Image Watermark (often referred to as WP Watermark) applies a configurable watermark on upload or via a bulk action and records the result on the attachment in wp_postmeta, including a backup flag like _image_backup when image backups are enabled. Global settings live in the image_watermark_options row of wp_options. The plugin's settings screen is comprehensive, but the per-attachment list still uses default WP columns, so unwatermarked uploads and version drift live behind individual file dialogs.

SleekView reads the same postmeta and pivots it into proper columns. Watermark status (applied, not applied, restored), backup file present, MIME type, upload date, uploader, and the watermark options version all become first-class sortable columns. Saved views like 'unwatermarked uploads from this month', 'backups still on disk', or 'images skipped by the upload hook' load in one click and can be shared across editors and brand teams.

Inline actions trigger Image Watermark's own apply and restore functions. Re-applying after a watermark redesign, restoring originals from the backup, and bulk-protecting an uploader's recent work all run through the same hooks the plugin's bulk tool uses. Image Watermark keeps owning the image manipulation; SleekView gives the team a list view for the coverage decisions the manipulation work feeds into.

Image Watermark is a workhorse: stamp the mark, keep a backup, allow a restore. The shape it leaves missing is the audit, and on any site that runs longer than a single launch cycle the audit is where the work lives. A brand refresh drifts the version overnight.

A migration brings in thousands of attachments that never see the upload hook. A guest contributor uploads a batch with the wrong role and quietly bypasses the apply step. None of that is visible from the default media library and none of it is one click from the plugin's settings screen.

SleekView reads the same postmeta and the same options Image Watermark already maintains and shows coverage, backup, and upload context as proper columns across the attachment list. The plugin keeps doing the image manipulation work, the table makes the coverage decisions legible at scale so the team can find, fix, and report on the gaps without ever leaving WP Admin.