70
MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies
Simple content creation that might accidentally delete your hard work.
HealthyDeclining
70/100
The interface is simple and helpful but a reported update error caused data loss.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.7★
13 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-8%
Declining
91 → 84 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -8% in the last year
91/day a year ago→84/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies is widely praised for its ease of use, flexibility, and compatibility with other tools, but at least one user reports a severe issue where the 1.4 update deleted all custom post types.
What people like
- +Easy to create custom post types and taxonomies without touching code
- +Simple layout and overall ease of use
- +Flexible and useful for building data structures
- +Works well with other plugins and standard WordPress import/export tools
Common complaints
- −Update to version 1.4 deleted all custom post types, causing data loss (since 1.4)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.60★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 23%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 13 total
Latest reviews · 13 analyzed
- 2024-07-08★★★★★greatgill0011-shot
- 2024-07-05★★★★★Good pluginnino021-shot
- 2022-10-30★★★★★Very useful plugin!Andrew
- 2021-01-17★★★★★Perfectsnorky11
- 2020-12-22★★★★★Good job!longnguyen
- 2020-12-18★★★★★Good pluginbichloc
- 2020-12-18★★★★★Thanks, this is a very useful pluginHarry Brown
- 2020-12-18★★★★★Fast and easy to usehungviet91
- 2018-06-08★★★★★best pluginPablo Almeida
- 2018-01-06★★★★★This is the most standard WordPress-way – using a Custom Post Type itselfagentdesign
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
106
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
75
Prior 7-day baseline
101
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,181
Mean release-day peak (30d)
109
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+41.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.80
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
23%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.69 → 4.60★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered