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SleekView Kanban for rtMedia

SleekView Kanban reads your rtMedia uploads from the dedicated rtMedia tables, groups items by their moderation flag and report count, and lets community admins drag photos, music, and video between Approved, Pending, Hidden, and Spam columns to keep the gallery clean without scrolling through the rtMedia admin list one media item at a time.

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SleekView Kanban board for rtMedia

Why rtMedia communities need a kanban view

rtMedia stores every member upload in its own wp_rtm_media table with metadata about the attachment, the owning user, the related BuddyPress activity, and a privacy and moderation state. Reports are typically tracked as likes and comments counts plus an admin-set flag, but the default rtMedia admin shows a long flat table that mixes approved and reported items together.

SleekView Kanban points at the rtMedia table, lets you pick the column that holds the moderation state to group by (the rtMedia privacy column combined with a custom moderation_status meta, or a derived flag based on report count), and renders one card per upload. Each card shows the uploader display name, the media type, a thumbnail for images, the related activity link, and time since the upload.

When a moderator drags a card from Pending into Approved or Spam, SleekView writes the new state through the rtMedia helper functions, fires the standard rtMedia hooks for moderation events, and removes the card from the queue. Bulk actions still exist, but day-to-day media review now has a visual queue rather than a long scrollable list.

Workflow

Build an rtMedia triage board in four steps

1

Connect SleekView to rtMedia

Install SleekView, pick the rtMedia uploads table as the source, and tell SleekView to join the related WordPress attachment row for file paths and the BuddyPress activity row for context. SleekView reads the tables directly, so no exports, sync jobs, or custom endpoints stand between the board and the live media data.
2

Pick the moderation status column

Choose the field that holds the state you want to group by. For most communities that is the rtMedia privacy column combined with a custom moderation_status meta added by an admin, but you can also group by report count or media type when the goal is sorting photos separately from music and embedded video uploads.
3

Decide what shows on each card

Pick the fields shown on each card front: a thumbnail for image uploads, the uploader display name, the media type label, the related activity snippet, and the time since the upload. SleekView keeps the card compact so moderators can scan a full Pending column at a glance during a weekly review session for the community gallery.
4

Enable drag-and-drop moderation

Turn on drag-and-drop, set which roles can move cards, and pick the rtMedia helper that runs per column. Moving a card calls the same helper the admin uses, so notifications, activity counts, and any custom hooks listening to rtMedia moderation events continue to fire exactly as they do through the standard rtMedia admin.

Sample board

Sample rtMedia moderation board

A live rtMedia board showing approved uploads, pending media, hidden items, and spam grouped by moderation status so admins can drag photos, music, and video between review queues fast.
Approved
2,914
Trail run photo, weekend meetup
Uploader: Maya R, group: Hikers
Workshop highlight video clip
Uploader: Coach Joe, 42 likes
Studio podcast intro, music file
Uploader: Sam D, 8 comments
Pending
61
New gallery photo, awaiting review
Uploader: Ari T, 1 hour ago
Video clip from beta tester
Uploader: Jordan V, 3 hours ago
Audio submission for showcase
Uploader: Leo K, today
Hidden
18
Photo hidden during review
Hidden 1 day ago by Mod Tess
Video hidden, copyright check
Uploader: Chris L
Audio file hidden, member request
Uploader: Riya P
Spam
39
Crypto promo photo flood
Uploader: new-account-201
Affiliate link in audio caption
Reports: 4, flagged auto
Repeated promo video from bot
Uploader: promo-bot-22

Comparison

Default rtMedia vs SleekView Kanban

Default rtMedia admin

  • rtMedia uploads sit in one long admin list with no clear moderation queue across upload types.
  • Reported uploads mix with approved uploads on the same screen with no shared status grouping.
  • Photo previews need a hover or click to view, slowing weekly review across hundreds of items.
  • Bulk moderation actions exist but cannot group uploads by current state or by upload type.
  • Hidden uploads stay invisible unless an admin opens a separate hidden filter view to find them.

SleekView Kanban

  • Group rtMedia uploads by the privacy column plus a custom moderation_status.
  • Show photo thumbnails on the card front so image review is scannable in seconds per card.
  • Drag a card from Pending into Spam and SleekView calls the standard rtMedia helpers.
  • Card fronts show uploader, media type, related activity snippet, and report count together.
  • Roles can be limited to gallery moderators so general members never see the moderation board.

