WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Content Types vs Register Post Types and Taxonomies

Essential Content Types

by Catch Themes

20K+ installs3.7

by Alexandru Vornicescu

10+ installs

At a glance

Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Register Post Types and Taxonomies.
On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 90 times, Register Post Types and Taxonomies about 1.
Register Post Types and Taxonomies has no reviews yet.
Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Mar 4, 2016 for Register Post Types and Taxonomies.
Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.2.39 for Register Post Types and Taxonomies.
Register Post Types and Taxonomies has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.

Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Content Types	Register Post Types and Taxonomies
Popular rank	#1,259	#46,538
Active installs	20K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.9K	19
Rating	3.7(3)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	10 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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