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The standard Archives widget doesn’t accept a lot of parameters. You can just specify
<ul>
<li>a title, </li>
<li>if you want to display posts count or not.</li>
</ul>
With the EG-Archives widget, you can choose
<ul>
<li>the title,</li>
<li>the format of the list (simple or dropdown list),</li>
<li>the type: Yearly, Monthly, … </li>
<li>category, to display archives for only specific categories,</li>
<li>Number of columns (1 or 2)</li>
</ul>
A specific type is added: the “mixed Yearly/monthly” type. 
With this type, you can display list of archives in yearly mode before a specified year, and in monthly mode after this specified date. This type allows to shorten list, and is very useful if you don’t publish too many posts per year. Example:
<ul>
<li>August 2011</li>
<li>April 2011</li>
<li>February 2011</li>
<li>January 2011</li>
<li>2010</li>
<li>2009</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
The plugin comes up with 4 translations. Thanks to the following people for their contributions:
<ul>
<li>French (FR)</li>
<li>German (DE) – <a href="http://www.frank-hempel.de/" rel="nofollow ugc">Frank W. Hempel</a></li>
<li>Bulgarian (BG) – <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Web Geek, Dimitar Kolevski</a></li>
<li>Russian (RU) – FatCow</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
EG-Archives adds a widget, and a template tag.
<h4>Widget</h4>
<ul>
<li>Go to the Appearence / Widgets menu, </li>
<li>Active the widget named: EG-Archives,</li>
<li>Configure it, through the widget menu.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Template tag</h4>
You can display the archives list, anywhere in your templates, with the function: <code><?php eg_get_archives('arguments'); ?></code> 
Arguments are the same than the standard WordPress function <code>wp_get_archives</code>.
<ul>
<li>type (string) The type of archive list to display. Valid values: yearly, monthly, daily, weekly, postbypost. Default is monthly,</li>
<li>limit (integer) Number of archives to get. Default is no limit,</li>
<li>format (string) Format for the archive list. Valid values:
<ul>
<li>html – In HTML list (</li>
<li>) tags and before and after strings. This is the default,</li>
<li>option – In select () or dropdown option () tags,</li>
<li>link – Within link () tags,</li>
<li>custom – Custom list using the before and after strings. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>before (string) Text to place before the link when using the html or custom for format option. There is no default,</li>
<li>after (string) Text to place after the link when using the html or custom for format option. There is no default, </li>
<li>show_post_count (boolean) Display number of posts in an archive (1 – true) or do not (0 – false). For use with all type except ‘postbypost’. Defaults to 0,</li>
<li>
echo (boolean) Display the output (1 – true) or return it (0 – false). Defaults to 1.
eg_get_archives accept an additional arguments:
</li>
<li>
pivot (integer) The “pivot” year. Before the pivot, archives are listed i yearly mode, after archives are listed in monthly mode. Default: current year (currently 2009)
</li>
<li>columns (integer) Number of columns to display list. Possible values are 1 or 2. Default is 1.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Licence</h3>
This plugin is released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog.
<h3>Translations</h3>
The plugin comes with French and English translations, please refer to the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language" title="Installing WordPress in Your Language" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Codex</a> for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the eg_series.pot file which contains all defintions and may be used with a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/" rel="nofollow ugc">gettext</a> editor like <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a> (Windows).

EG-Archives

EG-Archives provides a widget (and a template tag) to display archives in yearly mode, AND monthly, according a specified pivot date.

