Perplexity AI for WP hands the query to a Sonar model and drops the answer back into WordPress as a post with cited sources. Perplexity owns the search and the synthesis. WordPress owns the artifact: a row in wp_posts with title, status and author, plus wp_postmeta keys recording the Sonar model name, the original query, the citation count and the request ID that produced the answer.

That artifact is what an editorial or governance team can actually triage, and what the default Posts screen handles poorly. SleekView reads the same wp_posts rows and the same meta directly. Title, status and author sit alongside Sonar model, query, citation count and request ID as real columns. Sort by date, filter to answers on a single Sonar variant, or pull every answer with fewer than three citations for review, all without opening each post.

Inline edits go through standard WordPress CRUD, so save_post hooks still fire and any Perplexity-side meta the plugin reads on update stays consistent. Bulk-flip low-citation answers into pending review in one pass.

Perplexity AI for WP makes producing a sourced answer cheap enough that volume rises before any reporting is in place. The default Posts screen turns that volume into a wall of titles with the Sonar model, query and citation count hidden a click away. SleekView reads the same wp_posts rows and the same meta and turns them into columns a team can sort, filter and edit.

Editorial leads stop opening every draft to count citations. Governance stops guessing which answers have shallow sourcing. Research stops scrolling to find which queries are producing thin output.

Same data, very different conversation in the editorial meeting once citation count and Sonar model are first-class columns.