PixTypes
A WordPress plugin for managing custom post types and custom meta boxes from a theme.
2(2 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, PixTypes is a WordPress custom plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 2/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 369K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 10% this week. Top alternative: White Label CMS.
2/52 reviews
10K+active installs
369K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
With PixTypes you can allow your theme to define what custom post types or meta-boxes should be active when your theme is up
Note: This plugin is addressed to developers, it doesn’t do nothing if it isn’t properly configured.
Ratings & Reviews
22 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Portfolio feature ruined my site
by marzren·5 years ago
I have an existing portfolio with Jetpack and for some reason this plug-in is just not making my site work properly. I’ve tries almost all solutions but no to avail since a “required” but unhelpful plug-in
Broke my site
by bjshrestha·9 years ago·5 replies
I recently updated wordpress to version 4.7.1. My theme required this theme as “Required” plugins. but as soon as I install this my site crashes with Fatal error. can you please update so that it will be compatible with newer version of wordpress
Download Trends
Today: 40Yesterday: 31This week: 226Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
70.5%
v2.0
23.4%
Other
6.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.0
- Security: Fixed Stored XSS vulnerability in HTML attribute rendering (HTMLTag class).
- Security: Fixed Reflected XSS via field_id parameter in oEmbed handler.
- Security: Fixed XSS via cmb_send_label using proper JS escaping (wp_json_encode).
- Security: Added nonce verification and capability checks to gallery AJAX preview handler.
- Security: Added nonce verification and capability checks to playlist AJAX preview handler.
…and 10 more changes
Contributors
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