SleekView for Documentor: documentation as tables
Read the documentation custom post type, join the category taxonomy, and surface every entry in one flat list. Inline-edit ordering, parent, and status without ever opening a single doc page.
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A flat editorial view for nested doc trees
Documentor structures help content as nested entries inside a custom post type, with parent/child relationships handled by WordPress's native post_parent column and category data living in a separate taxonomy. The frontend tree UI is a strength for end-users; the editorial side is the weak spot. Editors lose the forest for the trees the moment a section grows past twenty entries.
SleekView reads the documentation CPT directly and joins the parent post and term-taxonomy data into named columns. Section, parent, last-updated, status, and author each become a sortable, filterable axis. The same view that lists every "Getting started" draft also lists every API entry assigned to a specific writer, with a single saved-filter switch.
Inline edits write back through standard wp_update_post calls and menu_order updates, so Documentor's frontend tree picks up the new structure on next page load. No custom hooks, no exporting and re-importing, no opening fifty entries to drag four of them into a different parent section.
Workflow
From Documentor tree to flat editorial table
Point at the doc CPT
Pick the columns you want
Save the filters editors live in
Edit inline, ship to the tree
Sample columns
A typical Documentor documentation view
wp_posts (documentation CPT) + wp_term_taxonomy
| Title | Parent | Category | Status | Updated | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation | Getting started | Setup | Published | Apr 24 | alex@studio.co |
| Configuration | Getting started | Setup | Published | Apr 23 | ria@design.io |
| Webhooks reference | API | Developers | Draft | Apr 24 | tom@hello.dev |
| Removed fields | Changelog | Reference | Trash | Apr 18 | mia@brew.coop |
Comparison
Default Documentor admin vs SleekView
Default Documentor admin
- Tree UI is built for end-users, not for editorial review
- No flat list with sort by date or author
- Filtering by category requires drilling into each parent
- Bulk-edit ordering is per-section, not corpus-wide
- Custom meta fields aren't surfaced as columns
SleekView
- Read the documentation CPT with parent and taxonomy data joined
- Flat list with sort by author, date, and status
- Inline-edit parent and ordering across many entries at once
- Save filters like "Drafts in API section" as named queues
- Switch between table and tree views of the same data
Features
What SleekView gives you for Documentor
Flat list across every section
Documentor's tree is great on the frontend and slow for editorial review. SleekView gives the flat list editors actually want, with the parent section as a real sortable column.
Inline-edit parent and ordering
Move an entry from one section to another or change its position among siblings without opening the editor. Writes flow through menu_order and post_parent.
Filter by status, author, date
Stack status, author, category, and last-updated together. Save "Drafts older than two weeks in the API section" as a recurring view editors revisit weekly.
Audience
Who uses SleekView for Documentor
Documentation teams
Editorial backlog of drafts, stale entries, and uncategorized documents — each as a saved filter on the same view, refreshed every standup.
Support teams
Quick lookups across the doc tree without drilling into each parent. Search by keyword, sort by last-updated to confirm an answer reflects the current product.
Solo authors
"My drafts" filter scoped to the logged-in user with last-updated visible — easy to spot which entries need finishing before the next release window closes.
The bigger picture
Why doc-tree plugins need a flat editorial surface
Documentation lives or dies by editorial discipline, and the things that kill it are mundane: drafts that linger past their planned ship date, sections that grow uncategorized over a year, parent relationships that no longer match the product. Tree UIs hide all of these because they show structure, not state. An editor who needs to spot every doc that hasn't been touched in six months has to either click through every parent or run raw SQL — neither realistic during a normal review cycle.
A flat, filterable table reframes the corpus as work in progress: one row per entry, one column for staleness, one filter for the writer responsible. The tree stays the user-facing artifact; the table becomes the backstage where editors actually move work. SleekView doesn't replace Documentor's tree, it adds the editorial layer the plugin's own admin doesn't ship with — and writes back through the same APIs the tree itself uses, so nothing drifts between the two views.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView for Documentor
Documentor uses a custom post type for documentation entries with parent/child relationships handled via WordPress's native post_parent column. Category and section data lives in standard term taxonomies. SleekView reads the CPT, joins the parent post, and pivots taxonomy assignments into named columns so editors see structure as data, not as a nested UI.
Yes. Parent assignment is editable in the row itself. SleekView writes back through the standard WordPress post API, so the frontend tree picks up the change automatically. Ordering writes to menu_order the same way drag-and-drop in the default editor would.
SleekView reads the CPT name dynamically — whichever slug your install uses. Older Documentor releases used different post-type slugs, and migrations from related forks can leave a non-standard name. The agent UI helps you point SleekView at the right one and discovers the meta keys automatically.
 Yes. Any postmeta key on a doc entry can be surfaced as a column. Useful for tracking review status, last-verified dates, owner-team assignments, or any custom editorial flag your team uses. Pivot the relevant keys into named columns and they become sortable like any built-in field.
 
Yes. Ordering writes back to menu_order, which Documentor's frontend uses for sibling position inside a parent. Drag-and-drop ordering inside a parent works in the SleekView table the same way it does in the default editor's tree.
Yes. If your install registers multiple post types — say a separate "changelog" CPT alongside core docs — SleekView builds a tab per source on one page so editors stay on one screen instead of switching admin areas to triage each.
 Yes. Any view exports to CSV with the visible columns, so a "docs needing review before launch" filter exports exactly the rows the editor sees. Useful for sharing with contractors or for handing a structured list to a project manager.
 
Yes. Entries whose post_parent points to a missing or trashed post show up with a flag column. That kind of orphan is invisible in a tree view because the entry never renders, but a flat table catches it immediately during cleanup passes.
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