10 Best Custom Post Type UI Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Post Type UI sits at #1 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 UI
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Pods
Closest matchPods – 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. 100,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 7 days ago.
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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 half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 4 days ago.
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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 1 million+, last updated 16 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 1 million+, last updated August 4, 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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Custom Post Type Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 1 million+, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Elementor
Paid version availableElementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
4.5 (7,297) 10 million+ active installsThe Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, Atomic Editor, pixel perfect design, global and reusable style systems, mobile r …
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.6, last updated 7 days ago.
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Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
4.8 (611) 600,000+ active installsElementor templates, Header footer builder, Elementor Post Grid, Woocommerce Grid builder, Slider, Forms, Gallery, Nav menu addons, Elementor widgets.
About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 21 days ago.
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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 1 million+, 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 1 million+, last updated 15 days ago.
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Premium Addons for Elementor
Paid version availablePremium Addons for Elementor – Elementor Templates, Widgets & MCP Tools
4.9 (1,677) 600,000+ active installsElementor Carousel, Mega Menu, Posts List/Slider, WooCommerce Widgets, Display Conditions, AI Abilities, Premade Templates & more.
About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 4 days ago.
Custom Post Type UI 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 UI vs Pods1 million+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.8
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Custom Post Type UI vs Meta Box1 million+ vs 500,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.8
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Custom Post Type UI vs MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies1 million+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.7
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Custom Post Type UI vs Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types1 million+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.4
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Custom Post Type UI vs WCK1 million+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.7
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Custom Post Type UI vs Post Types Unlimited1 million+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 5.0
Switching from Custom Post Type UI: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Post Type UI?
Pods is the closest match: it shares the Custom Post Type Plugins top 10 with Custom Post Type UI and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Post Type UI alternative has the most users?
Elementor, with 10 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Post Type UI alternative is rated highest?
Premium Addons for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,677 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Post Type UI 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 UI 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 UI 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
Pods is the closest match to Custom Post Type UI by the data we track, and Elementor has the widest reach with 10 million+ active installs. Premium Addons for Elementor 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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