WordPress plugin comparison
BBA Custom Types vs Essential Content Types
BBA Custom Types
by Amit Sharma
Fewer than 10 installs
Essential Content Types
by Catch Themes
20K+ installs3.7
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for BBA Custom Types.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, BBA Custom Types about 3.
- BBA Custom Types has no reviews yet.
- BBA Custom Types was updated more recently: Nov 5, 2026, against Jun 16, 2026 for Essential Content Types.
- BBA Custom Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Essential Content Types.
- Essential Content Types has been around longer: since 2017, against 2026 for BBA Custom Types.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | BBA Custom Types | Essential Content Types |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #64,053 | #1,259 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 114 | 2.8K |
| Rating | No ratings | 3.7(3) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.05 | ×0.82 |
| Last release | 4 days ago | 4 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
- BBA Custom Types vs Pods
- BBA Custom Types vs Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
- BBA Custom Types vs Custom Post Type UI
- BBA Custom Types vs MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies
- Essential Content Types vs Custom Post Type UI
- Essential Content Types vs Pods
- Essential Content Types vs Posts in Page
- Essential Content Types vs Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free