SleekView Charts for PublishPress
PublishPress writes custom statuses to wp_posts, editorial comments to its own table and metadata to wp_postmeta. SleekView Charts reads the same data and renders status mix, calendar density and per-author activity as Number, Pie, Bar and Area cards.
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An editorial calendar tells you when. Charts tell you what is going on.
PublishPress is the longest-running editorial workflow plugin in WordPress. It adds custom post statuses such as Pitch, Assigned and In Review, an editorial calendar, editorial comments, content checklists and per-post metadata for slot, deadline and owner. Newsrooms, content agencies and large blog teams lean on it daily. The data is rich, but most of the views are per-post: a calendar cell, a metabox in the sidebar, a thread of editorial comments under one article.
SleekView Charts reads the same custom statuses, postmeta keys and editorial comment rows and renders them as chart cards. A Number card counts posts currently in Assigned status. A Pie shows the split across Pitch, Assigned, In Review and Pending. A Bar counts editorial comments per author so the most active reviewers are visible. An Area trends scheduled publish dates so calendar density across the next month is one glance.
Nothing in PublishPress changes. Custom statuses stay where they are, calendar slots keep updating from the editorial calendar UI, and editorial comments keep posting to the existing thread. SleekView just gives the team an aggregate surface for the data PublishPress already produces.
Workflow
Turn PublishPress workflow data into a dashboard
Read custom statuses and metadata
Read editorial comments
Compose chart cards
Save and share
Sample dashboard
Charts you can build from PublishPress data
Posts in Assigned status
Count
Status mix across the desk
Count
group by post_status
Editorial comments per author
Count
group by comment_author_id
Scheduled posts per day
Count
group by post_date
Comparison
Default PublishPress reporting vs SleekView Charts
Default PublishPress dashboards
- Status overview is a per-post list, not an aggregate count
- Editorial calendar surfaces dates but not density across weeks
- Editorial comment volume per author has no built-in chart
- Custom status mix is invisible at any aggregate level
- Cross-status trends over time need a custom report
SleekView Charts
- KPI card for posts currently in any custom status
- Pie split across the full custom status workflow
- Bar of editorial comments per author for review load
- Area trend of scheduled posts for calendar density
- Same filters carry from the chart cards into the underlying SleekView table
Features
What SleekView Charts gives you for PublishPress
Custom statuses as chart dimensions
Every PublishPress status, including Pitch, Assigned, In Review and any custom one, becomes a group-by candidate. The workflow shape is visible as a chart instead of a per-post list.
Editorial comments as data
Comments from the PublishPress table drive their own cards. Review load per author, comments per post and comment cadence per week become real numbers, not anecdotes.
Calendar density at a glance
Group scheduled posts by date on an Area or Bar card and see the upcoming month as a curve. Empty Tuesdays and overstuffed Mondays surface before they hit publication.
Audience
Who builds PublishPress charts dashboards with SleekView
Newsrooms
Pin a status mix pie and an Assigned KPI to the wall dashboard. Standups stop opening twelve filter views and start from the same numbers everyone can see.
Content agencies
Give each client a read-only dashboard scoped to their site that shows scheduled posts per week and review load per editor. Client check-ins get a real reporting surface.
Managing editors
Trend comments per author and pitches accepted per week to see who is reviewing, who is assigning and where the desk is genuinely stuck across the quarter.
The bigger picture
Why editorial workflow needs an aggregate view
PublishPress turns WordPress into a real editorial workflow tool with custom statuses, an editorial calendar and a comments thread on every post. After a few months on any active desk, the workflow data starts to mean something: pitches accumulate, reviews stall, certain editors carry the bulk of the load, and Mondays end up scheduled five times heavier than Thursdays. The default views show each piece of evidence one post at a time, which is the right scale for editing but the wrong scale for running a newsroom.
SleekView Charts reads the same data PublishPress already writes and shapes it into a Number, a Pie, a Bar and an Area, which is the form managing editors actually need at a standup. The plugin keeps owning the workflow. The team finally has a reporting layer.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Charts for PublishPress
Yes. Custom statuses live in the post_status column on wp_posts after registration, and SleekView reads them as values just like the built-in draft, pending and publish statuses. Any custom status the team adds shows up as a group-by candidate in chart cards without extra configuration.
Yes. PublishPress editorial comments live in their own table, distinct from the wp_comments table that holds reader comments. SleekView treats them as a separate data source so a chart for review volume does not get polluted by visitor comments on the public site.
Yes. Pro features such as additional notifications, content checklists and editorial metadata extend the data PublishPress writes to postmeta and its own tables. SleekView reads those keys the same way it reads the free plugin's data, so Pro-only fields become extra chart dimensions.
Yes. Filter to post_status equals Pitch, group by post_date with an Area or Line card, and pick a Count aggregation. The trend exposes whether the pitch pipeline is growing or running dry across the quarter, which is the question editorial leads actually need answered.
Yes. PublishPress writes editorial metadata such as deadline, word count target and owner to postmeta. SleekView surfaces those keys as columns and chart dimensions, so a Bar of word count targets per author or a Pie of owners is straightforward.
Yes. Add a filter for category, custom taxonomy or post type and the whole dashboard narrows to that slice. Useful for desks with separate sections such as news, features and opinion that need their own newsroom cockpit.
No. PublishPress's calendar is a slot-by-slot editing surface that SleekView does not try to replicate. The charts complement the calendar with density curves, status mix and review volume that the calendar grid is not built to show.
Yes. Any filtered set behind a chart card exports as CSV with the same columns the underlying table would show. Managing editors typically use this to share weekly newsroom reports with publishers or to brief freelancers on the pitch backlog before a sprint.
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