Oddthinking

If your blog is over a year or two old, you may have noticed the list of archive pages is getting unwieldy.
This plugin is a widget that compresses the size of the arcgives list to two lines per year (three if the lines are narrow) rather than one line per per month.
<h3>More information</h3>
This widget is licensed under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv3</a>.
Grateful thanks to <a href="http://tech.windsofstorm.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Alan Morgan</a> whose widget_archives2 I used as a template.
Potential developers should check out the <a href="http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2007/03/29/more-theme-changes-2/" rel="nofollow ugc">development history</a>.
Finally, an obligatory plug for my blog, <a href="http://somethinkodd.com/oddthinking" rel="nofollow ugc">OddThinking</a>.

Compact Monthly Archive

Show a monthly archive list in a compact format - one letter per month.

scribu

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:
<ul>
<li>list = a list of posts grouped by month</li>
<li>block = a compact block of links to year and date archive pages</li>
<li>menu = a two-level menu with links to year and date archive pages</li>
<li>both = block + list (<a href="http://scribu.net/archive" rel="nofollow ugc">example</a>)</li>
<li>fancy = menu + list + JavaScript (<a href="http://www.conceptfusion.co.nz/archive" rel="nofollow ugc">example</a>)</li>
</ul>
No support
I do not offer support for this plugin, either free or paid.
Credits:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://justinblanton.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Justin Blanton</a>, for the original <a href="http://justinblanton.com/projects/smartarchives/" rel="nofollow ugc">Smart Archives</a> plugin</li>
<li><a href="http://www.conceptfusion.co.nz/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simon Pritchard</a>, for the fancy format</li>
</ul>
Links: <a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin News</a> | <a href="http://scribu.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s Site</a>

Smart Archives Reloaded

Easily display posts grouped by year and month, in one or more elegant formats

Compact Monthly Archive vs Smart Archives Reloaded