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SleekView Feedback for EDD Frontend Submissions

SleekView Feedback reads vendor submissions, support tickets, and product feature requests tied to EDD Frontend Submissions straight from the database, then renders them as upvotable cards with status pills like New, Investigating, Planned, and Shipped so every vendor sees what is being worked on next.

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SleekView Feedback board for EDD Frontend Submissions

Why an FES marketplace needs a public board

EDD Frontend Submissions stores every vendor and every product they push as custom posts in wp_posts, with profile meta and commission data in wp_postmeta and the per-vendor support thread sitting inside the edd_fes_vendor_contact handler. By default, that data only surfaces in private vendor dashboards, which means vendors never see what other vendors are asking for or how often the same payout question keeps coming back.

SleekView Feedback reads vendor submission posts, product change requests, and the meta you already collect from new vendor applications, then groups them by topic and status. Each card on the board shows the title of the request, an upvote count, the vendor display name from edd_fes_vendor, a category pill like Payouts, Approval flow, Vendor profile, or Marketplace policy, and a status pill that tracks whether your operators have triaged it yet.

When another vendor clicks Upvote on a request that matches their own pain, the count writes back to the same submission row, so your roadmap reflects real vendor demand instead of whoever shouted loudest in email. Operators see at a glance which payout schedules need to change, which approval rules slow vendors down, and which new product types vendors are dying to sell, all on a single board that reads straight from your existing EDD FES install.

Workflow

From FES submissions to a live board

1

Connect SleekView to FES

Install SleekView and pick EDD Frontend Submissions as the data source. The plugin detects vendor posts, product submissions, and the contact-thread meta tied to each vendor. Confirm the sample rows in the preview and the wiring to your marketplace is done.
2

Pick votes, category, and status fields

Choose a numeric meta key like vendor_upvotes for the vote total, then map a topic taxonomy as the category and your triage meta as the status. SleekView turns each distinct status value into a coloured pill across every card on the board without extra template work.
3

Brand the card layout

Decide which fields show on each card. Title, vote count, vendor display name, category pill, and status pill are on by default. Add submission date, product type, or commission tier if you want richer cards. Tailwind classes flow through so the board picks up your existing theme palette.
4

Embed the board on any page

Drop the SleekView block into a Vendor Roadmap page or the FES dashboard sidebar. Vendors see upvote buttons, search, status filters, and category chips. Every click writes back to the source row, so the board, your admin queue, and any vendor reports stay in lockstep.

Sample board

Sample EDD Frontend Submissions vendor board

A live preview of how vendor requests, marketplace bugs, and payout questions look once SleekView Feedback reads them out of EDD Frontend Submissions and renders them as cards.
312 votes
Add weekly payouts instead of only monthly cycles
Marisol V. Payouts Planned
224 votes
Approve product edits without resetting variable price rows
@dev_takeshi Approval flow Investigating
176 votes
Vendor avatars get stripped after the second profile save
Naomi P. Bug Shipped
143 votes
Let vendors offer paid bundles of their own products
Hector L. Feature request New
67 votes
Export commission totals per vendor as a CSV from the dashboard
@studio_aiko Reports Planned
11 votes
Stop emailing new vendors twice when the first signup fails
Pippa R. Bug Closed

Comparison

FES dashboard vs SleekView Feedback

FES vendor dashboard

  • Vendor requests sit in private contact threads no other vendor can see or upvote
  • No vote count, so popular requests look the same as a one-off vendor complaint
  • Status changes happen in admin notes, vendors never know what is actually planned
  • Category tagging is limited to product type, not request type or marketplace topic
  • Operators export CSVs from FES screens just to spot which payout issue repeats most

SleekView Feedback

  • Reads vendor submissions directly from wp_posts and FES vendor meta without a sync job
  • Upvotes write back to a vendor meta key so the source of truth stays inside EDD FES
  • Status pills cover New, Investigating, Planned, Shipped, and Closed out of the box
  • Filter by payouts, approval flow, vendor tools, or marketplace policy with category chips
  • Top-voted vendor requests float to the top so operators see the loudest signal first

Features

What SleekView Feedback gives you for EDD Frontend Submissions

Upvotes wired into FES vendors

Each Upvote click increments a meta key on the underlying submission row, so SleekView, the FES dashboard, and any vendor reports stay aligned without nightly syncs. Rate limiting and IP throttling keep the count clean on a public marketplace roadmap page.

