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
