by Catch Themes 3.7 (3 reviews)

Essential Content Types

Name: Essential Content Types
Rating: 3.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Catch Themes

Essential Content Types allows you to feature the impressive content through different content/post types on your website just the way you want it.

Essential Content Types ranks #1,262 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #27 of 1,430 in the Taxonomy category, a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jun 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.6 (Current: 7.1.2)

v2.6 Current Version v2.6

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 16 Jun, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#27 of 1,430 in Taxonomy Top 5% by installs Downloads -35.5% this week

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#1,262

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Active Installs

20K+

-21.1%

KW Avg Position

38.4

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Downloads

937.3K

+39 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 52.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.7

3 reviews

Overall 74%

2 (67%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 day ago

Sep 20, 2021

Essential Content Types [essential-content-types] < 1.9

CVE-2021-24752 · Fixed in v1.9

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.6
Last Updated: Jun 16, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.0.6
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Catch Themes

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

content types custom content types custom post types post types taxonomy

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add content types like portfolios, testimonials, featured content, and services without relying on their theme. It solves the problem of losing important content displays when switching themes, by keeping these content types independent of the site's theme layout.