Date-based Taxonomy Archives

Description

Add support for date-based taxonomy archives.

Includes a function for rendering an unordered list of years with months, linked to corresponding date-based taxonomy archive, nested therein.

This plugin is intended for use by plugin and theme developers. It simply adds support for date-based taxonomy archives, but has no native user interface.

Development is over on GitHub: https://github.com/ethitter/Date-based-Taxonomy-Archives/.

Installation

1. Upload date-based-taxonomy-archives to /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate plugin through the WordPress Plugins menu.
3. Go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save Changes to refresh permalinks.

FAQ

How do I use this plugin?

Add the function date_based_taxonomy_archives() to any template element that appears on a taxonomy archive. The function accepts an array containing the following arguments:

• taxonomies – array of taxonomy slugs.
• show_post_count – boolean value specifying whether or not to display show counts in parenthesis after archive links.
• limit – integer specifying the number of archive links to show. Omit to show all archive links for the specified taxonomy.
• before – output to display before archive link.
• after – output to display after archive link.
• echo – boolean value specifying whether to echo or return archive links.

What filters does this plugin include?

• date_based_taxonomy_archives_args – applied to arguments passed to date_based_taxonomy_archives() at runtime.

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Changelog

0.3.1

• Security update: correct misuse of add_query_arg() as identified by Sucuri: https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html.

0.3

• Remove unnecessary uses of $wpdb->prepare() that were incorrectly implemented, resulting in PHP warnings when WP_DEBUG was enabled.
• Convert plugin to a singelton pattern instead of relying on a global variable.
• Protect class variables and expose them only through a magic getter. Allows for more flexibility in adding class variables in the future.
• Localize large post counts for display, when requested.
• Correct phpdoc implementation.

0.2

• Initial public release