Collapsible Archive Widget for WordPress Plugin Directory
Collapsible Archive Widget is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 3 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Collapsible Archive Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Ady Romantika. With a rating of 5.0★ from 3 reviews.
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Collapsible Archive Widget is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 3 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Ady Romantika — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (3) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Collapsible Archive Widget works
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This simple plugin is a widget that displays a collapsible archives list in your widgetized sidebar by using JavaScripts. In version 2.0.0 script.aculo.us effects has been added as an option, utilizing the script.aculo.us files supplied with WordPress.
Configuration
Widget title: the title of the widget
Show post counts for year: Whether or not to show the post number for each year
Show post counts for month: Whether or not to show the post number for each month
Abbreviate month names: Check this box to show abbreviation of month names
Hide year from month names: Do not print year after month names
Use script.aculo.us effects: Whether or not to show effects
Expand effect: Effect to use when expanding the list
Collapse effect: Effect to use when collapsing the list
Expand the list by default: Check this box to have the list expanded when loaded
Expand current year by default: Check this box to have the current year expanded when loaded
Expand current month by default: Check this box to have the current month expanded when loaded
Show individual posts: Show posts in the list. This should be used in extra caution; if you have a lot of posts consider disabling it as this will take time to load
Use HTML arrows instead of images (► ▼)
Show current month in bold: show current month in bold
Show a link to plugin page. Thank you for your support! : Display a link to plugin page as a support method
TODO
Add ability for multiple instances
Add ability to work as non-widget
Add ability to include / exclude categories
Expand previous month rather the current
Research the practicality to use CSS / allow CSS options
List posts without year and month headers (for blogs with few posts)
Do not list the posts that are listed on the main page
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Frequently asked questions
What is Collapsible Archive Widget?
Collapsible Archive Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 3 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Ady Romantika.