Compact Archives
Displays a smart monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the default long archive widget.
5(9 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Compact Archives is a WordPress widget plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 54K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 30% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
5/59 reviews
2.0K+active installs
100%resolved
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
The built-in WordPress archives widget is great for new blogs, but it doesn’t look as good for more established blogs like WPBeginner. Compact Archives displays the monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the usual long list. It can be shown as a compact block suitable for the body of an archives page:
2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
or in an even more compact form to fit a sidebar:
2009: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2008: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2007: J F M A M J J A S O N D
or something…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great! But….
by dadiocoleman·5 years ago
Very simple and works, however, the title attribute is stuck on 2001.
I’d suggest the plugin author fix this officially by changing the hardcoded 2001 to $year on line 97 of inc/compact-archives.php.
- This topic was modified 5 years ago by dadiocoleman.
The best archive plugin
by face0ff·5 years ago
Works fine. Can be easily adjusted. Love it!
Love this Archive Plugin
by Clarence Johnson·5 years ago
Does the job.
Quick and simple plugin
by digitaleyecandy·6 years ago·2 replies
Can be customized to filter on CATEGORY with a few changes.
Cool
by marcodimitri1·10 years ago
Very cool plugin. Thank you
Download Trends
Today: 18Yesterday: 18This week: 103Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.1
83.0%
v3.0
12.8%
Other
4.2%
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Changelog
4.1.1
- Improved input validation for shortcode parameters.
- Enhanced output sanitization.
- Added URL escaping for archive links.
- New: Added
classnameattribute to shortcode for custom CSS classes. - New: Shortcode
beforeattribute now accepts tag names without brackets (e.g.,before="div").
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