Displays a archive of posts for one or more specific categories in the Gutenberg block editor. It can be configured to group by year, month, week or day with post counts and as a listing or a pulldown.

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Features

• Option multi category selection
• Option group by year, month, week or day
• Option to either show a listing or a pulldown, with an optional label
• Option show post counts
• Option to show the date in the archive page title
• Option to order
• Option for alignment, spacing, color, typography and border
• Transform from the core Archives block

Contribute

While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at Github (If possible with a pull request).

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/category-archive-block directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

1. 

   Choose one or more categories to limit the archive to their posts, and show categories name or the date as title on the linked archive pages.

2. 

   The archive displayed as a list with post counts and the archive displayed as a pulldown of years without post counts.

How is the Category Archives Block different than the built-in Archive widget?

The Category Archives Block lets you show posts for one or more specific categories. The built-in Archive widget shows posts for all categories. The Category Archives Block can also show the date in the title of the archive page and sort the archive from oldest to newest.

How do I replace an existing core Archives block?

Select the Archives block, click the block icon in the toolbar and transform it to “Category Archives”. Grouping, dropdown, label, post counts and styles are kept. Then choose the categories in the block settings.

Which page opens when a visitor clicks an archive link?

The date archive of your theme, filtered to the selected categories (e.g. /2026/05/?cat=3,7). You can change its layout in the Site Editor with the “Date Archives” or “All Archives” template.

Can the result page show which year, month, week or day is displayed?

Yes. Select at least one category, then enable “Show date as title on linked archive pages” in the block settings. Archive pages opened from the block’s links then show the date (e.g. “Month: May 2026”) as their title instead of the categories name.

1.1.0 – November 5th 2026

• Weekly and daily grouping
• Transform from core Archives
• More block supports
• Bugfixes

1.0.4 – December 31th 2023

• Bugfix List breaks on Safari

1.0.3 – December 09th 2023

• Bugfix Warnings with DropDown

1.0.2 – December 08th 2023

• Bugfix Html for lists not valide

1.0.1 – July 30th 2023

• Add option to adapt the title on archives pages

1.0.0 – January 13th 2023

• Add spacing, color and typography

0.1.1 – March 26th 2021

• Add preview

0.1.0 – March 9th 2021

• Release