webvitalii

<ul>
<li><a href="http://web-profile.net/wordpress/plugins/sitekit/" title="Plugin page" rel="nofollow ugc">Sitekit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://web-profile.net/donate/" title="Support the development" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/webvitalii/sitekit" title="Fork" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Google Analytics code</li>
<li>Show/hide google analytics code if user is logged in</li>
<li>Head code</li>
<li>Footer code</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widgets:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Archives</li>
<li>Categories</li>
<li>Pages</li>
<li>Search</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes:</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[sitekit_posts]</code></li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives]</code></li>
<li><code>[sitekit_categories]</code></li>
<li><code>[sitekit_bloginfo]</code></li>
<li><code>[sitekit_iframe]</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_posts]:</h4>
<ul>
<li>post_type – show posts associated with certain type: <code>[sitekit_posts post_type="page"]</code>; by default posts are shown: <code>[sitekit_posts post_type="post"]</code>; Possible params: post | page | revision | attachment | nav_menu_item | any | your_custom_post_type</li>
<li>orderby – the column to use for ordering posts list: <code>[sitekit_posts orderby="id"]</code>; by default list is sorted by date: <code>[sitekit_posts orderby="date"]</code>; Possible params: modified | title | name | ID | rand</li>
<li>order – how to sort posts list: <code>[sitekit_posts order="DESC"]</code>; by default list is sorted by ascending order (A-Z): <code>[sitekit_posts order="ASC"]</code>;</li>
<li>posts_per_page – how many posts to show in the list: <code>[sitekit_posts posts_per_page="50"]</code>; by default: <code>[sitekit_posts posts_per_page="100"]</code>;</li>
</ul>
[sitekit_posts] is based on <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Query class</a>.
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_archives]:</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives]</code> – list of monthly archives links sorted by date;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="yearly"]</code> – list of yearly archives links;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="monthly"]</code> – list of monthly archives links;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="weekly"]</code> – list of weekly archives links;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="daily"]</code> – list of daily archives links;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="postbypost"]</code> – list of all posts links sorted by date;</li>
<li><code>[sitekit_archives type="alpha"]</code> – list of all posts links sorted by title;</li>
<li>limit – how many links to be included in the list: <code>[sitekit_archives limit="10"]</code>; by default all links are shown: <code>[sitekit_archives limit=""]</code>;</li>
<li>format – format for the archive: <code>[sitekit_archives format="option"]</code> – show as a dropdown; by default unordered list is shown: <code>[sitekit_archives format="html"]</code>;</li>
<li>show_post_count – display counter of posts in the archive: <code>[sitekit_archives show_post_count="1"]</code>; by default counter is not shown: <code>[sitekit_archives show_post_count="0"]</code>;</li>
<li>order – how to sort archives links: <code>[sitekit_archives order="ASC"]</code>; by default links are sorted by descending order (Z-A): <code>[sitekit_archives order="DESC"]</code>;</li>
</ul>
[sitekit_archives] is based on <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_archives" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_get_archives function</a>.
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_categories]:</h4>
<ul>
<li>orderby – the column to use for ordering categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories orderby="id"]</code>; by default list is sorted by title: <code>[sitekit_categories orderby="name"]</code>;</li>
<li>order – how to sort categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories order="DESC"]</code>; by default list is sorted by ascending order (A-Z): <code>[sitekit_categories order="ASC"]</code>;</li>
<li>show_count – display counter of posts in the categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories show_count="1"]</code>; by default counter is not shown: <code>[sitekit_categories show_count="0"]</code>;</li>
<li>hide_empty – the column to use for ordering categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories hide_empty="0"]</code>; by default empty categories are hidden: <code>[sitekit_categories hide_empty="1"]</code>;</li>
<li>hierarchical – show tree-like categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories hierarchical="0"]</code>; by default the list is hierarchical: <code>[sitekit_categories hierarchical="1"]</code>;</li>
<li>depth – how many levels to include in categories list: <code>[sitekit_categories depth="5"]</code>; by default depth is unlimited: <code>[sitekit_categories depth="0"]</code>;</li>
<li>taxonomy – which taxonomy to show in the list: <code>[sitekit_categories taxonomy="post_tag"]</code>; by default categories are shown: <code>[sitekit_categories taxonomy="category"]</code>;</li>
