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AW WordPress Yearly Category Archives

This plugin will allow for yearly archives of specific categories from all post types and "Posts".

By AndyWarren·Archives·Free
5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, AW WordPress Yearly Category Archives is a WordPress archives plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Disable Author Archives.

5/54 reviews
100active installs
8.5K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

AW WordPress Yearly Category Archives has two (2) shortcodes available, both of which are required for the plugin to function properly.

Follow the instructions below to use the plugin.

The first shortcode is [aw_year_links cat="X" postslug="slug-to-post-or-page"], which is used to build and display the year links.

The following list explains this shortcode’s usage and requirements.

  • This shortcode has two (3) attributes. Two (2) are required, and one (1) is optional.
  • The cat="X" attribute is the category ID you wish to display yearly links from. Replace the X with the numerical ID of the category you wish to query. You may include a comma separated list of category IDs with this attribute if you want to query multiple categories. This attribute is required.
  • The postslug="slug…
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Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5.2+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.8

  • Remove get_post_types() from both shortcodes as it was causing issues for logged out users
  • changed get_posts() post_type parameter to “any”
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

AndyWarrenAndyWarren
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.8
Last Updated
Jan 30, 2018
WP Requires
3.5.2+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
8.5K+
Added
Aug 18, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

archivesyearly archivesyearly category archivescategory archives by year

Developer

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AndyWarren
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