Mastodon Feed pulls toots from one or more Mastodon instances (mastodon.social, hachyderm.io, fosstodon.org, and others) and caches them locally. Configuration lives in wp_options under the plugin's feed keys, and some installs add per-toot rows in an optional cache table. The default admin lists feeds per-feed and offers a summary; it does not give you a unified sortable inventory of every instance, feed, and embed.

SleekView reads the cache and exposes one row per Mastodon feed with instance host, account or hashtag, last-sync, toot count, status, and the shortcode entries that embed each feed. Filters like 'feeds on hachyderm.io' or 'stale in the last 24 hours' become first-class chips. Useful when an instance is slow, deprecated, or migrating.

The grid handles both feed-level and per-toot data depending on the install. SleekView labels each mode so admins know whether they are auditing feeds or browsing toot-level history. The view is an audit and operations layer; configuration still goes through the plugin's admin.

Mastodon and the broader fediverse split social presence across many small instances rather than a few large platforms. That is good for resilience and bad for monitoring. A brand running feeds across mastodon.social, hachyderm.io, and fosstodon.org has three separate hosts, each with its own uptime and policy, and a default plugin admin that lists feeds per-feed with no instance-aware view.

When an instance slows down or goes offline for maintenance, the affected feeds quietly go stale and an embedded toot list on a homepage stops updating without notice. SleekView reads the cache the plugin already writes and groups feeds by instance, so federation audits become a one-grid task. Community managers see which hosts are healthy.

Marketing confirms launch toots are mirrored. Compliance produces a third-party embed list that reflects the actual federation footprint, not a single-platform shortcut. The cache was always there; the federation-aware view of the cache is what unlocks the operational picture.