Place this in your functions.php file or create a simple plugin…
/**
* Display archive links based on year/month and format.
*
* The date archives will logically display dates with links to the archive post
* page.
*
* The 'limit' argument will only display a limited amount of links, specified
* by the 'limit' integer value. By default, there is no limit. The
* 'show_post_count' argument will show how many posts are within the archive.
* By default, the 'show_post_count' argument is set to false.
*
* For the 'format', 'before', and 'after' arguments, see {@link
* get_archives_link()}. The values of these arguments have to do with that
* function.
*
* @param string|array $args Optional. Override defaults.
*/
function wp_custom_archive($args="") {
global $wpdb, $wp_locale;
$defaults = array(
'limit' => '',
'format' => 'html', 'before' => '',
'after' => '', 'show_post_count' => false,
'echo' => 1
);
$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
if ( '' != $limit ) {
$limit = absint($limit);
$limit=" LIMIT ".$limit;
}
// over-ride general date format ? 0 = no: use the date format set in Options, 1 = yes: over-ride
$archive_date_format_over_ride = 0;
// options for daily archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
$archive_day_date_format="Y/m/d";
// options for weekly archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
$archive_week_start_date_format="Y/m/d";
$archive_week_end_date_format="Y/m/d";
if ( !$archive_date_format_over_ride ) {
$archive_day_date_format = get_option('date_format');
$archive_week_start_date_format = get_option('date_format');
$archive_week_end_date_format = get_option('date_format');
}
//filters
$where = apply_filters('customarchives_where', "WHERE post_type="post" AND post_status="publish"", $r );
$join = apply_filters('customarchives_join', "", $r);
$output="<ul>";
$query = "SELECT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, count(ID) as posts FROM $wpdb->posts $join $where GROUP BY YEAR(post_date), MONTH(post_date) ORDER BY post_date DESC $limit";
$key = md5($query);
$cache = wp_cache_get( 'wp_custom_archive' , 'general');
if ( !isset( $cache[ $key ] ) ) {
$arcresults = $wpdb->get_results($query);
$cache[ $key ] = $arcresults;
wp_cache_set( 'wp_custom_archive', $cache, 'general' );
} else {
$arcresults = $cache[ $key ];
}
if ( $arcresults ) {
$afterafter = $after;
foreach ( (array) $arcresults as $arcresult ) {
$url = get_month_link( $arcresult->year, $arcresult->month );
$year_url = get_year_link($arcresult->year);
/* translators: 1: month name, 2: 4-digit year */
$text = sprintf(__('%s'), $wp_locale->get_month($arcresult->month));
$year_text = sprintf('%d', $arcresult->year);
if ( $show_post_count )
$after=" (".$arcresult->posts.')' . $afterafter;
$year_output = get_archives_link($year_url, $year_text, $format, $before, $after);
$output .= ( $arcresult->year != $temp_year ) ? $year_output : '';
$output .= get_archives_link($url, $text, $format, $before, $after);
$temp_year = $arcresult->year;
}
}
$output .= '</ul>';
if ( $echo )
echo $output;
else
return $output;
}
“just the year’s text” version:
/**
* Display archive links based on year/month and format.
*
* The date archives will logically display dates with links to the archive post
* page.
*
* The 'limit' argument will only display a limited amount of links, specified
* by the 'limit' integer value. By default, there is no limit. The
* 'show_post_count' argument will show how many posts are within the archive.
* By default, the 'show_post_count' argument is set to false.
*
* For the 'format', 'before', and 'after' arguments, see {@link
* get_archives_link()}. The values of these arguments have to do with that
* function.
*
* @param string|array $args Optional. Override defaults.
*/
function wp_custom_archive($args="") {
global $wpdb, $wp_locale;
$defaults = array(
'limit' => '',
'format' => 'html', 'before' => '',
'after' => '', 'show_post_count' => false,
'echo' => 1
);
$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
if ( '' != $limit ) {
$limit = absint($limit);
$limit=" LIMIT ".$limit;
}
// over-ride general date format ? 0 = no: use the date format set in Options, 1 = yes: over-ride
$archive_date_format_over_ride = 0;
// options for daily archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
$archive_day_date_format="Y/m/d";
// options for weekly archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
$archive_week_start_date_format="Y/m/d";
$archive_week_end_date_format="Y/m/d";
if ( !$archive_date_format_over_ride ) {
$archive_day_date_format = get_option('date_format');
$archive_week_start_date_format = get_option('date_format');
$archive_week_end_date_format = get_option('date_format');
}
//filters
$where = apply_filters('customarchives_where', "WHERE post_type="post" AND post_status="publish"", $r );
$join = apply_filters('customarchives_join', "", $r);
$output="<ul>";
$query = "SELECT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, count(ID) as posts FROM $wpdb->posts $join $where GROUP BY YEAR(post_date), MONTH(post_date) ORDER BY post_date DESC $limit";
$key = md5($query);
$cache = wp_cache_get( 'wp_custom_archive' , 'general');
if ( !isset( $cache[ $key ] ) ) {
$arcresults = $wpdb->get_results($query);
$cache[ $key ] = $arcresults;
wp_cache_set( 'wp_custom_archive', $cache, 'general' );
} else {
$arcresults = $cache[ $key ];
}
if ( $arcresults ) {
$afterafter = $after;
foreach ( (array) $arcresults as $arcresult ) {
$url = get_month_link( $arcresult->year, $arcresult->month );
/* translators: 1: month name, 2: 4-digit year */
$text = sprintf(__('%s'), $wp_locale->get_month($arcresult->month));
$year_text = sprintf('<li>%d</li>', $arcresult->year);
if ( $show_post_count )
$after=" (".$arcresult->posts.')' . $afterafter;
$output .= ( $arcresult->year != $temp_year ) ? $year_text : '';
$output .= get_archives_link($url, $text, $format, $before, $after);
$temp_year = $arcresult->year;
}
}
$output .= '</ul>';
if ( $echo )
echo $output;
else
return $output;
}
Now you can use wp_custom_archive function wherever in your theme:
<?php wp_custom_archive(); ?>