Concisely display monthly archives by year with links to each month.
Display monthly archives by year with links to each month in the following compact format:
2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2010
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Serves as a drop in replacement for wp_get_archives( array( 'type' => 'monthly' ) );.
If you’re interested in contributing to the code behind this plugin, it’s also hosted on GitHub:
https://github.com/justincwatt/wp-monthchunks
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FAQ
How do I make the years display in ascending order (2010, 2011, 2012…) instead of descending (the default)?
The monthchunks function takes two optional parameters and the first is year_order, which accepts two string values: "descending" or "ascending".
Can I make months display in a format other than the default month number (1, 2, 3…)?
The monthchunks function takes two optional parameters and the second is month_format, which accepts three string values: "numeric", "alpha", or "abbreviation". The “alpha” format displays the first letter of the month (e.g. J, F, M…) which may not make sense in all languages. The “abbreviation” format displays the language-specific abbreviation for the month, e.g. (Jan, Feb, Mar…).
ChangeLog
3.1.1
3.1
- Changed l10n to adjust to new plugin translation process
** Updated text-domain
3.0.4
- Fix PHP Notice, incorrectly using variable instead of instance field. (thanks Birgir Erlendsson – @birgire)
3.0.3
- Improve class constructor
3.0.2
- Fix backwards compatibility calls to monthchunks
3.0.1
3.0
- Major refactor of the code
** Created different files to split the backend logic and the widget
- Includes widget support
- Added localization templates
2.4
- Added the new “abbreviation” mode for month display (thanks Xavi Ivars)
2.3
- Use WordPress’ Date and Time Locale object to localize month names in tooltip
- Change default year_order sort to descending (more closely matches wp_get_archives)
- Appropriately escape html output (though largely unnecessary)
- Fix: only display archive link for months with posts (not pages)
2.2
- Generate output with a single SQL query, instead of N+1, where N was the number of years of post archives
2.1
- Add year_order and month_format options
- Add
title="month_name year" attribute (aka tooltips) to the month links
- Lmited visible archives to posts with post_status = ‘publish’
- Revise pretty html output slightly
- Add semifix for year = “0000” bug
2.0
- Remove
<ul></ul> output to make monthchunks more of a drop-in replacement for wp_get_archives()
- Add logic to de-link from current month
- Sort years in chronlogical order
- Don’t print separator space after last month of year
1.2
- Use
$wpdb->posts instead of wp_posts as table name
1.1
- Use WordPress’
get_month_link() function to output link to monthly archive (thanks raphaële)
1.0
