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Custom Post Archives

Custom Post Archives creates a fully featured set of archives for each post type using a robust back-end and native templating functionality.

By Jacob Dunn·Archives·Free
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·20 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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As of April 2026, Custom Post Archives is a WordPress archives plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Disable Author Archives.

0/5Rating
20active installs
7.6K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Custom Post Archives bridges the gap between creating Custom Post Types in WordPress 3, and actually displaying those posts. With this plugin, you have
the option of displaying a completely seperate blog-like section for each post type, complete with all the features you expect to see with WordPress.

For each custom post type, if you click “active” and enter a slug-name, this plugin will let you display post-type specific:

  • Archives
  • Date archives
  • Author archives
  • Category archives
  • RSS Feeds

This plug-in also provides many additional features to fully integrate your custom post types, including:

  • Adds a menu option to the new menu section created in WordPress 3 (for themes that support it)
  • Combined archives (http://www.mysite.com/type1+type2/)
  • Option to add post types to defaul…
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.3 – 28 Apr 2011

  • Fixed bug where config page did not appear in certain cases if perl was installed
  • Additional sanity checks in set_queried_object
  • Eliminated redundant code in pre_get_home
  • Fixed multi-post archive template call – was using “+” instead of “_”
  • Added archive-post_type and tag-post_type body classes

…and 3 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jacob DunnJacob Dunn
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.3
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2011
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.1.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
7.6K+
Added
Nov 9, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

archivestemplatesmod_rewritecustom post types

Developer

J
Jacob Dunn
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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