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custom post types plugins
229 plugins in the directory carry the custom post types tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
229
plugins
1,865,760+
combined reach
58
released in 90 days
50%
quiet 18 months+
11
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Bulk Password Protect Post Types | 20+ | released after a long silence |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite | 100+ | released after a long silence |
| 04 Oct 2026 | BuddyForms Moderation ( Former: Review Logic ) | 30+ | released after a long silence |
| 04 Oct 2026 | BuddyForms Form Elements for WooCommerce | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Bulk Images to Posts | 1,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Sydney Toolbox | 50,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Post Type Spotlight | 20+ | changed hands |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Post Type Spotlight | 20+ | released after a long silence |
| 07 Sep 2026 | WSP Post & Taxonomy Subscriptions Lite | fewer than 10 | changed hands |
| 29 Aug 2026 | SuevaFree Essential Kit | 200+ | released after a long silence |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Custom Metadata Manager | 700+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Post Type UI Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies | 1,000,000+ | 4.6★ | 4 months ago |
| Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress. | 500,000+ | 4.8★ | 17 days ago |
| Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project. | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree See every page as a drag-and-drop tree. Reorder your site structure in seconds — then edit, add and search right there. | 50,000+ | 4.9★ | 1 month ago |
| Sydney Toolbox Registers custom post types and custom fields for the Sydney theme | 50,000+ | 2.3★ | 1 month ago |
| Apollo13 Framework Extensions Adds custom post types, shortcodes and some features that are used in themes built on Apollo13 Framework. | 20,000+ | 5.0★ | 11 months ago |
| 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. | 20,000+ | 3.7★ | 5 months ago |
| Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types Map your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 2 months ago |
| MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies Create and manage custom post types and custom taxonomies with an easy-to-use UI in WordPress. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 18 days ago |
| No Page Comment An admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 12 months ago |
| Posts in Page Easily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Post Types Unlimited Create unlimited custom post types and custom taxonomies. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| Ultimate Posts Widget The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK A must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 4 months ago |
| Posts 2 Posts Efficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users. | 9,000+ | 4.8★ | 1 month ago |
| Zippy Incredibly easy solution to archive pages and posts as zip file and unpack them back even on the other website! | 7,000+ | 4.6★ | 13 months ago |
| Custom Post Type Maker Custom Post Type Maker lets you create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies in a user friendly way. | 6,000+ | 4.7★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Athemes Toolbox Registers custom post types and custom fields for the aThemes theme | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| CubeWP Framework CubeWP is an end-to-end dynamic content framework for WordPress to help you shrink time and cut cost of development up to 90%. | 3,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Custom post types, Custom Fields & more Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard. | 3,000+ | 4.6★ | 15 months ago |
| Dynamic Fields Engine – Custom post types, Custom fields, Meta fields, Taxonomies, Listing builder, Query builder and Relations Create custom post types in WordPress with custom fields, taxonomies, and meta fields. AI-powered WordPress metadata plugin. | 3,000+ | — | 16 days ago |
| Post Admin Word Count Adds a sortable word count column to the admin post list for all public post types. Efficient, lightweight and built with modern best practices. | 2,000+ | 3.5★ | 18 months ago |
| SFN Easy FAQ Manager Uses custom post types and taxonomies to manage an FAQ section for your site. | 2,000+ | 4.4★ | 9 months ago |
| CCI Posts Carousel All In One Give your content a place to shine. Create responsive carousels with a visual editor, live preview, templates and a Gutenberg block. | 2,000+ | 4.6★ | 7 days ago |
| Author Filters Author filters plugin integrates an author filter drop down to sort listing on post, page, custom post type in admin. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Bulk Images to Posts Bulk upload images and automatically create one WordPress post per image, with featured images, titles and categories ready to go. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 1 month ago |
| Post Type Archive Descriptions Enables an editable description to display on post type archive pages. Show the description with WordPress's the_archive_description() function t … | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| WebMan Amplifier Amplifies functionality of WP themes. Provides custom post types, shortcodes, metaboxes, icons. Theme developer's best friend! | 1,000+ | 3.9★ | 8 months ago |
| Template List Metabox Template list metabox is to create Metabox for Dropdown List of all available Templates to attach with any Custom Post Types | 900+ | 5.0★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Metadata Manager A code-only developer plugin for registering custom fields on posts, pages, custom post types, users and comments. | 700+ | 4.4★ | 3 months ago |
| More Types Adds any number of extra Post types, besides Post and Page, for the WordPess Admin. Also allows for special editing rights for specific User roles for … | 700+ | 5.0★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Organic Custom Content A plugin that registers Custom Post Types for specific Organic Themes. Currently, the plugin registers the Tour Date CPT for the Music and Entertainer … | 700+ | — | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Search by ID Enables the user to search by post ID using the built-in search within the control panel. Works for all kinds of posts. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| SuperCPT Insanely easy and attractive custom post types, custom post meta, and custom taxonomies | 600+ | 5.0★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| WP Change Custom Posts Slugs The plugin allows to can easily change slug of custom post types from WordPress admin panel. | 600+ | 4.6★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Fields Permalink 2 Plugin allows to use post's custom fields values in permalink structure by adding %field_fieldname%, for posts, pages and custom post types. | 500+ | 4.6★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| Search Widget Post Types for Elementor Adds an option to make Elementor's search widget only search for a specific post type such as WooCommerce products or custom post types. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Sticky Custom Post Types Enables support for sticky custom post types. | 500+ | 3.5★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Matcha Extra Used for adding extra features to WP Matcha Themes. | 400+ | — | 2 months ago |
| Simple PDF Exporter Export a single PDF with all posts, or custom post types. | 400+ | 3.5★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Permastructure Adds the ability to configure permalinks for custom post types using rewrite tags like %post_id% and %author%. | 400+ | 4.3★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Ace Post Type Builder Post Type Builder: Simplifies creating and managing custom post types in WordPress with an intuitive interface and compatibility with page builders. | 200+ | 1.0★ | 10 months ago |
| Custom Post Type Archives Enables custom post type archives that will support both paging and feeds. All fully customizable. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Find My Custom Post Types Finds and displays the names of the custom post types running on your website. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| IT Listings Custom Post Types and additional Functionality for IT Residence WordPress Theme | 200+ | — | 10 months ago |
| Map Cap Control who can publish, edit and delete custom post types. Silly name, useful code. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| Setary — Bulk Edit WordPress & WooCommerce A complete bulk editor for WordPress and WooCommerce. Edit posts, pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products in a fast spreadsheet. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 28 days ago |
| SuevaFree Essential Kit Install SuevaFree Essential Kit plugin to enable all features of SuevaFree 3.0 WordPress theme, like 7 custom widgets, three different custom post typ … | 200+ | — | 2 months ago |
| Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite Create and manage custom post types, taxonomies and custom fields in seconds, from a clean, developer-friendly interface. | 100+ | 4.9★ | 8 days ago |
| Admin Posts Navigation Navigate between posts and pages without returning to the post list. Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and all Custom Post Types. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
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