FooEvents Bookings sits on top of WooCommerce: each booking is a line item on a shop_order with slot meta written into wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta, and the attendee record lands as a FooEvents event_magic_tickets post linked back to the order. The default WooCommerce orders screen does not surface the slot date, the slot time, or the booking status, so the team toggles between three admin screens to plan a single Tuesday.

SleekView reads booking slots as first-class rows by pulling order item meta where the line item is a FooEvents booking. The slot date, slot time, capacity remaining, attendee name, and order status promote from wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta and wp_postmeta into named columns. Inline edits route through the WooCommerce CRUD layer for order status changes, and write through the FooEvents attendee post for check-in flags.

The result is the workflow studio owners and instructors actually run: a slot grid filtered to today, a search by attendee email, and a one-tap check-in column. Saved views split door staff, finance, and instructor roles so each sees the columns they need without learning the FooEvents post structure.

FooEvents Bookings models a slot-and-attendee business correctly: each booking is a WooCommerce line item, slot meta sits in order item meta, the attendee gets a CPT row for check-in. The model is fine; the admin surface is not. A studio owner running ten slots a day across three events needs to see slots as rows, not orders as rows, and the difference matters every morning when the door opens.

Order item meta is invisible on the WooCommerce orders screen, so the operator either clicks into every order or maintains a parallel spreadsheet. Treating slots as the unit of work, with attendee and order data joined onto each row, replaces that spreadsheet with the database itself. Saved views become the rituals of the role: door staff open Today at the door, instructors open their slot manifest, finance opens the refunds view at month end.

The data was already there; the workflow finally matches how the room actually runs.