WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Content Types vs Post Type Archive Descriptions

Essential Content Types

by Catch Themes

20K+ installs3.7

Post Type Archive Descriptions

by mrwweb

1K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 1K+ for Post Type Archive Descriptions.
On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Post Type Archive Descriptions about 22.
Post Type Archive Descriptions is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 6 reviews, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Oct 20, 2023 for Post Type Archive Descriptions.
Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.3.14 for Post Type Archive Descriptions.
Post Type Archive Descriptions has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.

Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Content Types	Post Type Archive Descriptions
Popular rank	#1,259	#5,842
Active installs	20K+	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.9K	702
Rating	3.7(3)	5.0(6)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	6.3.14
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.04
Last release	4 months ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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