WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Content Types vs Ultimate Posts Widget
At a glance
- Essential Content Types has more active installs: 20K+, against 10K+ for Ultimate Posts Widget.
- On a typical day, Essential Content Types is downloaded about 94 times, Ultimate Posts Widget about 46.
- Ultimate Posts Widget is rated higher: 4.5 out of 5 from 55 reviews, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
- Essential Content Types was updated more recently: Jun 16, 2026, against Jul 17, 2024 for Ultimate Posts Widget.
- Essential Content Types is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.6.11 for Ultimate Posts Widget.
- Ultimate Posts Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Content Types.
Line by line
Essential Content Types leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Essential Content Types |  Ultimate Posts Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,259 | #2,112 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.9K | 890 |
| Rating | 3.7(3) | 4.5(55) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.6.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.82 | ×0.14 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 2 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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