PublishPress Blocks (formerly Advanced Gutenberg) extends the block editor with a roster of additional blocks, role-based permission rules, scheduled block visibility and per-block style controls. It is one of the most common ways to make a multi-author site usable across designers, editors and contributors. The trouble is that block usage data lives where it has always lived: parsed out of post_content, scattered across thousands of posts.

SleekView Charts walks post_content for each post and counts blocks by name, joins that with the post type and last update, and reads the plugin's permission settings from wp_options to expose which roles have which blocks enabled. A Number card shows the total uses of the Advanced Table block. A Pie splits usage across all PublishPress Blocks types. A Bar counts blocks enabled per role. An Area trends block insertions by month so a design system rollout becomes visible.

The plugin keeps owning the editor experience. Permissions, scheduled visibility and per-block settings remain in the existing PublishPress Blocks admin. SleekView just turns the resulting block usage and configuration into a real reporting layer, so design system owners and editorial leads can see what is actually being used.

Block libraries are easy to add and hard to keep relevant. PublishPress Blocks gives a team a roster of extra blocks, role-based permissions and scheduled visibility, all of which are valuable on a multi-author site. The risk is the same risk every component library faces: half the blocks dominate every page, a quarter rarely get used and the rest never get picked, while permission rules drift quietly after every team change.

The default admin shows configuration but not consumption. SleekView Charts pulls block usage data straight from post_content and permission settings straight from wp_options, and turns both into Number, Pie, Bar and Area cards. Design system owners get an honest picture of what the team is reaching for, admins get a permission audit they can scan in five seconds, and editorial leads get a single dashboard to point at when planning the next round of templates.