Miguel Useche

<p>This plugin provides a widget and a filter to display a collapsible archive list in your sidebar or posts using the JS JS library.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<li>Support for Gutenberg blocks. Add it to any FSE theme or Gutenberg compatible theme.</li>
<li>Display a collapsed list of your archives to reduce space.</li>
<li>Uses vanilla JS to add effects and to be compatible with all browsers.</li>
<li>Select your expand/collapse symbol and date format.</li>
<li>Support for archive filters.</li>
<li>Auto expands current/select year from posts.</li>
<li>Select the categories to exclude</li>
<li>Multiple instances support.</li>
<li>Shortcode support  <em>[JsArchiveList]</em></li>
<li>Generates valid HTML code.</li>
<li>Supports multiple languages.</li>
<li>Compatible with most JS cache and minify plugins.</li>
<li>And more to come…</li>
</ol>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ul>
<li>Title: title of the widget.</li>
<li>Trigger Symbol:  characters to be displayed as bullet.</li>
<li>Effect: Effect to use.</li>
<li>Month Format:  month’s display format of the month.</li>
<li>Expand: when to expand the content of the list.</li>
<li>Hide years from before: older years will be hidden under a  link. To save space in the page on old sites.</li>
<li>Show days inside month list: group posts by day.</li>
<li>Show number of posts: display how many post are published in the year or in the month.</li>
<li>Show only posts from selected category: show only posts from the selected category when visiting a category page.</li>
<li>Only expand/reduce by clicking the symbol: select if animations start when click the link or just the bullet.</li>
<li>Open links in a new tab: opens archive and post links in a new browser tab/window.</li>
<li>Only expand one at the same time: select if you want to have only one expanded at the same time.</li>
<li>Show posts under months:  show post’s title under months.</li>
<li>Show post date next to post title: show post’s date next to post title.</li>
<li>Sort posts by: select how to sort the posts under months.</li>
<li>Include or Exclude categories: Select the categories to include or exclude.</li>
</ul>


JS Archive List

Useful

A JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.

Heath Harrelson

<p>This widget is designed to be a more compact alternative to the default archives widget supplied with WordPress. If you’ve been blogging regularly for several years, the archive list produced by the default widget grows to be quite long. If you use Flexo Archives instead, the list will be displayed as a much smaller list of years. When you click a year, it expands to show the months of that year when you posted. By default the expansion is animated.</p>
<p>A standalone version that simply prints the HTML for the archive lists and attaches the JavaScript to normal pages is now provided for users who cannot use the widget.</p>
<p>I am currently seeking translations of the plugin. If you would like to help by translating the plugin into your language, <a href="https://wordpress.org/tags/flexo-archives-widget" rel="ugc">please post to the support forum</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to Dylan van der Heij for providing a Dutch translation.</p>


Flexo Archives

Displays your archives as a compact list of years that expands when clicked.

JS Archive List vs Flexo Archives