Tasks by PublishPress is the editorial task add-on of the PublishPress family. Tasks attach to posts as a custom post type with meta for status, assignee and due date, and the plugin surfaces them in a sidebar on the post editor and in a simple admin list. For a single managing editor running a few posts, that is enough. For a newsroom or content team running dozens of pieces in parallel, the data lives in the right shape but the surface does not show it.

SleekView Charts reads the same task post type and meta and turns the editorial pipeline into a real cockpit. A Number card counts open editorial tasks across the whole site so the daily editorial stand-up has its anchor number. A Pie splits tasks by status so the queue, the in-progress middle and the blocked items each get their own slice. A Bar groups by assignee so per-editor load surfaces instead of being assumed. An Area trends new tasks per day so the editorial backlog growth has a shape, not a feeling.

PublishPress keeps owning the workflow, the notifications and the editorial integration. SleekView Charts adds the cross-pipeline view that the sidebar was never built for.

Editorial workflow plugins solve the per-post layer well and the cross-post layer poorly. Tasks by PublishPress stores the data perfectly: each task has a status, an assignee, a due date and a link to the post it belongs to. The sidebar surface answers "what is left on this post".

The dashboard surface answers "what is left on the issue, what is happening this week, who is overloaded, what is overdue, are we taking on more than we can ship". Those are different questions and they need a different shape. Charts make that shape natural: the KPI is the headline number, the pie is the queue health, the bar is the team load, the area is the backlog trend.

The plugin keeps owning the per-post editorial integration, the dashboard becomes the cross-pipeline view, and editorial leadership finally has the cockpit the data was always asking for.