SleekView Kanban for Zion Builder
SleekView Kanban reads the wp_posts rows that Zion Builder builds, groups every page and template by its post_status, and lets you drag a card from Draft to Pending, Scheduled, or Published with the change written through the standard WordPress update path.
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Zion Builder builds the page, the queue stays a list
Zion Builder is a Vue-powered page builder. Every page, header, footer, single, archive, and reusable block it produces lives in the WordPress wp_posts table with a post_status column whose values are draft, pending, future, publish, private, and trash. The default Pages and Zion Templates screens list those rows as a flat table sorted by date with status as a small badge per row, which works for an occasional update and breaks down once you have a real build pipeline running in Zion.
SleekView Kanban reads the same wp_posts rows and treats post_status as the natural axis to group by. Each card surfaces the title, the author, the scheduled or published date, and the Zion type, whether that is a page, header, footer, single, archive, or reusable block. Columns mirror the real WordPress statuses, so the Draft stack and the Scheduled stack each read as a single number.
Drag a card from Draft to Pending and SleekView calls the same wp_update_post() path Zion and the editor use, which fires every editorial hook your stack relies on. Drag to Future and the scheduled publish event lands on cron. Per type boards let you see every header or every reusable block separately while the all-content board stays available for the project lead.
Workflow
Spin up a Zion Builder build kanban in four steps
Connect Zion Builder posts
wp_posts, the Zion template types, and any custom fields you set on individual pages without any manual mapping or CSV export work to do.
Pick the post_status column
post_status as the group-by axis. SleekView lists every distinct value present and renders one column per status: Draft, Pending, Scheduled, Published, Private, and any custom status.
Choose what shows on each card
Enable drag-and-drop status writes
wp_update_post(). Publish, schedule, and trash hooks fire exactly as the editor would, with optional confirmation on destructive drags like Trash or Private.
Sample board
Sample Zion Builder build board
Comparison
Zion Builder default flow vs SleekView Kanban
Default WordPress admin
- Flat Pages and Zion Templates lists sorted by date with status as a badge
- Status changes require opening each page in Zion Builder and clicking through the editor
- No glance count of how many pages and templates are still in Draft or Pending
- Per type and per project queues require manual filters every visit, not a saved board
- Bulk status writes are limited to Trash and lack any visual queue across statuses
SleekView Kanban
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Groups
post_statusvalues into one column per state with live build counts -
Drag from
drafttopendingwrites viawp_update_post() - Cards show title, author, scheduled date, and Zion type in one readable tile
- Publish, schedule, and trash hooks fire on every drag so the rest of the stack still runs
- Per-type and per-client saved boards keep builders focused without losing oversight
Features
What SleekView Kanban gives you for Zion Builder
Group by any post status
Use the built-in WordPress statuses or any custom status your editorial plugins register, such as Edit Flow or PublishPress. SleekView renders one board column per status with counts that update live as you drag.
Drag to publish or schedule
Move a card from Pending to Scheduled and SleekView calls wp_update_post() with the new status. Scheduled events land on cron, publish hooks fire, and editorial automation runs as the editor would.
Configurable card fields
Pick which fields land on each card: title, author, scheduled date, post type, taxonomy term, or any ACF or post meta field your team uses. Dates format automatically and IDs resolve into readable labels.
Audience
Build workflows the kanban view unlocks for Zion Builder teams
Daily agency build queue
Start the day on the Draft column, scan what is in flight, drag finished builds into Pending for client review or Scheduled for the launch date. The board doubles as the project lead's status meeting.
Weekly launch calendar
Filter to the Scheduled column to see exactly which pages and templates are queued for which day, drag to reschedule, and rebalance the launch plan visually instead of editing each one.
Per-type saved boards
Save one board per Zion type so pages, headers, footers, singles, archives, and reusable blocks each have their own queue. The project lead keeps an all-type board for full coverage.
The bigger picture
Build pipelines deserve a board, not a list
A Zion Builder page is not just a row in a table, it is a lifecycle: brief, build, review, schedule, launch, refresh, retire. Zion gives you a fast Vue-powered builder for the build step and leaves the rest to the standard Pages list, which presents the queue as a flat table sorted by date. That order is the order pages were created, not the order they need attention.
The board view fixes this by making post_status the primary axis of the screen. You can see at a glance how many pages are still in Draft, how many are queued for review, how many launch next week, and how many singles or reusable blocks are mid-build. Cards make individual builds legible at the level of title, author, scheduled date, and Zion type, which is what a builder or project lead actually needs to act.
Drag is the natural verb for moving a page from one stage to the next, and because SleekView writes through wp_update_post(), every drag still triggers the publish hooks, the cron schedule, and the integrations your stack relies on.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView Kanban for Zion Builder
Every type Zion Builder registers, including pages it builds, headers, footers, singles, archives, and reusable blocks. SleekView treats them as ordinary WordPress posts on the wp_posts table and groups them by post_status so each one flows through the same Draft to Published lifecycle on the board.
Yes. SleekView calls wp_update_post() with the new status, so the row in wp_posts changes, the save_post and transition_post_status hooks fire, and any plugin or Zion dynamic data hook listening to those events runs as if you had used the editor.
SleekView offers an optional confirmation prompt on drags into destructive columns like Trash and Private. Any drag can be reverted by dragging the card back. Trash respects the WordPress trash lifecycle, so the page can be restored through the normal Restore action without losing the Zion markup.
Yes. SleekView reads post state on a short interval and reconciles drags against the live record, so if a colleague has already published a page on their screen, you see the new state before your drag conflicts. Optimistic updates revert cleanly on rejected writes.
Yes. The Zion post type sits on each card as a small label so you can tell pages from headers from reusable blocks at a glance. Save a filtered board per type if a team member only works on one of them and wants a dedicated queue for their workload.
Yes. Dragging a card to Scheduled with a future date schedules the publish event on WP-Cron the same way the editor would. When the time arrives, the page transitions to Publish and every hook listening for that transition fires, including caching, sitemap, and notification plugins.
Yes. Save a filtered view per client, project meta, taxonomy, or Zion type, and SleekView renders one board per saved view. Column counts and writes are scoped to that view so each builder has a focused screen while the project lead keeps an all-build overview at hand.
Yes. SleekView only loads cards for the columns currently visible and paginates older pages into a scroll-on-demand tail. The post_status column is already indexed by WordPress, so column counts stay cheap even for builders with years of templates.
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