wordpress widget built in functions

Adding a Tag Cloud

If you want to display a tag cloud of your most popular tags used on the site, then simply add the following code in custom-archive.php file:

1 <p><strong>Tags Cloud:</strong></p>
2 <?php wp_tag_cloud(); ?>

The wp_tag_cloud() function comes with a lot of parameters to adjust the number of tags, maximum and minimum tag sizes, etc.

Adding a List of Pages

If you want to display a list of all pages on your site, then simply add the following code:

1 <?php wp_list_pages( 'title_li=' ); ?>

Adding a List of Authors

To display the list of authors on the site, simply add the following code:

1 <?php wp_list_authors( 'exclude_admin=0&optioncount=1' ); ?>

Adding Recent Posts

If you want to display a list of your most recent posts, then add this code:

1 <?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=10'); ?>

A comprehensive archives page allows your users to efficiently navigate through your old content. We hope that this article helped you create a custom archives page in WordPress. If you have any questions or suggestions, then please let us know by leaving a comment below.

Author: bm on February 13, 2014
Category: wordpress