Comparison Chart
Feature | Easy Post Types | Other Plugins | Description |
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Supports Custom Post Types | ✔ | ✔ | |
Supports Custom Categories (and Tags) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Easy Custom Fields | ✔ | ✖ | Create custom fields without having to create keynames and values. Output custom types simply by using the preformatted template tag for your field or create your own. One single call to display any field in an output. Additionally, once you have created a custom field this field is now available every time you edit/create a custom post type. This feature saves you time and gets rid of the frustration associated with custom fields that cause many people not to use them. Many out of the box field types available, or create your own through the plugin API. |
Supports Standard WordPress Query Rules | ✔ | ✖ | Use standard WordPress query rules to quickly list content in your page templates, no need for any custom PHP coding. |
Supports Translation Labels | ✔ | ✖ | Support multiple languages for labels. |
Reuse Categories | ✔ | ✖ | With a click you can connect an existing category with a custom post type. Basically, this allows you to create a many-to-many relationship between cateogries and custom post type without any programming. |
User-Centric UI | ✔ | ✖ | Interface has been created to provide a single interface that is designed to assist the themer or content editor. |
Post Type and Field Templating | ✔ | ✖ | You can now create a template override for each custom post type, or even for each custom field. Basically, you can also override the default theme at a much more granular level than WP default typically allows. |
More Custom Post Type Settings | ✔ | ✖ | More post type settings are available, such as permissions, icons, menu placement, and more. |
Posts View Customization | ✔ | ✖ | In the WP Admin Posts View (wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=) for Custom Post Types you can add your custom fields as columns and reorder the columns. You can also theme the output of the column for your field. |
Export/Import | ✔ | ✖ | You can export the definition of your custom post types with the associated fields, categories, and tags to easily import them into another WordPress implementation. |
Migrate Posts | ✔ | ✖ | You create a custom post type and then want to get rid of it. With Easy Post Types you can convert the posts associated with this custom post type to standard WordPress posts including the custom fields and then can delete the custom post type without losing data. |