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The archives within WordPress are pretty limited in a sense that they do not offer much configuration beyond what they do. Date based will be date based, like category based archives will only display categories. This plugin mitigates the issue by giving date based archives the ability to list content by categories as well.
This is done via modification of the rewrite rules to allow for the ability to have permalinks like http://yourblog.com/2008/in-blog/. This basically is a date based archive that shows only entries from the “blog” category.
This plugin can also work without the usage of rewrite rules. It currently supports date based archives for years and months.
<h3>Usable Commands for Theme Developers</h3>
The PHP commands for theme developers to use are pretty straight forward.
cba_get_category_id() returns the current category ID of the archive.
cba_the_year() returns the current year of the date based archive.
cba_the_month() returns the current month of the date based archive.
cba_auto_thedate() gets the string representation of the date.
cba_get_year_link($year) returns the permalink for the year archive based on the current category.

Category Based Archives

Allows date based archives to be listed by category.

Eliot Akira

<h4>Deprecation Notice</h4>

This plugin is no longer in active development.
Please use the next-generation template system, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tangible-loops-and-logic/" rel="ugc">Loops & Logic</a>.
<h4>Overview</h4>

From a single field to entire pages, Custom Content Shortcode is a set of commands to display content where you need.
The [content] shortcode displays any of the following: posts, pages, custom post types, fields, images, menus, or widget areas.
The [loop] shortcode performs query loops. It can display, for example, available products in a category, or excerpts from the 5 most recent posts. You can query by parameters such as: post type, taxonomy, date, and field values.
There is a reference section under Settings -> Custom Content.
<h4>Included</h4>

Here are some of the included features:
<ul>
<li>Wide range of query parameters to display site content</li>
<li>Conditional content based on field value, login status, etc.</li>
<li>Overview of your site’s content structure</li>
<li>Relative URLs for links and images</li>
<li>Cache the result of a query</li>
<li>Optional: Gallery field, Mobile Detect, Math</li>
</ul>
Support for other plugins: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">Advanced Custom Fields</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wck-custom-fields-and-custom-post-types-creator/" rel="ugc">WCK Fields and Post Types</a>

Custom Content Shortcode

Display posts, pages, custom post types, fields, attachments, comments, images, users, menus, sidebars

Category Based Archives vs Custom Content Shortcode