10 Best Custom Post Type Rewrite Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Post Type Rewrite 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 Custom Post Type Rewrite
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Custom Post Type Permalinks
Closest match4.8 (71) 200,000+ active installsEdit the permalink of custom post type.
Shares the custom post type, permalink tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated May 20, 2026.
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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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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.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the custom post type, permalink tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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4.8 (101) 10,000+ active installsEfficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users.
About 10 times the installs, last updated March 6, 2026.
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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.
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Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
4.6 (56) 3,000+ active installsCustom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
About 3 times the installs, no update since August 5, 2025.
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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.
About 7 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts
Paid version available4.8 (36) 3,000+ active installsDisplay content with full control over selection and layout. Lightweight and compatible with any theme or page builder.
About 3 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
Switching from Custom Post Type Rewrite: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Post Type Rewrite?
Custom Post Type Permalinks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Post Type Rewrite alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type Permalinks, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Post Type Rewrite alternative is rated highest?
Posts 2 Posts, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 101 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Post Type Rewrite 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 Rewrite 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 Rewrite 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
Custom Post Type Permalinks is the closest match to Custom Post Type Rewrite by the data we track, and Custom Post Type Permalinks has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Display Post Types shipped the most recent release, on August 23, 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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