Compact Archives

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ dadiocoleman

   5.4y 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, 3 months ago by dadiocoleman.

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2. ★★★★★ face0ff

   5.5y ago

   Works fine. Can be easily adjusted. Love it!

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3. ★★★★★ Clarence Johnson

   6.3y ago

   Does the job.

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4. ★★★★★ digitaleyecandy

   6.6y ago

   Can be customized to filter on CATEGORY with a few changes.

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5. ★★★★★ marcodimitri1

   10.7y ago

   Very cool plugin. Thank you

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6. ★★★★★ Deceneus

   10.9y ago

   The plugin works great! If u plan to use the plugin for a different language website and don’t want to rely on the WPLANG variable (deprecated after WP 4.0) you should edit the plugin and simply replace the existent localization DIR to something like this: setlocale(LC_TIME, "ro_RO"); // set localization language where ro_RO is the code for Romanian, fr_FR for French, etc.

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7. ★★★★★ Armatin

   12.6y ago

   I use it on [ link redacted, please do not post links in the reviews section ]. Totally thumbs up!

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8. ★★★★★ razoredger

   13.2y ago

   I like this better than the default format. Very sleek.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.1.1 Improved input validation for shortcode parameters. Enhanced output sanitization. Added URL escaping for archive links. New: Added classname attribute to shortcode for custom CSS classes. New: Shortcode before attribute 4.1.1
2. — Version 4.1.0 New: Support the block based Widget editor introduced in WordPress 5.8. 4.1.0
3. — Version 4.0.0 New: Improve caching of database queries by using the WordPress object cache. Enhancement: Use WordPress Core date internationalization. Enhancement: Use language files generated by translate.wordpress.org. Fix: Styling 4.0.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Compact Archives <= 4.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58001 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.1.0 Patched in 4.1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-05-06 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C
• Simple Yearly Archive 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• A Advanced Posts/Page 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• U Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool II 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Compact Archives: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/compact-archives