Essential Real Estate vs WPCasa (October 2026)
Updated October 22, 2026 · Data from WordPress.org, refreshed daily · How this works
Both rank in the WordPress.org Real Estate Plugins top 10: Essential Real Estate at #1 and WPCasa at #8. Essential Real Estate leads on 5 of the 6 measures we track. Every number below comes straight from WordPress.org and is refreshed every day.
Essential Real Estate
Completely plugins Real Estate. Management system which allows you to own and maintain a real estate marketplace, intro website.
WPCasa
WPCasa – Real Estate for WordPress
Flexible WordPress plugin to create professional real estate websites and manage property listings with ease, ideal for agents and portals of any size
Who leads on what
Essential Real Estate leads on 5 of the 6 measures we track.
Essential Real Estate ranks higher on WordPress.org: #1 against #8 in Real Estate Plugins.
Essential Real Estate has more users: 7,000+ active installs against 1,000+.
Not enough reviews to compare ratings fairly: Essential Real Estate has 52, WPCasa has 36. We compare ratings only above 50 reviews each.
Essential Real Estate has more reviews behind its score: 52 against 36.
Essential Real Estate was updated more recently, on October 15, 2026; WPCasa on September 8, 2026.
Essential Real Estate was downloaded more in the last 30 days: 5,007 times against 755.
Which one to pick
Each plugin is the better answer for the measure it actually leads on. Nothing here is a recommendation we invented.
Essential Real Estate
Pick Essential Real Estate if you go by where WordPress.org itself puts them, you want the plugin more sites already run, you want the score backed by more reviews, you want the one shipping releases most recently or you want the one being installed faster right now.
WPCasa
WPCasa does not lead on any measure we track, so pick it only for something these numbers cannot show, such as a feature you need.
Essential Real Estate vs WPCasa side by side
| Essential Real Estate | WPCasa | |
|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Plugins ranking | #1 | #8 |
| Rating | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Reviews | 52 | 36 |
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Total downloads | 669,858 | 56,801 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 5,007 | 755 |
| Last updated | Oct 15, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| First published | Feb 25, 2017 | Dec 10, 2015 |
| Tested up to WordPress | 6.9.10 | 7.1.3 |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.2 |
| Pricing | Free on WordPress.org | Free |
Downloads per day, last 48 days
Essential Real Estate ratings
WPCasa ratings
How we compare these two
Every figure here is pulled from the WordPress.org plugin API every day at 03:00 UTC, for both plugins in the same run, so the two are always read on the same day. We compare only what the directory reports: active installs, the rating and how many reviews stand behind it, the last release date and, once we have a month of history, downloads over the last 30 days. Ratings are only called a win above 50 reviews each, because a handful of five-star reviews is not evidence. Nothing is weighted into an overall score, no measure is worth more than another, and neither Essential Real Estate nor WPCasa can pay to appear here: the pair exists only because both plugins reached the Real Estate Plugins top 10. Full methodology.
Essential Real Estate vs WPCasa: common questions
Is Essential Real Estate better than WPCasa?
Essential Real Estate leads on 5 of the 6 measures we track. Neither is better at everything, and the answer depends on which measure you weigh. Essential Real Estate ranks higher on WordPress.org: #1 against #8 in Real Estate Plugins.
Which has more users, Essential Real Estate or WPCasa?
Essential Real Estate ranks higher on WordPress.org: #1 against #8 in Real Estate Plugins.
Which is rated higher, Essential Real Estate or WPCasa?
Essential Real Estate has more users: 7,000+ active installs against 1,000+.
Are Essential Real Estate and WPCasa free?
Both are free to install from WordPress.org. Essential Real Estate may also sell a paid version or add-ons. WPCasa is a community plugin with no paid version.
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