Title: Multiple Content Types Author: Micah Wood Published: December 15, 2016 Last modified: December 19, 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/multiple-content-types.svg) # Multiple Content Types By [Micah Wood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woodent/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/multiple-content-types.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/) ## Description **Multiple Content Types** is an intuitive plugin for easily selecting which content types (custom post types) you want to display on your main blog and archive pages. #### How? Using this plugin is simple: 1. Install the plugin 2. Activate the plugin 3. In the WordPress admin, click on ‘Settings’ 4. Click on ‘Reading’ in the sub-menu. 5. Look for the item labeled ‘Content types to show on the main blog and archive pages’. 6. Use the checkboxes to select the content types you want to show on your main blog and archive pages. 7. Click ‘Save Changes’. Once you have completed the steps above, just visit your blog page to see the new content types! #### Why? Many sites have multiple content types and just displaying posts on your blog can be limiting. What if you wanted to feature other content types like ‘News’, ‘Announcements’,‘ Deals’, etc.? Well, now you can! #### Features * Provides the ability to show multiple content types on your main blog and archive pages. * A minimal, yet intuitive, user interface. * Clean, well written code that won’t bog down your site. ## Screenshots * [[ * Location of the plugin settings. ## Installation #### Prerequisites If you don’t meet the below requirements, I highly recommend you upgrade your WordPress install or move to a web host that supports a more recent version of PHP. * Requires WordPress version 3.3 or greater. * Requires PHP version 5.2.4 or greater ( PHP version 5.2.4 is required to run WordPress version 3.2 ) #### Install via Search 1. In your WordPress admin, go to ‘Plugins’ and then click on ‘Add New’. 2. In the search box, type in ‘Multiple Content Types’ and hit enter. This plugin should be the first and likely the only result. 3. Click on the ‘Install’ link. 4. Once installed, click the ‘Activate this plugin’ link. #### Install via Direct Download 1. Download the .zip file containing the plugin. 2. In the WordPress admin, click on ‘Plugins’ and then ‘Add New’ 3. On the resulting ‘Install Plugins’ page, find the ‘Upload’ link at the top and click on it. 4. Click on the ‘Choose File’ button and point your machine to the .zip you initially downloaded. 5. Click ‘Install Now’ 6. After the install is complete, click the ‘Activate Plugin’ link. #### Compatibility * Currently, there are no known conflicts with other WordPress plugins. If you believe you’ve found one, please let us know on the [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types) * The current version of this plugin is only compatible with WordPress 3.3 or greater. ## FAQ Where are the plugin settings? In the WordPress admin, click on ‘Settings’ and then select ‘Reading’ from the sub- menu. The plugin settings are in the field labeled: “Content types to show on the main blog and archive pages”. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1aa245415d4c7bd18a53514a87dde2157d36052c2139c07ccdd6532e60776ef4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-9731/)󠁿 [Joseph](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephapeke/) November 28, 2022 Still works perfectly in 2022 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/456b7b7e0c6a218b9ca02e5fdf267d54a0c126106c118f6b389b22857f2eee81? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It still works & amazing plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-still-works-amazing-plugin/)󠁿 [skylinks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skylinks/) September 5, 2020 I can’t believe this plugin is still working perfectly with WordPress 5.0. Just an amazing plugin! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Multiple Content Types” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Micah Wood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woodent/) [Translate “Multiple Content Types” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multiple-content-types) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multiple-content-types/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/multiple-content-types/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multiple-content-types/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multiple-content-types/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial public release ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.7.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/) * Tags * [archive pages](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/archive-pages/)[blog](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blog/) [content types](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-types/)[custom post types](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-types/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-content-types/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Micah Wood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woodent/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-content-types/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.me/wpscholar/15)