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Post Type Switcher

by John James Jacoby

4.8
(253 ratings)

This plugin adds a simple post-type drop-down to the post editor interface, allowing you to reassign any post to a new post type. It allows you to switch post’s type while editing your post.

Supported Types

The plugin can convert nearly every combination of posts, pages, and even custom post types:

  • Page to Post
  • Post to Page
  • Post to Custom
  • Custom to Custom

As of 3.0.0, support for switching to or from Attachments was removed. This may come back in a subsequent version.

Invisible post types, such as revisions, menus, etc., are purposely excluded. But, if you need to access invisible post types, you can adjust the boundaries using the ‘pts_post_type_filter’ filter.

Bulk Editing

With bulk editing (thanks to Matthew Gerring) you can select all the posts in a certain type and convert them to a new type with one quick action.

Block Editor

With block-editor (aka Gutenberg) support (thanks to Daniel Bachhuber) you can switch between post-types that use either the Block Editor and the Classic one, without losing any of your embedded content.

Screenshots

"Type" column in "Posts" screen.

"Type" column in "Posts" screen.

"Post Type" interface in "Quick Edit".

"Post Type" interface in "Quick Edit".

"Post Type" interface in "Edit Post" screen.

"Post Type" interface in "Edit Post" screen.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
200K+
Total Downloads
2,401,212
Version
4.0.1
Requires WP
6.2
Requires PHP
8.0
Tested Up To
6.9.7
Added
2010-05-29
Last Updated
2026-03-24 4:50pm GMT

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