10 Best Custom Post Type Permalinks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Post Type Permalinks sits at #2 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 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 Custom Post Type Permalinks
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WCK
Closest matchCustom 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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 200,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 15, 2026.
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4.8 (14) 10,000+ active installsCustom Post Type Widgets plugin adds default custom post type widgets.
#4 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated June 2, 2026.
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4.7 (13) 10,000+ active installsCreate and manage custom post types and custom taxonomies with an easy-to-use UI in WordPress.
#5 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated 16 days ago.
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Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
#3 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.6 (276) 1 million+ active installsAdmin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
#1 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, 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.
#8 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. About 2.5 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.
#7 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated August 4, 2026.
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5.0 (9) 10,000+ active installsCreate unlimited custom post types and custom taxonomies.
#9 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated May 13, 2026.
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Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders
5.0 (26) 7,000+ active installsDisplay list of posts, pages or any custom post types anywhere using block and widget. Show as grid, list or posts slider.
#10 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 7,000+ installs against 200,000+, last updated 15 days ago.
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4.1 (116) 100,000+ active installsA powerful WordPress plugin for full URL control. Set custom permalinks, auto-redirects, and use dynamic tags for ideal site structure and SEO.
Shares the address, link, permalink tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.1 against 4.8, last updated 18 days ago.
Custom Post Type Permalinks against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs WCK200,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs Custom Post Type Widgets200,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies200,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs Pods200,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs Custom Post Type UI200,000+ vs 1 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.6
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Custom Post Type Permalinks vs Meta Box200,000+ vs 500,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
Switching from Custom Post Type Permalinks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Post Type Permalinks?
WCK is the closest match: it shares the Custom Post Type Plugins top 10 with Custom Post Type Permalinks and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Post Type Permalinks alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type UI, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Post Type Permalinks alternative is rated highest?
Pods, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 418 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Post Type Permalinks 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 Custom Post Type Permalinks 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 Custom Post Type Permalinks 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
WCK is the closest match to Custom Post Type Permalinks 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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