This plugin will allow for yearly archives of specific categories from all post types and "Posts".
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.
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.
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. postslug="slug…| WordPress | 3.5.2+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.