10 Best Archive Control Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Archive Control has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Archive Control
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Multiple Featured Images
Closest match4.7 (28) 5,000+ active installsEnables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode …
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since August 20, 2020.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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4.6 (49) 4,000+ active installsJC Submenu plugin allows you to automatically populate your navigation menus with custom post_types, taxonomies, or child pages.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2020.
- 4
4.7 (20) 1,000+ active installsExtends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 15, 2015.
- 5
WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.9 (46) 3,000+ active installsManual related posts without slowing down your website!
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
- 7
5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
- 8
4.6 (276) 1 million+ active installsAdmin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
Shares the post type tag on WordPress.org. About 1,000 times the installs, last updated July 14, 2026.
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Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites
4.8 (165) 500,000+ active installsMeta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
Shares the post type tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.4 (46) 10,000+ active installsMap your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
About 10 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
Switching from Archive Control: common questions
What is the best alternative to Archive Control?
Multiple Featured Images is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 5,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Archive Control alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type UI, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Archive Control alternative is rated highest?
Meta Box, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 165 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Archive Control alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Archive Control score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Archive Control on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Multiple Featured Images is the closest match to Archive Control by the data we track, and Custom Post Type UI has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Meta Box shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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