YITH Deposits writes deposit and payment-plan meta onto wc_orders: the deposit amount, the remaining balance, the next payment due date, and the chosen plan. The default WooCommerce Orders screen treats these orders the same as any other and hides the data that matters most for cashflow: how much is outstanding, when balances are due, which plans get chosen, how often deposits actually convert to full payment.

SleekView Charts reads the same deposit meta keys and joins to wc_orders so deposit-flagged orders become a chartable subset. Each deposit order becomes a chartable row, and the dashboard answers the recurring finance questions in one screen: outstanding balance total, payment plan mix, balance-due cadence, deposit adoption over time.

The plugin still owns the checkout flow and the balance email. SleekView surfaces the aggregate so the finance team sees receivables shape at a glance, not row by row.

Letting buyers pay a deposit and the balance later unlocks high-ticket sales WooCommerce stores would otherwise lose. The trade-off is that deposit orders introduce receivables, and receivables need a chart layer. YITH stores the data cleanly on wc_orders, the gap is the admin reporting view.

SleekView Charts closes that gap by reading the same meta and rendering four cards that answer the recurring finance questions. Outstanding balance is a number. Plan mix is a donut.

Balance-due cadence is a bar. Deposit volume is an area. The finance team stops exporting to Excel weekly and starts opening one dashboard, which is the smallest possible step from spreadsheet chaos to a real receivables operation.