No. SleekView reads existing bricks_template posts, Bricks Ultimate element references inside serialized Bricks content, and the wp_postmeta values that Bricks already writes. The only write is the upvote increment, which lands on a meta key you choose so it sits next to the rest of the template data.

Yes. The Upvote button supports guest votes with a per-IP and per-session lock to keep counts honest. If you would rather restrict votes to logged-in users or specific roles like Editor or Designer, you can flip that in the view settings without touching any code.

You map a bu_review_status meta key on the template post when you build the view. SleekView shows a colored pill for each value, and any template without a status simply renders without a pill rather than blocking the card from showing on the board at all.

Yes. SleekView reads whatever Bricks has registered. Header templates, footer templates, section templates, and popup templates all show up as bricks_template records and the board surfaces them alongside individual page templates without any special configuration step.

Yes. Every saved view has its own role and capability scope, so you can publish a public Content Ops feedback wall on an editorial page and a separate Design Refactor queue that only Designers and Admins can see. Both views share the same data underneath.

When the underlying bricks_template post is deleted, SleekView removes the card on the next refresh. If the template is trashed rather than fully deleted, the card disappears from the public view but the upvote meta is preserved on the trashed post in case you restore it later from trash.

Yes. Every SleekView is available as a shortcode, a Gutenberg block, and a Bricks element wrapper. You can drop a Needs refactor view onto a Design Ops page, embed a Top usage view on a planning wiki, or stitch several views into a single dashboard with separate columns side by side.

SleekView paginates and sorts at the database level rather than loading every bricks_template into memory, so a site with hundreds of Bricks Ultimate templates still renders the top of the feedback board in well under a second on a normal shared host with default caching enabled.