WP User Frontend writes every frontend post submission as a real WordPress post in wp_posts with the form configuration stamped on wp_postmeta under a plugin-specific meta prefix. Post status follows the standard WordPress draft, pending, publish, and trash values so any editor already knows how the moderation states work on the underlying data.

The default WordPress posts screen lists submitted posts alongside every editor-created post, with the post status as a filter at the top. That works for a site with twenty frontend submissions a month. It stops working the moment a marketplace or community site runs real moderation on dozens of pending posts a day, because the list view mixes editor posts with submitted ones and gives no signal about how deep the pending queue is right now.

SleekView Kanban reads wp_posts filtered by the WP User Frontend form meta, joins to wp_postmeta for the chosen card fields, and uses the WordPress post status as the natural grouping axis. Each card shows the author, the post title, the submission date, and any custom field your form captures. Dragging a card updates the post status through the WordPress data layer and fires the post status transition hooks so audit logs stay accurate.

WP User Frontend turns WordPress into a community or marketplace platform by accepting frontend post submissions, profile updates, and subscription content from public users. The capture side works well, with rich form configuration and granular per-form permissions. The moderation side is where the default admin runs out of road.

Submitted posts land on the standard WordPress posts list alongside editor-created posts, with status as a filter at the top and no signal about how deep the pending queue is right now. A moderation team running real review on dozens of pending posts a day ends up scrolling the list, opening each post, reading it, and clicking publish or trash. A kanban view fixes that by exposing the post status as columns and the most useful fields on the card.

Pending posts cluster in one lane, drafts in another, published posts in a third, and moderators move them with one drag instead of a click into the editor. Because the board writes back through the standard WordPress data layer, every post status transition hook fires and audit logs stay honest.