Best monthly archive plugins for WordPress
The most popular monthly archive plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Compact Archives leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Monthly/Yearly Accordion Archive & Post Filter, Grid Blocks (10+) and ArchiveX (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “monthly archive” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 monthly archive plugins
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Compact ArchivesThe most installed monthly archive plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Monthly/Yearly Accordion Archive & Post Filter, Grid Blocks10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
ArchiveX10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “monthly archive”
Compact Archives
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,044by Syed Balkhi8 months ago
Displays a smart monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the default long archive widget.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Monthly/Yearly Accordion Archive & Post Filter, Grid Blocks
#31,622by Akshar Addons12 days ago
Create a monthly and yearly WordPress archive accordion with AJAX pagination, responsive post grid and list layouts, shortcode, widget, Gutenberg, and …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ArchiveX
Up in the last 7 days:8,676#37,191by Akshar Addons12 days ago
Build a useful WordPress archive page with monthly and yearly archive tabs, AJAX pagination, responsive post grid and list layouts, shortcode, widget, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day