Really Simple CSV Importer keeps its scope tight on purpose: pick a CSV, map columns to fields, write to wp_posts and wp_postmeta through WordPress's standard wp_insert_post API. No custom tables, no log option, no upload history. That minimalism is the plugin's strength and the audit-trail blocker for teams that need to know which upload created which post.

SleekView leans on what is actually persisted: post_date timestamps cluster around each upload, and the plugin's rsci/save_post filter exposes a hook that themes can use to stamp a custom _rsci_source meta key on every imported post. With that meta enabled, each post carries the upload filename and timestamp.

The SleekView workspace then groups posts by _rsci_source filename and shows per-upload created counts, target post types, and earliest/latest post_date as columns. Without the hook, post_date clustering plus the importing user's ID still gives a usable approximate audit, surfaced as filterable groupings.

Really Simple CSV Importer's design choice is to stay tiny: no custom tables, no settings sprawl, no premium tier. That choice is the right one for many sites and the wrong one for the rare day a client asks which upload introduced a problem post or which uploads need to be wiped before launch. The plugin does not solve that problem on purpose, but the underlying WordPress tables do.

Every imported post carries a post_date timestamp and a post_author. Every site can opt into the rsci/save_post hook to stamp a source filename. With those signals exposed as columns, even a minimal importer gets a usable audit story.

SleekView is not trying to add features to the plugin. It is treating wp_posts and wp_postmeta as the database they already are. The result is a workspace where uploads, importers, and post types become filterable groupings without the plugin ever growing past its small-and-fast philosophy.