PayMongo for WooCommerce does not add its own primary tables. Payment data lives as WooCommerce order metadata: paymongo_payment_id, paymongo_payment_intent, paymongo_source_type (gcash, paymaya, card, grab_pay), and refund IDs are written through the WooCommerce meta API to wp_wc_orders_meta on HPOS or wp_postmeta on legacy. The default orders list ignores them because the screen renders core fields only.

SleekView reads the right storage automatically and pivots the paymongo_* meta keys into named columns. A payment-method filter scopes the view to PayMongo orders. Source type becomes its own column for GCash-versus-card cohort analysis, which is the central conversion question for most Filipino D2C stores running PayMongo as the primary gateway.

Edits route through the WooCommerce CRUD layer for the columns the plugin marks editable. Refunds still flow through PayMongo's admin action that calls its API; SleekView never duplicates that authentication path or proxies PayMongo endpoints.

WooCommerce's orders list shows core fields and treats gateway metadata as out-of-scope. That works for stores with one gateway. It fails for Filipino D2C stores running PayMongo across GCash, Maya, card, and GrabPay in parallel, where the conversion question "does GCash actually drive AOV" has a real answer in paymongo_source_type that nobody can see without opening every order.

Finance teams reconciling PayMongo settlements need paymongo_payment_id as a column to match payout lines. Support fielding refund tickets needs refund IDs inline. Conversion analysts comparing source types need paymongo_source_type as a filter chip.

The default workflow forces a tab-flip between the PayMongo dashboard and WooCommerce admin. SleekView pivots paymongo_* meta into proper columns and detects HPOS automatically, which collapses each workflow into one saved view. The gateway still owns the API operations, refunds still flow through PayMongo, but the data PayMongo writes into your orders finally becomes queryable as plain WooCommerce data.