installing gapps on custom ROMS topic

When I first installed CM 11 M1 from stock kitkat, I didn't have the playstore, so I had to download the gapps package.

Ever since CM 11 M1, I've tried different custom roms, but everytime I flashed them from the custom recovery, they all came with the playstore.

Should I be installing the gapps from the package?? Or can I just install the apps from the playstore??