SleekView Charts for Essential Grid
Read Essential Grid's eg_grids and eg_item_skins tables and chart grids by source type, skin, layout, and last modified so cross-grid audits stop being a per-grid click.
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From the grid editor to a real grid catalogue
Essential Grid keeps its data in dedicated tables (eg_grids, eg_item_skins, plus related tables for custom items, navigation skins, and import history). Each grid stores its source type (Posts, Custom items, Social, WooCommerce), filter settings, skin assignment, and layout options. The default Essential Grid admin lists grids on a single screen, but column information like skin, source type, item count, and last edited is not surfaced as sortable columns, and cross-grid audits need a per-grid click.
SleekView already queries the eg_grids table directly and joins it with the skin table for skin-name resolution. Charts adds the dashboard pass: total grids KPI, donut of source-type mix, bar of skin usage, and area chart of grids by last modified.
The grid editor remains the source of truth for layout work. The SleekView grid stays the catalogue for inline edits. The dashboard becomes the planning layer that the editor was never designed for.
Workflow
How the Essential Grid dashboard comes together
Read the eg_ tables
Pick four catalogue lenses
Save the catalogue dashboard
Drill into the grid
Sample dashboard
Charts you can build from Essential Grid data
Total grids
Count
Grids by source type
Count
group by source_type
Skin usage
Count
group by skin_name
Grids by last modified
Count
group by last_modified
Comparison
Essential Grid admin vs SleekView Charts
Essential Grid default admin
- Default admin lists grids on one screen with no sortable column metadata
- Cross-grid audits require opening each grid in the editor
- No site-wide view of skin usage or source-type distribution
- Last-modified cadence is not surfaced as a planning lens
- Migrations off a legacy skin take longer because there's no central inventory
SleekView Charts
- Total grids, source-type donut, skin-usage bar, and last-modified area on one dashboard
- Reads eg_ tables directly, no Pro requirement to chart most fields
- Drill from any chart segment to the SleekView grid for inline edits
- Skin reassignment and layout swaps fire Essential Grid hooks so caches refresh
- Saved dashboards scoped per source type for focused migration planning
Features
What SleekView Charts gives you for Essential Grid
Source-type distribution
The donut answers the migration plan's first question: how many grids are Posts grids, Custom-item grids, Social grids, or WooCommerce grids. Each source needs its own rebuild path.
Skin retirement planning
Horizontal bars rank skins by grid count. The skin at the top of the bar is the design that everything else needs to migrate off, and the skin at the bottom is the one to retire first.
Stale grid surfacing
An area chart of last-modified dates makes the catalogue tail obvious. Grids that haven't been touched in two years are usually safe to retire, but only if they're visible first.
Audience
Who builds Essential Grid charts dashboards with SleekView
Designers and studios
Skin usage and source-type charts together frame the design migration. Each click drills into a grid view that's ready to bulk-update skins inline.
Site auditors
Stale-grid area chart plus zero-item-count filter on the grid identify what to retire. Catalogue cleanup becomes a triage queue with a planning chart attached.
Site migrators
Source-type donut sets the migration plan because each source needs its own rebuild path. Posts grids, custom-item grids, and WooCommerce grids get sequenced from the dashboard down.
The bigger picture
Why an Essential Grid charts dashboard makes long-running sites tractable
Grid plugins solve a real layout problem: the default WordPress loop does not produce the editorial layouts designers want for portfolios, team pages, product showcases, and social streams. The trade-off is that grids accumulate across years of design changes, mixed across source types and skins, while the grid editor only shows one grid at a time. Cross-grid questions like which grids are on a deprecated skin, which custom-item grids are empty, or how many grids each source type accounts for are uncomfortable to answer one click at a time.
SleekView already turns the eg_ tables into a catalogue grid. Charts adds the four-card dashboard that frames the catalogue as a planning surface: total grids, source-type donut, skin-usage bar, and last-modified area. Migrations stop being a click-per-grid project and start being a chart-driven sequence with a real timeline.
The grid editor keeps its design-time role. The dashboard adds the management role the editor was never designed for.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Charts for Essential Grid
No. The four standard cards read eg_grids, eg_item_skins, and related tables that ship with all Essential Grid editions.
Yes. For custom-item grids, an additional dashboard scoped to items reads the item table and offers per-grid counts, missing-media flags, and created-date trends.
Yes. Inline edits fire Essential Grid hooks, so caches refresh and the front-end picks up the new skin on the next render.
Yes. WooCommerce grids show up as one segment in the source-type donut, with their own filterable view in the grid for further drill-down.
Yes. Filters apply across all four cards, so a per-skin dashboard saves with one filter and powers a focused migration plan.
No. SleekView reads the eg_ tables directly with indexed joins, and chart cards run against the same cache as the grid view.
Navigation skin usage can be exposed as an additional chart axis when needed, alongside the four standard cards.
Yes. Saved dashboards respect WordPress capabilities, so designers, editors, and auditors can each view the same catalogue with role-appropriate filters.
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