SleekView Kanban for UpdraftPlus
UpdraftPlus stores every backup job as a row in updraftplus_jobdata with the failed state, the source, and the destination. SleekView Kanban reads that data directly, groups backup jobs by status, and lets the team drag a failed card back to queued without leaving the WordPress admin.
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Why UpdraftPlus backup jobs fit a kanban view
UpdraftPlus keeps every backup job as a row in updraftplus_jobdata with the state, the source, the destination, and the runtime stored alongside the slot. Related metadata lives in updraft_history. The default admin screen shows that data as a flat list sorted by date, which is fine for record lookup but slow when an overnight backup job has stalled and a backup operations lead needs to see whether it is queued, running, or has actually moved to failed state.
SleekView Kanban points at the same backup job records and renders them as four columns: Queued, Running, Successful, and Failed. Each card surfaces the backup job label, the destination handle, and the runtime. When a failed backup job needs another attempt, the team drags the card back into queued and UpdraftPlus picks it up on the next pass. No second list, no manual retry through a settings screen that buries the action behind tabs.
The team can filter the board by destination, schedule, or scope, then save that filtered view as a board for one site or one client. The kanban reads from the live backup job records, so retrying a card here triggers the same code path that the standard run button uses, with the same hooks firing for notifications and logs.
Workflow
From the default UpdraftPlus list to a live board
Connect UpdraftPlus as the source
updraftplus_jobdata store and the updraft_history metadata so the board reads the same records as the admin screen
Group cards by the status field
Pick the card front fields
Enable drag-and-drop writeback
Sample board
Sample UpdraftPlus board grouped by status
Comparison
Default UpdraftPlus screen vs SleekView Kanban
Default UpdraftPlus history
- Default screen is a flat sortable list hiding backup job status behind a small pill
- Updating a backup job status takes three clicks and a full page reload every time
- No live counts per state, so workload across backup jobs stays hidden from the team
- Bulk actions cover delete and trash but never bulk status moves across many rows
- Filtering by destination resets when navigating between pages of backup jobs listing
SleekView Kanban
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Drag a card from
failedtoqueuedand the status writes back live - Column counts update live so the backup admin sees workload without filtering or scrolling
- Save filtered boards as URLs, one per destination, schedule, or scope across the site
- Card front maps to the backup job label, destination handle, runtime, and last log line
- Permissions inherit from UpdraftPlus roles, no second auth layer to maintain inside admin
Features
What SleekView Kanban gives you for UpdraftPlus
Status columns you can rename
UpdraftPlus ships with Queued, Running, Successful, Failed as the four core states. Rename them to match the runbook, reorder them to match the flow, and recolor each column so the board makes failed backup jobs obvious from
Drag to retry not re-trigger
Every card move writes back to the same status field that UpdraftPlus already reads, so retried backup jobs run through the same pipeline as fresh ones. No second queue, no shadow retry list, no risk of two runs racing for the
Filter by destination or scope
Add a secondary filter on the destination handle, the scope, or the schedule slot and SleekView narrows the board to that subset. Ops sees the full board, the backup admin sees one destination, and the manager keeps the
Audience
Where backup admins use the UpdraftPlus kanban first
Morning backup triage
Open the board at 9am, scan the failed column for overnight issues, drag failed backup jobs back into queued, and watch the running column drain as the next pass processes the retries from across the
Pre-release backup checkpoint
Before a release, fire a manual backup job card, watch it move from queued to running to successful, then promote the deploy. If the backup job fails, the card stays in failed until the retry
Multi-site capacity view
Filter the board to one client site at a time and watch the running column count as a live capacity gauge. If running stays full while queued grows, stagger schedules before the queue stalls the next
The bigger picture
Why a kanban beats the default UpdraftPlus screen
UpdraftPlus is a great backup engine. The records hold the state, the destination map holds the targets, and the schedule slot holds the timing. What it does not give the team is a daily operating picture of which backup jobs are healthy and which are not.
The default screen is a record list, designed to inspect a single backup job, not to triage a column of failed backup jobs at once. The backup operations lead ends up keeping a separate sticky note of failed runs or wiring a notification plugin just to know which backup job died overnight while the team slept. A kanban changes the shape of the work.
Instead of asking which backup jobs need attention today, the team sees the answer as soon as the page loads, because every failed backup job is in the failed column and every running one is in the running column. Moving a card writes the new status back to the record, so the picture stays accurate. The backup admin works the board, the manager reads the column counts, and the on-call engineer treats the failed column as a single source of truth.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Kanban for UpdraftPlus
No. The board reads from the same updraftplus_jobdata store that the plugin already uses. When the team drags a card, SleekView writes the new status back to that store, so there is only one source of truth for every backup job on the site and every UpdraftPlus hook still fires correctly during the run.
Yes. The column titles are display labels, not the underlying status values. Rename queued to waiting, failed to broken, or anything else that matches how the team writes incident notes. SleekView stores the rename separately so the data still uses the standard UpdraftPlus values.
SleekView Kanban inherits the UpdraftPlus capability map. If a user can run a backup job or view the admin screen, they can drag the matching card on the board. If they only have view rights, the board renders in read-only mode and the drag handles stay hidden from each card.
Yes. Add a filter on the destination handle or the schedule slot, then save the filtered view as a named board. Each board gets its own URL so one destination board lives next to another, and a single board can stay open on a status monitor without losing the rest.
The kanban polls the UpdraftPlus record store at a configurable interval, with two minutes as the default. New successful and failed entries appear in the matching column within that window. Existing cards refresh in place so dragging a card never loses its position when a sibling updates.
Yes. SleekView reads every distinct value in the status field, including the extra states that add-ons register for cloud destinations and remote stores. The team chooses which of those columns to show on the board and hides the rest without removing the underlying data.
Yes. The card editor lets the team pick any field stored on the backup job record, including the destination handle, the runtime, and the last log line. A common layout shows the backup job label, destination, and runtime on the front, with the log line visible on hover for the engineer.
Yes. The plugins do not conflict because SleekView only reads and writes the same records that UpdraftPlus already manages. Many teams use the admin screen for one-time setup and configuration, and the kanban for daily triage and retries from across the whole site at once.
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