Before WordPress 4.1, you can show the date archive page titles with the following code: (Taken and slightly modified from the twentyfourteen theme)
if ( is_day() ) {
printf( __( 'Daily Archives: %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), get_the_date() );
} elseif ( is_month() ) {
printf( __( 'Monthly Archives: %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), get_the_date( _x( 'F Y', 'monthly archives date format', 'twentyfourteen' ) ) );
} elseif ( is_year() ) {
printf( __( 'Yearly Archives: %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), get_the_date( _x( 'Y', 'yearly archives date format', 'twentyfourteen' ) ) );
} else {
_e( 'Archives', 'twentyfourteen' );
}
As from WordPress 4.1 you can use one of the following functions
-
get_the_archive_title()which returns the titles -
the_archive_title()which echos the titles to screen