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Custom Post Type UI

Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies

By webdevstudios·Types·Free
4.6(273 reviews)
·1.0M+ active installs·Updated 2 months ago
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As of April 2026, Custom Post Type UI is a WordPress types plugin with 1.0M+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 273 reviews. It has been downloaded 22M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 6% this week. Support resolution rate: 83%. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.

4.6/5273 reviews
1.0M+active installs
83%resolved
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Custom Post Type UI provides an easy-to-use interface for registering and managing custom post types and taxonomies for your website.

Custom Post Type UI Extended

CPTUI helps create custom content types, but displaying that content can be a whole new challenge. Custom Post Type UI Extended was created to help with displaying your crafted content. View our Layouts page to see available layout examples with Custom Post Type UI Extended.

Plugin development

Custom Post Type UI development is managed on GitHub, with official releases published on WordPress.org. The GitHub repo can be found at https://github.com/WebDevStudios/custom-post-type-ui. Please use the WordPress.org support tab for potential bugs, issues, or enhancement ideas.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.6273 reviews
5 ★
233
4 ★
14
3 ★
7
2 ★
4
1 ★
15

Recent Reviews

Simple & Useful
by aniya0·3 weeks ago

Used it to create custom post types on my site. Setup was quick & everything worked as expected. Makes managing CPTs much easier without coding. Really helpful plugin for WP users. Tnkz devs

Essential tool! Now perfectly translated into Persian
by Afshari·2 months ago

CPT UI is the standard for managing post types in WordPress. It allows developers to extend WordPress capabilities without writing complex code.

To help the Persian community, I have translated 100% of the plugin and Readme.
As the PTE for this locale, I focused on using standard WordPress terminology (e.g., correct translation for “Slug”, “Taxonomy”, “Hierarchical”) to ensure the interface is intuitive for Iranian developers.

Thanks for this great plugin!

Best regards,
@saeidafshari

ترجمه فارسی این افزونه محبوب به صورت ۱۰۰٪ کامل شد. تلاش کردم در ترجمه اصطلاحات فنی مثل (نامک، طبقه‌بندی و…) از استانداردهای رسمی وردپرس استفاده کنم تا رابط کاربری برای همکاران عزیز روان و قابل‌فهم باشد.

No-nonsense tool to manage CPTs and Taxonomies
by saksaksak·4 months ago

For the development of a new site, I have been using a combination of CPT UI and ACF. I have specifically chosen CPT UI for the management of Custom Post Types and Taxonomies whilst using ACF for the fields. I have tried out the ACF CPT and Taxonomy functionality and I like the user interface (to see a list of the created staff in a simple way etc) of ACF more, but I chose CPT UI because it is proven with years and it is portable. I did not want to get locked into ACF for everyhing.

Really really really bad
by antoine44·5 months ago·1 reply

Bad, really bad, really bad, WordPress is used by millions of people who have no idea how to program, but with this plugin you have to edit PHP… no, no, useless garbage. You can’t display the types of content you’ve created, you can’t do anything but act like an idiot for a while, until you get tired and delete it.

  • This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by antoine44. Reason: rating correction
Love this Plugin!
by crafting4websites·1 year ago

The Custom Post Type UI plugin is a wonderful asset to the web builders wishing to add custom post types to their websites! I highly recommend!

Download Trends

Today: 5KYesterday: 4KThis week: 27KPeriod total: 3.1M

Compatibility

WordPress6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.18
54.4%
Other
25.4%
v1.17
13.7%
v1.13
6.5%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.18.3 – 2026-01-08

  • Fixed: Remove double escaping in tools section, for some output.
  • Added: Dismissable upsell notifications for CPTUI-Extended.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Michael BeckwithMichael BeckwithpluginizepluginizeBrad WilliamsBrad Williamswebdevstudioswebdevstudios
Plugin Info
Version
1.18.3
Last Updated
Jan 8, 2026
WP Requires
6.6+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
1.0M+
Downloads
22M+
Added
Feb 26, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

typestaxonomypost typecontent typescustom post types

Developer

W
webdevstudios
10 plugins1.0M+ total installs
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