MemberGate Pro hooks into the standard WordPress post editor and stores its access configuration as postmeta keys (typically _membergate_required_role, _membergate_required_level, _membergate_redirect) on each gated wp_posts row. There is no dedicated custom table because the plugin reuses WordPress' own object model, so the source of truth is whatever the post editor wrote into wp_postmeta.

The default admin shows MemberGate options on the post edit screen, one post at a time. To answer a portfolio question like which posts are gated to which roles, and which were last updated before the new rule rollout, an admin would have to open the All Posts screen, filter by category, and click into individual posts to see meta values. There is no global view of all gated content, no bulk role-reassignment, and no way to spot a post that was meant to be gated but never had a rule saved.

SleekView reads wp_posts directly and joins the relevant wp_postmeta keys as first-class columns: required role, redirect target, last modified date, author. Filters surface every post missing a rule, every post gated to a deprecated role, and every post that hasn't been audited since a target date. Inline edits route through update_post_meta() so any rule-changed hooks the plugin registers still fire.

Per-post gating works well when a site has a handful of premium posts, but it becomes brittle once the library grows past a few dozen entries. MemberGate Pro stores its config as postmeta on each post, which is the right technical decision for a plugin that integrates cleanly with the editor. The trade-off is that there's no global view: every audit question turns into a manual sweep through the All Posts screen.

Membership admins are blocked when they need to migrate a role slug, compliance is blocked when they need to certify that every premium asset is actually gated, and editors are blocked when they need a quick filter for which articles are members-only. SleekView turns the postmeta keys into columns, joins wp_posts to wp_postmeta with the meta_key filter, and exposes the full library as a sortable table. The audit queries that used to mean exporting and grepping CSVs become saved views.

The team gets back the time that was previously spent reconciling which posts were gated, and the gating registry becomes a working document instead of an unwritten contract.