wpDiscuz adds vote buttons, comment ratings and per-comment follows on top of wp_comments, storing each interaction in dedicated wpDiscuz tables keyed by comment_id. The default Comments screen shows comment text, author and post, but hides the vote tally and the star rating that often flagged the comment as worth reviewing in the first place.

SleekView reads wp_comments joined with the wpDiscuz vote and rating tables and renders the moderation queue as a queryable audit table. Filter to pending comments with negative vote score for fast triage. Filter to top-rated comments to surface editorial shortlists. Sort by comment_post_ID and group by average rating to build the featured-discussion list. The same data the chart view aggregates becomes a row-level surface for moderators, editors and community managers.

The plugin keeps owning votes, ratings, follows and the comment frontend. The table view owns the audit grid, so the rating signal wpDiscuz already records stops hiding inside meta tables and becomes something moderation can filter on directly.

wpDiscuz Comment Ratings adds a piece of the signal core WordPress comments lack: how readers are actually responding to each comment. The default Comments admin throws that signal away by showing only text, author and post, which is right for one comment and wrong for understanding how the comment ecosystem is performing. SleekView reads wp_comments joined with the wpDiscuz vote and rating tables and renders the queue as a queryable audit grid with rating, vote tally and post title as real columns.

Filters stack into a single query so the downvoted pending queue, the editorial top-rated pull and the per-post moderation become one-click views rather than raw SQL. Status edits keep flowing through wp_set_comment_status() so Akismet and notification hooks stay informed exactly as they are today, while editorial and moderation get the per-row surface the rating data always deserved.