WordPress plugin comparison

Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget vs Essential Content Types

Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget

by Bulbul Bigboss

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

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 Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget.
On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget about 1.
Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 7 reviews, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against May 15, 2019 for Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget.
Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.2.30 for Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget.
Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.

Essential Content Types leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Bigboss Custom Post Type Widget	Essential Content Types
Popular rank	–	#1,259
Active installs	Fewer than 10	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	27	2.9K
Rating	5.0(7)	3.7(3)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.2.30	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.82
Last release	7 years ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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