Social Pug caches per-network share counts as a serialized postmeta value, typically dpsp_networks_shares, on every post that carries a share button. The default Social Pug analytics screen surfaces a top-shared list and a small set of totals, which is the right starting point and the wrong place to stop. Editorial leads want network mix per post, weekly share velocity and per-author rollups, and the data is already sitting in postmeta waiting to be queried.

SleekView Charts reads the same dpsp_networks_shares values, unpacks them into per-network numbers and renders the result as chart cards. A Number card shows total cached shares across the site. A Pie shows the network split (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn). A Bar shows top posts by total shares so editorial follow-ups have a real shortlist. An Area trends shares per week so the team can see whether a refreshed evergreen post actually moved the line.

Because the charts read the cache Social Pug already writes, no extra API calls happen and no second analytics tool is needed. Filters carry across the table view and chart view on the same dataset, so a Pinterest-only filter narrows both the row list and every chart card at once.

Social Pug captures real signal: which posts earned distribution, which network the audience actually uses and how the cache moves week over week. The default analytics screen turns that signal into a top-shared list, which is fine for spotting hits and unhelpful for almost everything else editorial teams do with share data. The shape of the dashboard matters: a KPI of total shares anchors monthly reports, a network pie corrects internal assumptions about which channel works, a top-posts bar produces a shortlist for evergreen refreshes and a weekly trend confirms whether a refresh or a paid boost actually moved the line.

Same dpsp_networks_shares meta, same cached counts, completely different reporting posture. The grid renders the data the plugin already collects as a dashboard, which is the difference between knowing a post did well and knowing what to do next about it.