Features

What SleekView Kanban gives you for rtMedia

Visual review surface

Photo cards show thumbnails, audio cards show the duration and waveform hint, and video cards show a single frame. Moderators decide on a card in seconds without opening the rtMedia media viewer, and SleekView calls the standard helpers when the card moves so the gallery and activity stream stay correct.

One board for all upload types

Photos, music, and video share one board with type labels on each card, so moderators do not need to switch admin screens during a triage session. Custom upload types added through rtMedia extensions appear automatically because SleekView reads distinct values from the chosen field.

Drag writes back through helpers

When a card moves, SleekView calls the same rtMedia helper functions the admin uses for approval, hide, and spam actions. Activity stream counts, like and comment totals, and any custom hooks listening to rtMedia moderation events continue to fire so the rest of the rtMedia integration stays in step.

Audience

Communities that put it on the moderator dashboard

Photo communities and clubs

Photography clubs review every upload from a single Pending column with thumbnails on each card. Moving accepted shots into Approved triggers the standard rtMedia helpers, so the gallery and activity stream stay correct without leaving the kanban surface for any single upload review.

Music communities and showcases

Music showcases use the board to review weekly audio submissions. The cards show the related activity snippet, so moderators can read the artist note before approving a track, and the standard rtMedia helpers keep the public gallery feed correct after every move during the weekly showcase round.

Strict gallery policies

Communities with strict gallery rules use the Hidden column for items under review, the Spam column for repeat offenders, and the Approved column for cleared uploads. The standard rtMedia helpers keep the gallery state and notifications correct after every column change without extra glue.

The bigger picture

Why rtMedia communities need a real moderation surface

Member uploads are how communities express identity, and how they fall apart fastest when moderation slips. rtMedia is doing the right thing by giving every member a place to share photos, music, and video, but the admin surface is a long flat table where the visual signal is missing. A kanban view changes the shape of that work.

Thumbnails on cards put the moderation decision back into the moderator's eye, the Pending column becomes the work and stays in view until it is empty, and the Hidden column gives the team room to pause without losing the item. Moving cards keeps the standard rtMedia helpers in play, so activity counts, like and comment totals, and integrations with BuddyPress notifications stay correct. The work feels small because the cards are visual, and the board makes the size of the queue honest, which is the part that matters when a community is growing and uploads outrun the moderator team for any given week.

Questions

Common questions about SleekView Kanban for rtMedia

Yes. Moving a card calls the same rtMedia helper functions the admin uses, so activity counts, like and comment totals, and any custom hooks listening to rtMedia moderation events continue to fire through the normal pipeline without any extra glue. Hidden media stays hidden, and spam stays in spam.

 

SleekView reads the rtMedia uploads table directly, joins the WordPress attachment row for the file path, and joins the related BuddyPress activity row for context. You pick the rtMedia table as the source, choose the status field to group by, and SleekView renders one card per upload.

 

Yes. SleekView ships with role-based permissions, so gallery moderators can have a single page that holds the rtMedia board and nothing else. Only chosen roles can drag cards, and destination columns can also be limited per role for safer gallery moderation across upload types.

 

Custom upload types and custom moderation states appear automatically because SleekView reads distinct values from the chosen field. You can rename column headers, pick colors, and decide whether moderators can drag cards between any two columns or only along the official moderation path.

 

Yes. Each card carries a media type label so moderators can sort or filter by type from the same board. Many teams keep one combined board for triage and add a separate board for spam-heavy weeks when promo accounts target a specific upload type that needs its own queue temporarily.

 

Dragging never deletes data. It changes the moderation state SleekView is grouping by, which matches what the admin screens do. Hidden uploads can be restored from the same board, and only an explicit move into a Trash column removes the underlying rtMedia row and the related WordPress attachment.

 

Yes. Each card can show the time since the upload was created or last reported, so a pending photo that has been waiting for days looks visibly different from a fresh one. Sort options can also place the oldest cards at the top of every column so stale review work never silently drifts out of view.

 

No. SleekView pages the board, only loads cards for visible columns, and uses indexed queries on the rtMedia table for the status filter. Communities with hundreds of thousands of uploads stay responsive because heavy fields and thumbnails are only fetched for cards currently on screen.

 

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