Zoho CRM for WordPress connects to Zoho via OAuth and the Zoho CRM REST API. It pushes form submissions to Zoho modules (Leads, Contacts, Deals) and keeps a local cache for gated content and segment lookups. The cache typically lives in zohocrm_sync_cache with a JSON payload column, and connector configuration sits in wp_options. The default admin shows OAuth status, module mapping screens, and a recent-events log.

SleekView reads zohocrm_sync_cache directly. The agent samples recent rows and pivots the payload keys actually in use: Email, Company, Lead Status, Lead Source, Deal Name, Amount, Stage, Owner. Those become typed columns. Filters combine module with status and owner in a single view, which the connector's log cannot do.

Edits are read-only by default since Zoho is the source of truth. With write-through enabled, inline edits route through zohocrm_wp_push so updates reach Zoho via the OAuth-protected REST API and the cache refreshes on the next sync tick.

Zoho CRM is the source of truth for any team that runs it, and that is the right structural choice. The unintended cost is that WordPress ends up with a synced copy of the data with no UI of its own, even though that copy is the fastest path to triage for the marketing and sales teams that already live in WP Admin. They swivel between Zoho's web app and WordPress for routine work the cache could answer locally.

SleekView reads zohocrm_sync_cache directly, pivots the payload into typed columns, and combines filters that the bundled log cannot. Write-through routes edits through the plugin's OAuth client so Zoho stays authoritative and any audit hooks Zoho fires server-side still fire. The result is a working WP-Admin layer over the same data the plugin is already storing for free, without any additional API auth or rate-limit footprint.