WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Content Types vs Hide Admin Columns
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Hide Admin Columns.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Hide Admin Columns about 1.
- Hide Admin Columns has no reviews yet.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Aug 4, 2024 for Hide Admin Columns.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.6.11 for Hide Admin Columns.
- Essential Content Types has been around longer: since 2017, against 2024 for Hide Admin Columns.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Content Types |  Hide Admin Columns |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,259 | #31,245 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.9K | 28 |
| Rating | 3.7(3) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.6.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.82 | ×0.02 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 2 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
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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