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SleekView Kanban for Events Manager Pro

SleekView Kanban reads Events Manager Pro registrations straight from the WordPress database, groups them into status columns for registered, waitlist, attended, and no-show, and lets your event team drag cards across lanes to update attendance without opening every record.

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SleekView Kanban board for Events Manager Pro

Why Events Manager Pro attendance needs a kanban

Events Manager Pro stores each signup as a row inside wp_em_bookings, with a status column that the plugin updates as people register, move to a waitlist, get checked in at the door, or fail to show. The default admin list paginates these rows by event and hides the status field behind filters, so staff end up sorting, scrolling, and clicking into individual registrations just to count who is coming. For a single small event that is fine; for ten events a week it stops being workable.

SleekView Kanban groups the same wp_em_bookings rows by booking_status and renders one card per attendee. Each card shows the event name pulled from wp_em_events, the attendee name from person_name, the email from person_email, and the ticket type or session if the row carries one. Lane counts sit next to each column heading so the room capacity check is a glance instead of a query.

Dragging a card from waitlist to registered writes the new value of booking_status back to the same row in wp_em_bookings, so Events Manager's own admin views, exported CSVs, and any connected email automations stay in sync. Bulk drags update every row inside a single SQL transaction, which means a 200-card check-in queue clears in one pass and the page refresh that used to take a minute now finish

Workflow

From Events Manager table to kanban in four steps

1

Point SleekView at Events Manager

Install SleekView, then pick Events Manager Pro from the data source picker. The plugin auto-detects wp_em_events and wp_em_bookings, including every custom column the plugin writes. No SQL to copy, just confirm the r...
2

Pick the status column

Open the view config and set the group-by column to booking_status. SleekView reads every distinct value the plugin uses for registered, waitlist, attended, and no-show, then turns each one into a kanban column with t...
3

Choose what shows on each card

Decide which fields appear on the card front. Most teams pick the event name, the attendee name, the ticket type or session label, and the registration date. Hidden fields stay queryable from the card detail panel wit...
4

Turn on drag-and-drop writes

Flip the drag-and-drop switch and SleekView starts writing booking_status updates back to wp_em_bookings on drop. Permissions follow WordPress capabilities, so only event managers can move cards into attended while vo...

Sample board

Sample Events Manager attendance board

A live SleekView Kanban grouping Events Manager Pro registrations by booking_status, with card fronts showing event name, attendee name, and ticket type.
Registered
182
Sunday Brunch Cooking 2026 Edition
Studio kitchen, 12 cap
Mindfulness Retreat 2026 Edition
Weekend, 24 cap (door check-in active)
Calligraphy Beginners 2026 Edition
Drop-in, 18 cap (door check-in active)
Waitlist
34
Pottery Throwing Class 2026 Edition
6-week course, 14 cap
Cycling Tour Saturday 2026 Edition
Half-day, 22 cap (door check-in active)
Wild Mushroom Walk 2026 Edition
Guided hike, 16 cap (door check-in active)
Attended
147
Knitting Circle Tuesday 2026 Edition
Drop-in, 12 cap (door check-in active)
Bonsai Trim Workshop 2026 Edition
Single session, 10 cap
Sketching at Tate 2026 Edition
Museum entry, 20 cap
No-show
21
Sea Swimming Sunday 2026 Edition
Coast meetup, 30 cap
Foraging With Lola 2026 Edition
Forest walk, 14 cap (door check-in active)
Improv Theatre Workshop 2026 Edition
Drop-in, 18 cap (door check-in active)

Comparison

Default Events Manager list vs SleekView Kanban

Default Events Manager list

  • Flat WordPress table that lists every Events Manager registration in created-at order
  • No grouped view of who is registered, on the waitlist, attended, or no-show
  • Status changes need clicks into each row instead of a single drag and drop
  • Lane counts and capacity checks happen in a spreadsheet, not the dashboard
  • Bulk attendance updates rely on CSV exports and risky search-and-replace edits

SleekView Kanban

  • Reads wp_em_bookings rows live with no extra cron or sync job
  • Group by booking_status turns each status into a lane with row counts
  • Drag-and-drop writes the new status back to wp_em_bookings in one query
  • Card fronts pull event name from wp_em_events and attendee from person_name<
  • Capability checks gate writes to booking_status by WordPress role

Features

What SleekView Kanban gives you for Events Manager Pro

Live attendance lanes

Every distinct value of booking_status becomes a kanban column, so registered, waitlist, attended, and no-show rows always appear in their own lane. Counts update the second a card is dropped, with no manual page refresh.

