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Archives by Category and Date

by WEN Solutions · Search

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This plugin shows archives in a categorized way that is archives are categorized under category name and date.

⚠ Few reviews
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79 Health · B
Maintenance 95/100
Rating quality 67/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins

80+

Active installs

≈87 estimated

5.0K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.70★

Rating (adjusted)

2.5★ raw · 2 reviews

+5%

65

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

65

now · peak 195

6530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Archives by Category · #17502 you Search & Filter · #784 Extra Shortcodes · #6174 Users by Date Regist · #6681

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

813per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v1.0.5

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.5 · 4mo ago1.0.4 · 3.2y ago1.0.3 · 7.1y ago1.0.1 · 9.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,390 observations

80Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
0 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2016-01-27 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.6
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ lisatwin1
    9.5y ago

    This displayed my archives in a table type layout grouped by post category. It wasn’t what I was looking for, but it still worked and looked nice.

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  2. ★★★★★ katiewebadmin
    10.5y ago

    Sorry, but this doesn’t work – there was no admin menu item, so now way of actually selecting the categories you want to display in the archives – shame, because this was what I needed

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-16 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-12 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-10 90+ → 80+ down after 155 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-06 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-05 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-04 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-03 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-02 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in tier

Competes with

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