Filter by marketplace topic

Category chips pull straight from your topic taxonomy so vendors can drill into payouts, approval flow, or new product types in one click. Operators triage the same chips from the admin side, sorting by votes or recency depending on the day's focus.

Status pills your vendors trust

New, Investigating, Planned, Shipped, and Closed render as colored pills on every card. The same status meta also powers a kanban view if you enable SleekView Kanban, so one column drives both the public board and your private triage queue.

Audience

Where an FES feedback board pays off

Digital product marketplaces

Pool vendor product change requests in one place, then let other vendors upvote the ones that match their own roadmap pain. Operators spot which payout cycle or commission rule needs to change before the next quarter starts.

Vendor onboarding teams

Group requests by approval flow, vendor profile fields, or KYC steps. Vendors see exactly which onboarding paper cuts are being investigated and which ones already shipped, which cuts down repeat tickets in the FES inbox.

Marketplace finance owners

Surface payout related requests on a dedicated board so finance leads can quickly tell which schedule changes, currencies, or tax fields vendors actually need. The vote count gives finance a real ranking instead of a noisy spreadsheet.

The bigger picture

Why public boards beat hidden vendor tickets

EDD Frontend Submissions makes it easy for vendors to push products, but the same vendors usually have no idea what other vendors are asking for. Every payout request, every approval pain, and every feature idea lives in a private contact thread or a dashboard note that only your operators can see. That means the same idea gets emailed five times before anyone realises it is a pattern, and vendors lose trust in your roadmap because they cannot tell whether their request was even read.

SleekView Feedback turns those private threads into a public board that any vendor can scan in seconds. Upvote counts let popular ideas float, status pills make your progress visible without writing changelog posts, and category chips let finance, support, and product owners triage the queue from the same surface. Over a few months the board becomes a living record of how the marketplace responds to its vendors, and that record is exactly what new vendors look for when they decide whether to launch their next product on your site or somewhere else.

Questions

Common questions about SleekView Feedback for EDD Frontend Submissions

Yes. SleekView reads vendor posts, product submissions, and vendor meta straight from the standard EDD and FES tables, so the integration works with the current release as well as older versions that keep the same schema. No proprietary endpoint is required and no vendor data ever leaves your site.

 

The count writes back to a meta key on the submission row in wp_postmeta. SleekView debounces clicks per session and per IP so a single vendor cannot inflate the total. If you already use a different upvote meta from another plugin, you can point SleekView at that column without migrating data.

 

The default board is read and upvote only, which keeps abuse low and moderation light. If you want vendor submissions, pair the board with an FES front-end form, a Gravity Forms entry, or any custom post type. SleekView picks up new rows as soon as they hit the database.

 

Status comes from any column you point at, so a workflow meta key like fes_request_status drives the pills. Your team updates the status inside the FES admin or a custom admin column, and SleekView reflects the change on the public board within the next cache window.

 

No. SleekView pages results server side and caches the rendered card list per filter, so a board with tens of thousands of requests loads as quickly as a board with a hundred. Upvotes use a lightweight admin-ajax endpoint that does not bootstrap a full template render.

 

Yes. SleekView respects post status, so draft and private submissions stay hidden. You can also add a private meta flag and exclude it in the data source filter, which is handy for legal or finance requests that you route through a private resolution flow with the vendor.

 

Canny and FeatureBase are solid hosted boards, but they live outside WordPress and require copying vendor data across systems, paying per seat, and stitching SSO. SleekView Feedback uses the data already inside EDD FES, ships as a one-time license, and renders inside your existing theme with your own brand on top.

 

Yes. SleekView reads the post language meta WPML and Polylang already write, so a board on the English page only surfaces English vendor requests. You can also expose a language category chip if you want one board where vendors filter across languages at the same time.

 

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