WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Content Types vs Relations Post Types
Essential Content Types
by Catch Themes
20K+ installs3.7
Relations Post Types
by Amaury Balmer
200+ installs5.0
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 200+ for Relations Post Types.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Relations Post Types about 5.
- Relations Post Types is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Jun 17, 2013 for Relations Post Types.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.5.2 for Relations Post Types.
- Relations Post Types has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Essential Content Types | Relations Post Types |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,259 | #11,913 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 200+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.9K | 117 |
| Rating | 3.7(3) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 3.5.2 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.82 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 13 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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