SleekView Charts for Post Types Order
SleekView Charts reads the menu_order column Post Types Order writes on every reordered post, then renders ordered-post counts, per-type coverage, sequence gaps and edit cadence as chart cards.
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Drag-and-drop is fast. Auditing the result is what's missing.
Post Types Order lets editors drag posts, pages and custom post types into a chosen sequence by updating menu_order on every reordered post. The plugin's admin gives a per-type drag interface that's perfect when you're inside one post type. It gives almost nothing when the question is "how much of our content is actually manually ordered, and where are the gaps?"
SleekView Charts reads menu_order directly across every post type. A Number card shows total ordered posts. A Pie splits coverage by post_type so leads see which content types are fully sequenced and which still rely on default date ordering. A Bar groups ordered posts per author for accountability on large content libraries. An Area trends ordering activity per week, useful for catching the slow drift that happens after a launch when nobody is paying attention.
Because the data is on the standard wp_posts table, the dashboard works on every install that has the plugin active, and it tolerates the free plugin, the pro version and the older Simple Custom Post Order variants without any special configuration.
Workflow
Turn menu_order into a dashboard
Read menu_order across post types
Compose the chart cards
Save and scope the dashboard
Share or export
Sample dashboard
Charts you can build from Post Types Order data
Ordered posts total
Count
Ordering coverage by post type
Count
group by post_type
Ordered posts per author
Count
group by post_author
Ordering activity per week
Count
group by post_modified
Comparison
Default Post Types Order admin vs SleekView Charts
Default Post Types Order admin
- Drag interface is per-type, never an aggregate view
- No KPI of how much of the library is actually ordered
- No per-author accountability on sequencing discipline
- Gaps in menu_order sequence stay invisible without a query
- No trend of ordering activity to catch drift between launches
SleekView Charts
- KPI card for total posts with non-zero menu_order
- Pie split of ordering coverage across post types
- Bar of ordered posts per author for review and onboarding
- Area trend of sequencing activity over time
- Filters carry between an audit table and chart cards on one dataset
Features
What SleekView Charts gives you for Post Types Order
Coverage as a real number
A KPI plus a per-type pie turns "how much of our site is actually sequenced?" from a vibe into a single number that an editorial lead can defend in a quarterly review.
Per-author accountability
A Bar of ordered posts per author surfaces writers who leave new content at menu_order 0. The right place for a five-minute onboarding refresher, not a yearly process memo.
Catch drift between launches
An Area trend of menu_order changes makes a six-month sequencing freeze visible. Drift after a launch is normal, drift forever is the thing the dashboard catches in time.
Audience
Who builds Post Types Order charts dashboards with SleekView
Editorial leads
Watch coverage by type, drift over time and per-author discipline. Plan a re-sequencing sprint against real numbers instead of "the knowledge base feels out of order".
Catalogue owners
On product or case-study post types, ordering drives discovery directly. The dashboard surfaces gaps so the merchandising lead knows where to focus a daily ordering pass.
Knowledge-base maintainers
KB articles read top-to-bottom in archive order. The KPI and per-type pie make it obvious when a new section was created without anyone setting its menu_order.
The bigger picture
Why drag-and-drop needs an aggregate check
Manual ordering is a great UX inside one post type and a quietly leaky governance story across a site. Every editor adds posts, most of them forget to drag the new post into position, and after a year the live archives show a strange mix of carefully sequenced content at the top and default date order underneath. The plugin's admin can't see this because it shows one type at a time.
A KPI of ordered posts plus a coverage pie makes the leak visible. A per-author bar turns it into an onboarding conversation rather than a witch hunt. A weekly activity trend separates a healthy library from one that's drifting.
Same menu_order column, completely different editorial posture.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Charts for Post Types Order
wp_posts.menu_order across every post type Post Types Order is enabled on, joined to post_type, post_status, post_author and post_modified. No additional metadata is required, the plugin's signal lives on the core posts table.
 Yes. Both plugins write to the same menu_order column, so the dashboard reads identically whether the site uses Post Types Order, its pro version or the older Simple Custom Post Order alternative.
 Yes. Filter to non-zero menu_order, sort by menu_order ascending per post_type and use a chart card grouped by menu_order to see where the sequence skips. Gaps usually mean a post got trashed and the sequence was never re-tightened.
 Yes. The default WordPress value for menu_order is 0, so the audit table includes them as the unordered baseline. A coverage pie typically splits non-zero (ordered) against zero (unordered) to make the gap obvious.
 Yes. Apply a post_type filter on the underlying dataset and every chart card on the dashboard narrows to that type. The KPI then becomes "ordered case studies" or "ordered knowledge base articles" instead of a site-wide number.
 Yes. Group by post_modified with an Area or Line card and aggregate Count to see weeks where sequencing actually changed. The trend is the cleanest possible test of whether re-sequencing is a habit or a one-off.
 Yes. Any filtered set behind a chart card exports as CSV with menu_order, post_type, post_status, post_author and post_modified columns. Useful for editorial reviews and for handing a re-sequencing brief to a junior editor.
 Yes. WooCommerce also reads menu_order for product sorting, so the dashboard naturally extends to a product catalogue. Filter to post_type = product to see ordering coverage across the shop and per-category sequencing health.
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