SleekView Kanban for Real Media Library
Real Media Library stores its folder tree in a custom table and links every attachment to a folder ID. SleekView Kanban reads that link directly and renders a draggable board where lanes are folders or an approval status, and cards are real WordPress attachments.
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Group attachments by folder or approval status
Real Media Library adds a folder tree to the WordPress media library. Folders live in the realmedialibrary table, and each attachment in wp_posts is linked to a folder ID through the plugin's own meta. SleekView Kanban reads that link and renders one card per attachment, grouped into lanes that match folders or a custom approval status.
The default Real Media Library experience is a folder tree on the side of the media grid. It is useful for filing, but it does not surface workflow. Knowing how many assets are unfiled, how many are pending brand review and how many are approved for public use is hidden across multiple folders and status flags. The board surfaces all of that at once.
Dragging a card between folder lanes updates the folder ID on the attachment, which is the exact same operation Real Media Library performs from its own tree. Dragging between approval status lanes writes a single custom field. Both operations honour standard WordPress capabilities and fire the usual edit_attachment hooks.
Workflow
From media library to kanban board
Point at the attachment post type
Group by folder or approval status
Show the fields that help triage
Drag to move between folders or update status
Sample board
How the Real Media Library board looks in use
Comparison
Default Real Media Library vs SleekView Kanban
Default Real Media Library
- Folder tree shows location but does not expose workflow state for any single asset.
- Unfiled uploads pile up at the root with no obvious cue that a triage backlog exists.
- Brand review and archive status need separate tools or columns that the tree cannot show.
- Bulk moves require selecting items in the grid and using a context menu per batch.
- No counts per status or per stage, only counts per folder in the side tree.
SleekView Kanban
- Reads Real Media Library folder links from the existing meta, no schema changes required.
- Group by folder ID to mirror the tree, or by a status meta to expose the brand workflow.
- Drag and drop calls the Real Media Library API so the side tree stays in sync.
- Card thumbnails use existing intermediate sizes, so even huge libraries render quickly.
- Filters by MIME type, uploader or month let one team focus on their own asset slice.
Features
What SleekView Kanban gives you for Real Media Library
Folders as lanes
Group by folder ID and every Real Media Library folder becomes a lane on the board. Dragging an attachment to a different lane calls the same API the plugin's own tree uses, so the move is reflected in the side tree, the media grid and the board at once.
Brand approval status
Add an approval status custom field and SleekView turns it into kanban lanes. Designers can drag a hero shot from Brand review to Approved without leaving the media library, and the same field is editable in the attachment details view as usual.
Targeted filters per team
Stack filters on top of the board so the photo team sees only JPG and PNG assets, the video team sees only MP4 and MOV, and the brand lead sees only assets uploaded in the current quarter. Each filter keeps the lane structure intact but narrows the cards.
Audience
Where Real Media Library teams use kanban view
Brand and design teams
Designers drag new logo exports from Unfiled to Brand review, brand leads move them on to Approved, and obsolete assets land in Archived. Counts per lane surface review backlogs before they block a launch week.
Editorial photo desks
Editors group assets by section folder and use the board as a triage view for inbound submissions. Each lane shows the section's current queue, and dragging a card to a different section reassigns it across the whole site at once.
Agencies juggling client libraries
Agencies group attachments by client folder and run one board per client. The same SleekView install can show twelve client boards, each tuned to that client's approval workflow, without any duplication of the underlying media library.
The bigger picture
Why folders and a kanban board work together
Real Media Library does an excellent job of giving the WordPress media library a folder tree, which is what most teams ask for first. What it cannot do, by design, is show workflow. A folder tells you where an asset is filed.
It does not tell you whether the asset is still waiting on brand review, whether it has been approved for external use or whether it has been retired and should not be reused. Most teams track that somewhere else, in a spreadsheet or a Notion table or a chat thread, and the moment anything changes in WordPress the external record is out of date. SleekView Kanban closes that gap by sitting on top of the same data Real Media Library already manages.
Group by folder and the board mirrors the tree. Group by a single approval status field and the board exposes the real workflow stage of every asset. Drag and drop calls the same plugin API the side tree uses, so a move on the board is a move in the media library.
Counts per lane expose backlogs in seconds, and filters layered on top of the board let each team focus on the asset types and uploaders that matter to their work without losing the shared library underneath.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Kanban for Real Media Library
Both. The folder linkage data SleekView reads is identical in the free and Pro versions of Real Media Library. Pro features like custom orders, mount points and gallery integration continue to work because their data lives in the same tables the board already reads.
SleekView calls Real Media Library's own folder move API, which updates the folder linkage in the realmedialibrary tables and fires the plugin's own hooks. The side tree, the media grid and the board all reflect the move immediately with no manual refresh.
Yes. Add a standard custom field to the attachment post type and SleekView uses it as the group-by column. No new tables, no migrations, and the field stays editable from the standard attachment details view as well as from the board.
Yes. SleekView honours the upload_files and edit_others_posts capabilities core uses for attachments. A contributor can move only their own uploads, while editors and administrators can drag any card across any lane on the board.
Yes. Each board is a saved configuration. A brand team board grouped by approval status can sit next to a video team board grouped by MIME type, and both can sit next to a client portal board filtered to a single folder, all pointing at the same library.
Lanes paginate and lazy load card content as you scroll. The board fetches only the fields needed for the card, not the full attachment metadata, so even very large libraries render quickly on standard WordPress hosting plans.
Yes. SleekView ships a shortcode and a block that render any saved board on the front end with current user capabilities applied. A client portal can show only their own folder with drag disabled while internal users see the full editable board.
Yes. SleekView calls wp_update_post or the Real Media Library API as appropriate, both of which fire the standard attachment update hooks. Backup, CDN, image optimisation and asset DAM integrations that listen to those hooks all respond as if the change happened in the media grid.
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