WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Content Types vs Subordinate Post Type Helpers

Essential Content Types

by Catch Themes

20K+ installs3.7

Subordinate Post Type Helpers

by randyhoyt

10+ installs1.0

At a glance

Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Subordinate Post Type Helpers.
On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Subordinate Post Type Helpers about 1.
Essential Content Types is rated higher: 3.7 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 1.0 from 1 review.
Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Jan 12, 2013 for Subordinate Post Type Helpers.
Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.5.2 for Subordinate Post Type Helpers.
Subordinate Post Type Helpers has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.

Essential Content Types leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Content Types	Subordinate Post Type Helpers
Popular rank	#1,259	#47,065
Active installs	20K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.9K	33
Rating	3.7(3)	1.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	3.5.2
Search multiplier	×0.82	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	14 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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