DECAF

Generates a link back to the archive page the current entry is on. Makes it easier for users to retrieve the chronology of a blog.
Examples (without function):
<ul>
<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow ugc">Entries on page 12</a></li>
<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow ugc">Entries on page 1</a> of category »WordPress«</li>
<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow ugc">Entries on page 4</a> for tag »Plugins«</li>
<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow ugc">Entries on page 2</a> by John Doe</li>
<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow ugc">Entries on page 9</a> from August 2008</li>
</ul>
Live demo: 
See description at <a href="http://decaf.de/entries-on-page-x/" rel="nofollow ugc">decaf.de/entries-on-page-x/</a>
Installation: 
Plugin needs <code><?php if (function_exists('archive_page_link')) { archive_page_link(); } ?></code> in your templates. See <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/entries-on-page-x/installation/" rel="ugc">installation</a> details.
Multi-language: 
Plugin works in several languages right now, see <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/entries-on-page-x/other_notes/" rel="ugc">notes</a>.
<h3>Localization (L10n)</h3>
Available languages at this time:
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>German/Deutsch</li>
<li>Turkish/Türkçe (by courtesy of <a href="http://dj-tut.de" rel="nofollow ugc">DJ N-Gin</a>)</li>
<li>Polski (by courtesy of <a href="http://jeenaparadies.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeena Paradies</a>)</li>
<li>Swedish/Svenska (by courtesy of <a href="http://jeenaparadies.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeena Paradies</a>)</li>
<li>Bulgarian/Български (by courtesy of <a href="http://bellerophon-blog.de" rel="nofollow ugc">Bellerophon</a>)</li>
<li>Chinese/ 中文 (by courtesy of <a href="http://www.johanna-enzinger.de" rel="nofollow ugc">Johanna and 孔晶 Kong Jing</a>)</li>
<li>French/Français (by courtesy of <a href="http://www.atomic-eggs.com/cwi/cwi_4.shtml" rel="nofollow ugc">Patrick Andrieu</a>)</li>
<li>Spanish/Español (by courtesy of <a href="http://stonie.wwnw.de/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stonie</a>)</li>
<li>Russian/Русский (by courtesy of dedlfix)</li>
<li>Italian/Italiano (by courtesy of at)</li>
<li>Belarusian/Беларуская (by courtesy of <a href="http://www.fatcow.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">FatCow</a>)</li>
<li>Ukrainian/Українська (by courtesy of <a href="http://antsar.info/" rel="nofollow ugc">ghost</a>)</li>
</ul>
If you localize the plugin, we would be glad to know — Thanks a lot!
<h3>Code</h3>
Structure of the HTML code is like that:
<pre><code><a href="..">Entries on page 3</a> of category »Foobar«
</code></pre>
Make use of these CSS classes if you want to set up individual styles:
<pre><code>.entriesonpagex { }
.entriesonpagex strong { }
.entriesonpagex a { }
.entriesonpagex a strong { }
.entriesonpagex a strong .page { }
</code></pre>
HTML of your article template should contain the post ID if you like ‘Entries on page x’ to refer not only to a page with posts but to the post itself:
<pre><code><div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="post"><h1>Post title..<h3>Cookies</h3>
</code></pre>
The plugin makes use of cookies in order to save the refering page that leads to a single entry. If cookies aren’t accepted, the plugin generates default archive links apart from category, tag, author and date.

Entries on page x

Generates a link back to the archive page the current entry is on. Makes it easier for users to retrieve the chronology of a blog.

Syed Balkhi

Andrei Surdu

Dave

Noumaan Yaqoob

The built-in WordPress archives widget is great for new blogs, but it doesn’t look as good for more established blogs like <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a>. Compact Archives displays the monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the usual long list. It can be shown as a compact block suitable for the body of an <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-an-archives-page-in-wordpress/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">archives page</a>:
<pre><code>2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
</code></pre>
or in an even more compact form to fit a sidebar:
<pre><code>2009: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2008: J F M A M J J A S O N D
2007: J F M A M J J A S O N D
</code></pre>
or something in between:
<pre><code>2009: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
2008: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
2007: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
</code></pre>
Compact Archive plugin works seamlessly with <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-the-new-wordpress-block-editor/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Gutenberg Block Editor</a>, <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-disable-gutenberg-and-keep-the-classic-editor-in-wordpress/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Classic Editor</a>, and WordPress widgets.
<h4>What’s Next</h4>
If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:
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</ul>
Visit <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/" title="WPBeginner" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a> to learn from our <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/" title="WordPress Tutorials" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WordPress Tutorials</a> and find out about other <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/plugins/" title="Best WordPress Plugins" rel="friend nofollow ugc">best WordPress plugins</a>.
Like all plugins, Compact Archives is only available for self-hosted WordPress sites. So YES you need to <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-move-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/" title="switch from WordPress.com to WordPress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">switch from WordPress.com to WordPress.org</a> in order to use this plugin on your WordPress site. For more details, see the infographic on <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/" title="Self Hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Self hosted WordPress.org vs Free WordPress.com</a>
If you like this plugin, then please leave a good rating. For support just ask the questions here in the support forum.
<h4>Credits</h4>
This plugin was originally created by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/robmarsh/" rel="nofollow ugc">Rob Marsh</a> and <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/aldolat/" rel="nofollow ugc">Aldolat</a> added a widget for it. WPBeginner adopted the plugin and took the responsibility of keeping it updated.

Compact Archives

Displays a smart monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the default long archive widget.

Entries on page x vs Compact Archives