sarah semark

Nix Prefix is a super-simple WordPress plugin to remove or customise the prefix text on your archive pages. Go from:
<blockquote>
Category: Puppies and Kittens
</blockquote>
to
<blockquote>
Puppies and Kittens
</blockquote>
on your archive pages—no child themes required!
For a better visual of what this does, have a look at the screenshots tab.
<h4>Need help?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full documentation: http://sarahmonster.github.io/nix-prefix/</li>
<li>Github repo: https://github.com/sarahmonster/nix-prefix</li>
<li>Ask me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahsemark</li>
</ul>

Nix Prefix

A super-simple plugin to remove the "Category:" prefix text on archive page titles.

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

Nix Prefix vs Smart Archives Reloaded