Order Categories and all custom taxonomies terms (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.
About Essential Content Types
Essential Content Types is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to add different types of content to your website, such as portfolios, testimonials, featured content, and services. It is lightweight and compatible with all themes. You can customize the layout and display of the content using shortcodes.Screenshots





Frequently asked questions
What is Essential Content Types?
Essential Content Types allows you to feature different content/post types on your website.
What are the content/post types available in Essential Content?
Essential Content allows you to add Portfolio, Testimonials, Featured Content, and Services on your website.
What are the features of Essential Content?
The features of Essential Content include enabling/disabling content types, being lightweight, and supporting all themes on WordPress.
How do I embed portfolio projects using shortcodes?
To embed portfolio projects, activate the Portfolio custom content type and use the [portfolio] shortcode with optional attributes to customize the layout.
How do I embed featured content projects using shortcodes?
To embed featured content projects, activate the Featured Content content type and use the [featured_content] shortcode with optional attributes to customize the layout.
Changelog
2.2.6 (Released: September 05, 2024)
- Compatibility check up to version 6.6
2.2.5 (Released: July 05, 2024)
- Bug Fixed: Localization issue (Reported by itapress)
- Bug Fixed: Text domain issue (Reported by itapress)
2.2.4 (Released: April 10, 2024)
- Compatibility check up to version 6.5
2.2.3 (Released: November 15, 2023)
- Compatibility check up to version 6.4
2.2.2 (Released: May 06, 2023)
- Compatibility check up to version 6.2
- Added: Upgrade to Premium link
2.2.1 (Released: December 14, 2022)
- Compatibility check up to version 6.1
2.2 (Released: June 22, 2022)
- Bug Fixed: Undefined index notice in the archive when other CPT is registered. (Prop: deb)
2.1 (Released: May 20, 2022)
- Bug Fixed: Body class issue
- Compatibility check up to version 6.0
2.0 (Released: February 24, 2022)
- Compatibility check up to version 5.9
1.9.1 (Released: October 06, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Uniform default layout adjusted for Portfolio
1.9 (Released: September 18, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls
1.8.6 (Released: August 05, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Deprecated – Required parameter $atts follows optional parameter
- Compatibility check up to version 5.8
1.8.5 (Released: December 14, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: ECT archive title messing with other NON-ECT archive title
1.8.4 (Released: December 07, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: ECT archive title and description via customizer
- Compatibility check up to version 5.6
1.8.3 (Released: September 21, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: Check if thumbnail exists on templates
1.8.2 (Released: Aug 19, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page
1.8.1 (Released: May 07, 2020)
- Added: French translation by Charles GIRARDIN
1.8 (Released: March 17, 2020)
- Compatibility check up to version 5.4
1.7 (Released: November 12, 2019)
- Compatibility check up to version 5.3
1.6 (Released: August 20, 2019)
- Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs
- Compatibility check up to version 5.2
- Updated: Adjust CPT archive and custom taxonomies to obey CPT reading setting
1.5.1 (Released: April 09, 2019)
- Added: Excerpt support for CPT
- Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code
1.5 (Released: February 21, 2019)
- Compatibility check up to version 5.1
1.4 (Released: December 12, 2018)
- Added: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs in Add themes and Add plugins page respectively
- Added: Themes by Catch Themes section under Themes panel in customizer
- Bug Fixed: Undefined index when no section is selected for food items
- Compatibility check up to version 5.0
- Updated: How to use link
1.3 (Released: July 05, 2018)
- Added: Default featured-image-size
- Bug fixed: settings_page function found
- Changed: function name changed to settings_page
- Updated: Html structure
1.2 (Released: May 07, 2018)
- Updated: Moved domain from catchthemes.com to catchplugins.com
- Compatibility check up to version 4.9.5
1.1
- Removed: Unnecessary code hiding menu price in Food Menu CPT
1.0.9
- Added: CPT-Food Menu Items
- Compatibility check up to version 4.9.4
- Update: Moved all plugin customizer options to new panel Essential Content Types Plugin Options
1.0.8
- Compatibility check up to version 4.9
1.0.7
- Added: Action links in plugin page
- Added: Restrict activation if Pro version is active
- Updated: Plugin page and reivew links
1.0.6
- Added: Screenshots: Services Archive Option
- Bug Fixed: Services Archive option in Customizer
- Bug Fixed: Link to Services Archive option in Dashboard
1.0.5
- Added: Custom Post Type: Service
- Added: Position in Testimonials
1.0.3 & 1.0.4
- Shortcode instruction link added
1.0.2
- Checked: Version compatibility WordPress 4.8
- Renamed Featured Content to ECT: Featured Content
1.0.1
- Bug Fixed: Featured Content compatibility with themes with Jetpack: Featured Content Support
- Bug Fixed: Admin CSS
1.0.0
- Initial Release
