting_summary.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from ..core import SortingAnalyzer
 
 
-_default_displayed_unit_properties = ["firing_rate", "num_spikes", "x", "y", "amplitude", "snr", "rp_violation"]
+_default_displayed_unit_properties = ["firing_rate", "num_spikes", "x", "y", "amplitude_median", "snr", "rp_violation"]
 
 
 class SortingSummaryWidget(BaseWidget):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/tests/test_widgets.py b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/tests/test_widgets.py
index b723a7ca9f..d5ffec6dba 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
             spike_amplitudes=dict(),
             unit_locations=dict(),
             spike_locations=dict(),
-            quality_metrics=dict(metric_names=["snr", "isi_violation", "num_spikes", "amplitude_cutoff"]),
+            quality_metrics=dict(
+                metric_names=["snr", "isi_violation", "num_spikes", "firing_rate", "amplitude_cutoff"]
+            ),
             template_metrics=dict(),
             correlograms=dict(),
             template_similarity=dict(),
@@ -531,18 +533,29 @@ def test_plot_sorting_summary(self):
         possible_backends = list(sw.SortingSummaryWidget.get_possible_backends())
         for backend in possible_backends:
             if backend not in self.skip_backends:
-                sw.plot_sorting_summary(self.sorting_analyzer_dense, backend=backend, **self.backend_kwargs[backend])
-                sw.plot_sorting_summary(self.sorting_analyzer_sparse, backend=backend, **self.backend_kwargs[backend])
+                sw.plot_sorting_summary(
+                    self.sorting_analyzer_dense,
+                    displayed_unit_properties=[],
+                    backend=backend,
+                    **self.backend_kwargs[backend],
+                )
+                sw.plot_sorting_summary(
+                    self.sorting_analyzer_sparse,
+                    displayed_unit_properties=[],
+                    backend=backend,
+                    **self.backend_kwargs[backend],
+                )
                 sw.plot_sorting_summary(
                     self.sorting_analyzer_sparse,
                     sparsity=self.sparsity_strict,
+                    displayed_unit_properties=[],
                     backend=backend,
                     **self.backend_kwargs[backend],
                 )
-                # add unit_properties
+                # select unit_properties
                 sw.plot_sorting_summary(
                     self.sorting_analyzer_sparse,
-                    unit_table_properties=["firing_rate", "snr"],
+                    displayed_unit_properties=["firing_rate", "snr"],
                     backend=backend,
                     **self.backend_kwargs[backend],
                 )
@@ -550,7 +563,7 @@ def test_plot_sorting_summary(self):
                 with self.assertWarns(UserWarning):
                     sw.plot_sorting_summary(
                         self.sorting_analyzer_sparse,
-                        unit_table_properties=["missing_property"],
+                        displayed_unit_properties=["missing_property"],
                         backend=backend,
                         **self.backend_kwargs[backend],
                     )
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils.py b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils.py
index 7d5cf98c01..75c6248f0f 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def make_units_table_from_analyzer(
         all_df.append(df)
 
     if analyzer.get_extension("template_metrics") is not None:
-        all_df = analyzer.get_extension("template_metrics").get_data()
+        df = analyzer.get_extension("template_metrics").get_data()
         all_df.append(df)
 
     if len(all_df) > 0:
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils_sortingview.py b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils_sortingview.py
index 451b1d145e..d594414287 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils_sortingview.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/widgets/utils_sortingview.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def generate_unit_table_view(
         # keep only selected columns
         unit_properties = np.array(unit_properties)
         keep = np.isin(unit_properties, units_tables.columns)
+        if sum(keep) < len(unit_properties):
+            warn(f"Some unit properties are not in the sorting: {unit_properties[~keep]}")
         unit_properties = unit_properties[keep]
         units_tables = units_tables.loc[:, unit_properties]
 
@@ -79,8 +81,6 @@ def generate_unit_table_view(
 
         ut_columns = []
         for col in unit_properties:
-            if col not in units_tables.columns:
-                continue
             values = units_tables[col].to_numpy()
             if values.dtype.kind in dtype_convertor:
                 txt_dtype = dtype_convertor[values.dtype.kind]
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ def generate_unit_table_view(
         for unit_index, unit_id in enumerate(sorting.unit_ids):
             row_values = {}
             for col in unit_properties:
-                if col not in units_tables.columns:
-                    continue
                 values = units_tables[col].to_numpy()
                 if values.dtype.kind in dtype_convertor:
                     value = values[unit_index]