WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Content Types vs GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory

Essential Content Types

by Catch Themes

20K+ installs3.7

GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory

by Casey Bisson

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory.
On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory about 1.
GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory has no reviews yet.
Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Aug 13, 2012 for GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory.
Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.4.2 for GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory.
GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.

Essential Content Types leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Content Types	GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory
Popular rank	#1,259	–
Active installs	20K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	2.9K	20
Rating	3.7(3)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	3.4.2
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	14 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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