<li>child_of – term ID to retrieve child terms of: <code>[sitekit_categories child_of="77"]</code>; by default all categories are shown: <code>[sitekit_categories child_of="0"]</code>;</li>
<li>exclude – comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude: <code>[sitekit_categories exclude="77"]</code>; by default all categories are shown: <code>[sitekit_categories exclude=""]</code>;</li>
<li>exclude_tree – comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude, along with their descendants: <code>[sitekit_categories exclude_tree="77"]</code>; by default all categories are shown: <code>[sitekit_categories exclude_tree=""]</code>;</li>
</ul>
[sitekit_categories] is based on <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_list_categories/" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_list_categories function</a>.
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_bloginfo]:</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[sitekit_bloginfo show="name"]</code> – <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/bloginfo/" rel="nofollow ugc">sitekit_bloginfo params</a>;</li>
</ul>
[sitekit_bloginfo] is based on <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/bloginfo/" rel="nofollow ugc">bloginfo function</a>.
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_iframe]:</h4>
<ul>
<li>src – source of the iframe: <code>[sitekit_iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4qsGTXLnmKs"]</code>; by default src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/4qsGTXLnmKs”;</li>
<li>width – width in pixels or in percents: <code>[sitekit_iframe width="100%"]</code> or <code>[sitekit_iframe width="600"]</code>; by default width=”100%”;</li>
<li>height – height in pixels: <code>[sitekit_iframe height="500"]</code>; by default height=”500″;</li>
<li>scrolling – with or without the scrollbar: <code>[sitekit_iframe scrolling="no"]</code>; by default scrolling=”yes”;</li>
<li>frameborder – with or without the frame border: <code>[sitekit_iframe frameborder="0"]</code>; by default frameborder=”0″;</li>
<li>marginheight – height of the margin: <code>[sitekit_iframe marginheight="0"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>marginwidth – width of the margin: <code>[sitekit_iframe marginwidth="0"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>allowtransparency – allows to set transparency of the iframe: <code>[sitekit_iframe allowtransparency="true"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>id – allows to add the id of the iframe: <code>[sitekit_iframe id="custom_id"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>class – allows to add the class of the iframe: <code>[sitekit_iframe class="custom_class"]</code>; by default class=”iframe-class”;</li>
<li>style – allows to add the css styles of the iframe: <code>[sitekit_iframe style="margin-left:-30px;"]</code>; removed by default;</li>
<li>any_other_param – allows to add new parameter of the iframe <code>[sitekit_iframe any_other_param="any_value"]</code>;</li>
<li>any_other_empty_param – allows to add new empty parameter of the iframe (like “allowfullscreen” on youtube) <code>[sitekit_iframe any_other_empty_param=""]</code>;</li>
</ul>
<h4>Parameters for [sitekit_menu]:</h4>
The <code>[sitekit_menu]</code> shortcode allows you to display a custom menu. It supports all the parameters of the WordPress <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_nav_menu()</a> function.
<ul>
<li>menu – The menu that should be displayed. Accepts (matching in order) id, slug, name. Default: empty. Example: <code>[sitekit_menu menu="main-menu"]</code></li>
<li>container – Whether to wrap the ul, and what to wrap it with. Default ‘div’. Example without a container: <code>[sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" container=""]</code></li>
<li>container_class – The class that is applied to the container. Default ‘menu-{menu slug}-container’. Example: <code>[sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" container_class="custom-container"]</code></li>
<li>container_id – The ID that is applied to the container. Default empty.</li>
<li>menu_class – CSS class to use for the ul element which forms the menu. Default ‘menu’. Example: <code>[sitekit_menu menu="main-menu" menu_class="custom-menu"]</code></li>
<li>menu_id – The ID that is applied to the ul element. Default empty.</li>
<li>echo – Whether to echo the menu or return it. Default false.</li>
<li>fallback_cb – If the menu doesn’t exist, a callback function will fire. Default ‘wp_page_menu’.</li>
<li>before – Text before the link markup. Default empty.</li>
<li>after – Text after the link markup. Default empty.</li>
<li>link_before – Text before the link text. Default empty.</li>
<li>link_after – Text after the link text. Default empty.</li>
<li>items_wrap – How the list items should be wrapped. Default <code><ul id="%1$s" class="%2$s">%3$s</ul></code>.</li>
<li>depth – How many levels of the hierarchy are to be included. 0 means all. Default 0. Example: <code>[sitekit_menu menu="primary-menu" depth="2"]</code></li>
<li>walker – Custom walker object to use. Default empty.</li>
</ul>

Sitekit

Widgets: search, archives and categories. Shortcodes: archives, bloginfo, iframe and categories.

EG-Archives vs Sitekit