Paywall Membership typically stores paywall configuration on each protected post as _paywall_ postmeta (price, required tier, preview length) and tracks subscriber records either as a small CPT or as wp_usermeta keys. Transactions, when the plugin handles them, are usually recorded in the same CPT with status fields.

The default admin shows paywall settings in the post editor and a subscribers list in a separate menu. Cross-cutting questions, like which active subscribers have access to which paywalled posts, or which posts have a paywall but no preview configured, require visiting two screens and either eyeballing the data or running custom queries.

SleekView reads wp_posts joined to its _paywall_ postmeta for the content registry, and reads the subscriber CPT joined to wp_usermeta for the subscriber registry. Inline edits write through update_post_meta() and the relevant wp_* APIs so any subscription-changed hooks fire on save.

Paywall plugins are easy to configure at the post level and difficult to audit at the catalogue level. Paywall Membership is a typical example: per-post config in _paywall_ meta makes single-post editing fast, but it leaves the whole catalogue invisible to anyone who needs a portfolio view. Editors don't know which articles still lack a configured preview, revenue ops don't know which tier each post sits on without clicking through, and support can't cross-reference a subscriber's tier against the paywalled content they should be able to read.

SleekView turns the per-post meta into proper columns on a joined view, and turns the subscriber CPT into a second view that joins to tier. The two together give the team a working registry. The plugin's editor experience stays exactly as it was; SleekView just adds the catalogue-level workspace that the default admin doesn't ship.