BuddyForms is a front-end submission plugin: each form is configured against a post type, and submissions create or update real wp_posts rows with form metadata stored in wp_postmeta. There is no separate submissions table, which is good architecturally (the data is just WordPress content) but limiting in admin: the default Posts screen does not know which posts came from BuddyForms, which form they came from, or which contributor authored them through the front end.

SleekView reads wp_posts filtered by the relevant post types and joins wp_postmeta for the BuddyForms-specific keys (_bf_form_slug, plus the per-form custom field keys you configured). It then joins wp_users so each submission row shows the author's email and role alongside the post status, date, and any custom field you want as a column.

Approval, edit, and bulk operations route through the WordPress post API (wp_update_post, wp_set_post_terms) so capability checks and BuddyForms' own hooks fire normally. Editors approve pending front-end posts, change taxonomies, or edit ACF-style meta directly from the table without context switching to the per-post screen.

BuddyForms makes a clean architectural choice: front-end submissions are just WordPress posts, with metadata stored as post meta and authorship handled by the user system. The choice scales because nothing about a BuddyForms post requires special infrastructure to read. The cost is that the default WordPress admin treats it like any other post, with no awareness that it came from a front-end form, which form, or what custom fields the form asked for.

Editorial moderators end up with a Posts screen that mixes manual admin posts and front-end submissions indistinguishably, with custom fields hidden behind the per-post edit screen. SleekView is the admin layer that BuddyForms always implied but never built. Same posts, same meta, same authors.

Composed into a workspace where pending submissions, custom fields, and author identity sit on one row and the moderation workflow is a saved view instead of a daily reconstruction.