Drag updates the row

Drop a card into a new lane and SleekView writes the new booking_status value straight to wp_em_bookings. Events Manager's own admin views, CSV exports, and connected email automations all see the change immediately with no res...

Card fronts staff can scan

Show event name, attendee, ticket type, and date on the card front and keep everything else queryable from the detail panel. Volunteer staff scan a hundred cards in seconds instead of opening every row in the admin table.

Audience

How event teams use a kanban on top of Events Manager

Door-staff check-in

Volunteer staff at the door open the kanban on a phone and drag attendees from registered to attended as they scan tickets. The count next to each lane works as a live capacity check.

Waitlist promotion

Event managers drag cards from waitlist to registered as cancellations come in, and Events Manager fires its own confirmation emails because the underlying booking_status column changed.

No-show follow-up flow

After the event, staff filter the no-show lane to trigger a polite check-in email or refund flow. The card history shows who was promoted from waitlist and when, which makes the audit clean.

The bigger picture

Why a kanban beats the Events Manager list for events

Event teams live and die by the lane count next to each status. Events Manager Pro stores all of that in wp_em_bookings, but the plugin's own admin renders the rows as a flat table that staff have to filter, sort, and click through to make sense of. That works for a single small workshop.

It stops working the moment one person is running three concurrent events, a waitlist, and a check-in queue at the same time. A kanban grouped by booking_status flips the problem on its head. Registered, waitlist, attended, and no-show each get a column, the row count sits in the heading, and a drag writes back to the same database row Events Manager already manages.

Volunteer staff at the door scan a phone, drag a card, and the official admin record updates in the same instant. Connected email automations and any payment integrations see the change because the underlying row changed; there is no second source of truth to keep aligned. That is why event organisers running booking management, recurring events, and venue-based listings pick a kanban view over the default list.

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Questions

Common questions about SleekView Kanban for Events Manager Pro

Yes. SleekView updates the same wp_em_bookings row that Events Manager Pro already manages, inside a single SQL transaction, so the plugin's own admin views, exports, and any connected email automations see the change immediately with no second source of truth.

 

Yes. The group-by column is configurable per view. Most teams pick booking_status because it maps cleanly to registered, waitlist, attended, and no-show, but you can group by event_id, ticket type, payment status, or any other column the plugin stores on the same row.

 

You control that. Capability checks gate every drag-and-drop write, so you can grant the move-to-attended permission to a custom volunteer role while keeping the move-to-cancelled action restricted to event managers and administrators. Logs record who moved which card.

 

Yes. Rendering uses keyset pagination per column with a virtualised card list, so a single event with 500 attendees stays snappy on a laptop or phone. Drag writes use a single update query rather than per-row REST calls, so bulk lane moves do not stall.

 

Yes. You can save multiple views, each filtered to a different event_id pulled from wp_em_events, and switch between them with a tab bar. Door staff at a multi-venue festival keep one board open per stage and never see registrations from another event.

 

SleekView reads the current wp_em_bookings schema at render time rather than caching it, so a new column appears in the card detail panel automatically. If a column is renamed, the view config flags the missing field and lets you remap it without rebuilding the board.

 

Yes. The no-show lane is just another value of booking_status, so dragging a card there writes that value back to wp_em_bookings and any Events Manager automation hooked to the no-show event fires as normal. Follow-up emails and refund flows behave exactly as if you used the plugin admin.

 

Yes. The board reflows to a single-column carousel on small screens and supports touch drag for one-handed use. Volunteer staff scan a ticket QR code, drag the card from registered to attended, and the row updates without opening the WordPress admin app.

 

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