Essential Content Types
Essential Content Types allows you to feature the impressive content through different content/post types on your website just the way you want it.
3(2 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, Essential Content Types is a WordPress taxonomy plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 880K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Custom Post Type UI.
3/52 reviews
20K+active installs
880K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Essential Content Types allows you to feature the impressive content through different content/post types on your website just the way you want it. These content/post types are missed by the themes in WordPress Theme Directory as the feature falls more towards the plugins’ territory.
Content is at the forefront of any website. Changing the layout of your important content changes the way your website looks, which may not be a plus point if your current website layout is loved by your users.
Additionally, switching themes changes your website layout completely. Therefore, to keep things looking spic-and- span in your website, we bring you Essential Content.
Essential Content allows you to add up to three content/post types:
* Portfolio – Create and display your portfolio on your webs…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simple and Easy Plugin
by wprocket·5 years ago
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 shows in blog post which as really annoying. This plugin solved by issue for this new site I was building.
It also has other post types which others might think it’s useful but I was just looking for Portfolio. So, the option to disable other post types from settings is really nice feature. Thanks.
portfolio in essential content crashes
by paddington63·5 years ago·7 replies
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 de-install.
Download Trends
Today: 70Yesterday: 49This week: 408Period total: 50K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.3
57.7%
v2.2
24.1%
Other
9.5%
v1.8
8.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3 (Released: May 13, 2025)
- Bug Fixed: Translation loading
- Compatibility check up to version 6.8
Contributors
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