Easy Watermark applies a watermark on upload or via a bulk action and records the result on the attachment in wp_postmeta, including the applied flag, the original backup path, and the watermark version used. The plugin's settings screen handles positioning, opacity, and the bulk apply tool, but the WordPress media library still uses default columns, so identifying which attachments are unwatermarked or which still have a backup file takes either the bulk tool or one-by-one inspection.

SleekView reads the same postmeta and pivots it into proper columns on the attachment row. Watermark status (applied, not applied, restored), backup availability, watermark version, last applied date, MIME type, and uploader become first-class sortable columns. Saved views like 'unwatermarked images uploaded this quarter', 'backups still on disk after restore', or 'attachments using the old watermark version' load with one click and stay sharable across the team.

Inline actions trigger Easy Watermark's own apply and restore functions. Re-applying after a watermark redesign, restoring originals from the backup folder, and bulk-applying across an uploader's recent work all run through the same hooks the plugin uses. Easy Watermark keeps owning the image manipulation work; SleekView gives the team a real list view for tracking which assets are protected and which still need attention.

Easy Watermark does the visible work cleanly: stamp the brand mark, keep a backup, allow a restore. The shape it leaves missing is the audit. A brand mark refresh makes every historical asset drift to an old version overnight.

A guest contributor uploads a batch of product shots while the upload hook is misconfigured and quietly skips the watermark step. A migration pulls in thousands of attachments from another site, none of which carry the current mark. None of that is visible from the default media library and none of it is one click away from the plugin's settings screen.

SleekView reads the same postmeta Easy Watermark already writes and shows coverage, version, backup, and last applied date as proper columns on every attachment row. The plugin keeps owning the image manipulation work, the table makes the coverage state legible across the entire library so brand teams, editors, and curators can see and resolve the gaps in one place.