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Archive Blocks WP Registry grade A. No security issues foundWP RegistryNo security issues foundOpen the reportA

Gutenberg blocks for displaying post archives

★ 1stars
6release downloads
v1.8.1latest · 4mo ago

Install

Download archive-blocks-1.8.1.zip From the v1.8.1 release on GitHub, May 30, 2026

Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/randomwire/archive-blocks/releases/download/v1.8.1/archive-blocks-1.8.1.zip
Updates itself. It ships its own updater, so new versions appear under Dashboard → Updates.

Gutenberg blocks for displaying post archives in a simple format.

Blocks Included

  • Monthly Archives - Display posts grouped by month in a compact format
  • On This Day - Show posts published on this day in previous years
  • Popular Terms - Display your most-used categories or tags
  • Category Nav Buttons - Display categories as filter buttons linking to archive pages
  • Popular Posts - Display top posts by views using Jetpack Stats data

The plugin also registers a /random permalink that 302-redirects to a random published post.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • PHP 7.4+

Development

This plugin uses @wordpress/scripts for building:

npm install
npm run build

For development with hot reload:

npm run start

Installation

See readme.txt for user installation instructions.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later

Releases

2 releases. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.

Tag
Published
Assets
Downloads
v1.8.1 latest
May 30, 2026 4mo ago
archive-blocks-1.8.1.zip
4
May 30, 2026 4mo ago
archive-blocks-1.8.0.zip
2
A grade

Security

Archive Blocks 1.8.1 · audited by WP Registry

No security issues found.

Audited release
1.8.1
Findings
none
Worst severity
—
Content hash
c8a7cfee0b5e9d9f4b32e9b3…

WP Registry hashes the installable build and reports on that exact bytes-for-bytes copy. Embargoed findings are withheld until they are disclosed, so a clean verdict means nothing public is outstanding. WP Manifest does not audit code itself.