Essential Content Types vs Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Essential Content Types
20K+ active installs
Free
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post…
6.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… has a higher user rating (5/5 from 26 reviews) while Essential Content Types leads in active installations (20K+ vs 6.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Essential Content Types has accumulated 880K+ total downloads while Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… has 118K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Essential Content Types | Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 3/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 2 | ► | 26 |
| Active Installs | 20K+ | ◄ | 6.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 880K+ | ◄ | 118K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | 50% | |
| Last Updated | 10 months ago | ► | 2 weeks ago |
| First Released | 2017 | 2019 | |
| Age | 9 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.9+ | 5.4+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.2+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.3 | 3.2.8 |
Rating Breakdown
Essential Content Types
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Essential Content Types averaged approximately 60 daily downloads while Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… averaged 151.
Recent Reviews
Essential Content Types Reviews
Simple and Easy Plugin
I used this plugin to showcase my Portfolio which is really nice. I was searching for way to show my Portfolio as separate form post as when I use category “Portfolio” and use it as post, it also show
portfolio in essential content crashes
The portfolio part of this plug-in crashes the editor. Tried to contact support but no reply. There are some nice features but the portfolio part was my reasson to install and now the same reasson to
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post… Reviews
It’s very stable and fast.
The functionality is very stable and excellent.However, I’d like to see the shortcodes I’ve created available in a list format, in addition to the combo box selection method. Furthermore, it would be
Good CPT support. Limited styling options
It is great that it supports Custom Post Types. The layout options are limited. When I chose grid, it seemed to show limited responsiveness when screen size was brought to mobile size. It only made th
Great Plugin
I use it on my websites and it works very well.Just has a small issue at the time of creating a new shortcode, which it over-write the current shortcode. so I after creating a shortcode, instead of pr
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