echoz

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>This plugin can also work without the usage of rewrite rules. It currently supports date based archives for years and months.</p>
<h3>Usable Commands for Theme Developers</h3>
<p>The PHP commands for theme developers to use are pretty straight forward.</p>
<p><em>cba_get_category_id()</em> returns the current category ID of the archive.</p>
<p><em>cba_the_year()</em> returns the current year of the date based archive.</p>
<p><em>cba_the_month()</em> returns the current month of the date based archive.</p>
<p><em>cba_auto_thedate()</em> gets the string representation of the date.</p>
<p><em>cba_get_year_link($year)</em> returns the permalink for the year archive based on the current category.</p>


Category Based Archives

Allows date based archives to be listed by category.

dudaster

<p><strong>ECS adds what Elementor doesn’t have — without replacing what it does well.</strong></p>
<p>Every feature is a standalone module. Enable only what you need from <strong>ECS <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Modules</strong> in the WordPress admin. Unused modules load zero CSS, zero JS, and register no hooks.</p>
<h4>🎨 Dark Mode Colours</h4>
<p>A <strong>Default Colours</strong> tab appears inside Elementor’s Site Settings, right next to Global Colors.</p>
<ul>
<li>Set a <strong>Default</strong> and a <strong>Dark Mode</strong> colour for every global colour slot.</li>
<li>Dark mode colours are written as CSS variables — no JavaScript swapping, pure CSS, zero flash.</li>
<li>A <strong>fallback swatch</strong> shows the default colour when the dark slot is empty.</li>
<li>The <strong>Dark Mode Switcher</strong> widget lets visitors toggle between light and dark with full style controls.</li>
</ul>
<h4>📐 Container Layout</h4>
<p>Two additional layout modes for Elementor Flex Containers:</p>
<p><strong>Slider Mode</strong> — Turn any container into a CSS-only slider. No JS library, no dependencies.</p>
<p><strong>Custom Layout</strong> — Pick a Theme Builder template as the layout frame. Place ECS Placeholder widgets inside the template; ECS distributes the container’s children into those slots automatically. Supports cycling and graceful fallback. Works live in the Elementor editor.</p>
<h4>🔁 Loop Custom Layout</h4>
<p>Arrange Loop Grid items inside a Custom Layout template using ECS Placeholder widgets — powered by Elementor’s native Loop Grid query. Full editorial control over the item grid without leaving Elementor.</p>
<h4>📱 Menu Responsive</h4>
<p>Turn any Elementor Nav Menu widget into a responsive hamburger menu. Layout, alignment, animation, and breakpoint controls — all from the Elementor panel.</p>
<h4>✍️ Editorial Text</h4>
<p>Wrap images inside text blocks with float controls and captions. Magazine-style editorial layouts built entirely in Elementor.</p>
<h4>🎨 Style Templates</h4>
<p>Save any widget’s Style tab settings as a named preset and apply them to other widgets of the same type in one click — across pages, templates, and sites. Export and import your full style library as JSON.</p>
<h4>🛠 JSON PowerEdit</h4>
<p>Edit any Elementor widget’s raw settings JSON directly from the panel. Raw textarea for paste-and-replace, interactive tree view for surgical edits. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd + Enter to apply.</p>
<h4>✅ Legacy (ECS 3.x — backward compatibility)</h4>
<p>The original loop skin functionality is preserved in the Legacy module for existing sites built with ECS 3.x. If you’re updating from ECS 3.x, this module activates automatically. For new projects, use Elementor’s native Loop Builder.</p>
<p>Note: This plugin requires Elementor (free). Container Layout (Custom Layout mode) and Style Templates require Elementor Pro.</p>


ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor

Seven free modules for Elementor: dark mode, container layouts, mobile menu, editorial text, style presets, JSON editor — all modular, all free.

Category Based Archives vs ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor