WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Content Types vs Postyper
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for Postyper.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Postyper about 1.
- Postyper has no reviews yet.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Feb 6, 2012 for Postyper.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.3.2 for Postyper.
- Postyper has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Content Types |  Postyper |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,259 | – |
| Active installs | 20K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.9K | 18 |
| Rating | 3.7(3) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 3.3.2 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.82 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 14 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
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