WordPress plugin comparison
Collection vs Essential Content Types
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Collection.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Collection about 2.
- Collection is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Apr 26, 2017 for Collection.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.7.39 for Collection.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Collection |  Essential Content Types |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #38,654 | #1,259 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 41 | 2.9K |
| Rating | 5.0(2) | 3.7(3) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 4.7.39 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.82 |
| Last release | 9 years ago | 4 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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