JS Archive List vs Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements

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

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