Plugin info

Total downloads: 8,543
Active installs: 900
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 4
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 5/11/2025 (234 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/9/2021 (4 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.0.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 234 days ago • 4 reviews

40/100

Is Category Archives Block abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 234 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.0.0

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Description

Displays a archive of posts for one or more specific categories in the Gutenberg block editor. It can be configured to either show by month or year with post counts and as a listing or a pulldown.

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Features

  • Option multi category selection
  • Option group by month or year
  • Option to either show a listing or a pulldown
  • Option show post counts
  • Option to order
  • Option for spacing, color and typography

Contribute

While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at Github (If possible with a pull request).

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/category-archive-block directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Cateogry Archives Block different than the built-in Archive widget?

The Category Archives Block lets you show posts for one or more specific categories. The built-in Archive widget shows posts for all categories.

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. From the Category Archives Block control, you can set the title, category, whether to group by month or year and whether to show post counts.

    From the Category Archives Block control, you can set the title, category, whether to group by month or year and whether to show post counts.

  2. The archive displayed as a list with post counts and the archive displayed as a pulldown of years without post counts.

    The archive displayed as a list with post counts and the archive displayed as a pulldown of years without post counts.

Changelog

1.0.4 – December 31th 2023

  • Bugfix List breaks on Safari

1.0.3 – December 09th 2023

  • Bugfix Warnings with DropDown

1.0.2 – December 08th 2023

  • Bugfix Html for lists not valide

1.0.1 – July 30th 2023

  • Add option to adapt the title on archives pages

1.0.0 – January 13th 2023

  • Add spacing, color and typography

0.1.1 – March 26th 2021

  • Add preview

0.1.0 – March 9th 2021

  • Release