SleekView for Edit Flow: editorial workflow as tables
Read Edit Flow's custom statuses (a taxonomy), editorial metadata (postmeta), and user-group assignments. Sort by status, filter by editor, and inline-edit metadata across the whole content pipeline.
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An editorial dashboard built from real data
post_status taxonomy backing the dropdown), editorial metadata as postmeta (keys prefixed _ef_editorial_meta_), and editorial comments as standard WordPress comments with a custom type. The Story Budget and Calendar are useful — but they don't give you a flat, sortable list. SleekView does, with editorial metadata as real columns.
Sample columns
A typical Edit Flow editorial view
wp_postmeta (_ef_editorial_meta_*) + wp_term_taxonomy (statuses)
| Title | Status | Editor | Due | Word count | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 product update | In review | alex@studio.co | Apr 28 | 1,420 | Apr 24 |
| Customer story: Brew Coop | Approved | ria@design.io | Apr 30 | 980 | Apr 23 |
| Pricing page rewrite | Pitch | tom@hello.dev | May 06 | 210 | Apr 24 |
| Roadmap retrospective | Spiked | mia@brew.coop | Apr 18 | 0 | Apr 18 |
Comparison
Default Edit Flow vs SleekView
Default Edit Flow
- Story Budget and Calendar are good for overview, weak for filtered lists
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Editorial metadata in
postmetaisn't surfaced in the default list - Custom statuses can be filtered but not multi-selected for cross-status reviews
- Bulk metadata edits require opening each post
- User Groups assignment isn't visible in the default list
SleekView
- Read Edit Flow custom statuses with editorial metadata pivoted into columns
- "Posts I'm assigned to" filter driven by editorial-meta and User Groups
- Inline-edit due date, editor, and status across many posts at once
- Save filters like "In review more than 5 days" for editor escalation
- Tabbed view with editorial backlog plus calendar-style date filtering
Features
What SleekView gives you for Edit Flow
Custom statuses as filterable columns
Edit Flow lets you define statuses like Pitch, Assigned, In review. SleekView reads those and lets you filter by multiple statuses at once — useful for content-pipeline review.
Editorial metadata inline
Due dates, word-count targets, channel assignments, and any custom _ef_editorial_meta_* field become sortable columns and inline-editable cells.
User Group filtering
Edit Flow's User Groups stored in usermeta become a filter dimension. "Posts assigned to Marketing" or "Posts I own" are one click away.
Audience
Who uses SleekView for Edit Flow
Managing editors
Daily editorial review queue with status, due date, and word count visible. Reassign articles inline and push deadlines without opening posts.
Writers
"My pitches" and "In review" filters scoped to the logged-in user, with editorial metadata visible at a glance.
Newsroom teams
Status board organized by editorial team via User Groups, with hand-off visibility between writers, copy editors, and publishers.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView for Edit Flow
Custom statuses are a taxonomy registered against posts. Editorial metadata is in postmeta with keys prefixed _ef_editorial_meta_. Editorial comments use the standard WordPress comments table with a custom comment type. User Groups live in their own taxonomy with usermeta linkage. SleekView reads each.
Yes. Default Edit Flow lets you pick one status; SleekView accepts an array. Save "Pitch OR Assigned" as a single "unstarted" view.
Yes. Editorial comments are visible as a count column and expandable per-row. Useful for editors who need to scan recent feedback without opening each post.
Yes. Status changes through SleekView trigger Edit Flow's notification module the same way they would through the post editor.
Edit Flow's data structures are nearly identical to PublishPress Planner's. SleekView reads both with minor configuration differences.
Yes. Whatever fields you've configured in Edit Flow's Editorial Metadata module become available as columns. Pivot specific keys (deadline, channel, brief link) into named columns and sort by them.
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