Smart Archives Reloaded Plugin

Smart Archives Reloaded allows you to display a list of posts grouped by year and month. It also provides several interesting navigation elements.

Format list:

• list = a list of posts grouped by month
• block = a compact block of links to year and date archive pages
• menu = a two-level menu with links to year and date archive pages
• both = block + list (example)
• fancy = menu + list + JavaScript (example)

No support

I do not offer support for this plugin, either free or paid.

Credits:

• Justin Blanton, for the original Smart Archives plugin
• Simon Pritchard, for the fancy format

Links: Plugin News | Author’s Site

See Installing Plugins.

After activating it, create a new page or post and add [smart_archives] to the content.

Alternatively, you can add <?php smart_archives(); ?> anywhere in your theme, where you want the archives displayed.

See http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded for more usage examples.

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   A fancy archive

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   The Settings Page

Installation Instructions

See Installing Plugins.

After activating it, create a new page or post and add [smart_archives] to the content.

Alternatively, you can add <?php smart_archives(); ?> anywhere in your theme, where you want the archives displayed.

See http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded for more usage examples.

Error on activation: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected…”

Make sure your host is running PHP 5. The only foolproof way to do this is to add this line to wp-config.php (after the opening <?php tag):

var_dump(PHP_VERSION); 

Fancy archive not working

In footer.php in your theme directory, make sure you have this code somewhere:

<?php wp_footer(); ?>. 

How can I change the CSS or HTML?

Read this: Advanced Tweaking

2.0.5

• prevent useless SQL queries
• use latest scbFramework

2.0.4

• fixed menu when on date archives
• WP 3.1 compatibility

2.0.3

• fixed year order in menu & fancy modes
• improved memory usage

2.0.2

• fixed year order in block
• highlighted current month in block
• updated scbFramework

2.0.1

• fixed category exclusion

2.0

• added %excerpt% tag
• fewer queries
• advanced post selection
• removed caching engine
• more info

1.9.2

• re-enabled cache

1.9.1

• updated .pot file
• made generator class non-static

1.9

• added ‘menu’ format
• added new arguments: ‘month_format’, ‘posts_per_month’, ‘generator’
• added ‘smart_archives_css’ filter
• more info

1.8.3

• fancy archive fix for IE
• optimized CSS loading
• update French translation

1.8.2

• fix broken update

1.8.1

• added Clear cache button
• load js only when needed
• compatibility with the MailPress plugin

1.8

• override arguments with smart_archives() or [smart_archives]
• added include_cat arg
• added Chinese l10n
• more info

1.7.1

• fancy archive improvements

1.7

• added “fancy” option
• added %category_link%, %category% and %date%
• added Uzbek translation
• more info

1.6.2

• added %comment_count% tag
• added Belarusian translation
• dropped support for WordPress older than 2.8

1.6.1

• bugfix

1.6

• added list format option with these tags:

• %post_link%
• %author_link%
• %author%

• more info

1.5.2

• added two filters: smart_archives_title, smart_archives_exclude_categories

1.5.1

• fixed “Save Changes” button
• l10n: danish, italian, russian

1.5

• numeric month links
• l10n
• more info

1.4

• more optimization
• more info

1.3

• optimization & bugfixes
• more info

1.2

• better HTML output
• more info

1.1

• uses wp-cron

1.0

• initial release