PublishPress Authors stores multi-author bylines in its own taxonomy with guest profiles alongside WordPress users. SleekView's Table view already turns that join into an editorial ledger. Charts uses the same join to answer the questions editors-in-chief actually ask: who's publishing the most, how big is the guest contributor share, and when did the last post for each profile go out.

Each byline row carries a primary author, optional co-authors, profile type (WP user, guest, or both), and the parent post's status and date. Aggregating those columns gives a Number for total active bylines, a Bar for posts per author, a Donut for guest versus WP user split, and an Area for bylines published over time.

The dashboard doesn't replace the assignment workflow inside PublishPress Authors, which still owns the data model. It gives a multi-author editorial team the cross-byline view they need before planning the next cycle.

Multi-author sites accumulate byline data faster than anyone realizes, and the question editors-in-chief ask isn't who exists in the system but who's actually publishing. The default PublishPress Authors admin is good at listing profiles and editing assignments, less good at showing the shape of contribution across the site. SleekView Charts answers that shape question with four cards that match the rhythm of editorial reviews: total bylines, who leads, what mix of profile types, and how cadence is trending.

PublishPress Authors stays the source of truth for the data model and the assignment workflow. SleekView is the dashboard the editorial team has always wanted but never had time to build.