WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Content Types vs LabTheme Companion
Essential Content Types
by Catch Themes
20K+ installs3.7
LabTheme Companion
by labtheme
Fewer than 10 installs
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for LabTheme Companion.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, LabTheme Companion about 1.
- LabTheme Companion has no reviews yet.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against May 6, 2019 for LabTheme Companion.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.1.28 for LabTheme Companion.
- Essential Content Types has been around longer: since 2017, against 2019 for LabTheme Companion.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Essential Content Types | LabTheme Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,259 | #65,893 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.9K | 31 |
| Rating | 3.7(3) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 5.1.28 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.82 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 7 years 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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