I have been using Smart Archives for some time and I really liked it, but version 2.0 wasn’t up to snuff, in my opinion. So I decided to improve it, until I ended up with this plugin:

  • Easy setup - no code editing required
  • Better caching - no need to wait when publishing a new post
  • Settings page - elegantly choose how you want the archives displayed

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Version history

  • 1.2: better HTML output; various optimizations and bugfixes
  • 1.1: switched to wp_cron for updating the cache
  • 1.0: initial release

If you are having problems using this plugin, please mention it's version and the version of WordPress you are using.

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:09 am

    The Smart Archives don’t even load when I call the function in my theme with either [smart_archives] or (http://equivocality.com/archives-index/). It just comes up blank. Smart Archives Reloaded is enabled and Smart Archives is disabled.

    Info:
    PHP Version 5.2.6
    Wordpress 2.6.1
    Smart Archives Reloaded Version 1.1

    I’m really hoping to get this working because I think version 2.0 of Smart Archives was a step backwards.

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:10 am

    I guess Wordpress stripped the PHP out of my previous comment. I meant with either the [smart_archives] tag or the php code with do_action(’smart_archives’);

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:12 am

    By the way, the first instruction in the readme file is “1. Unzip “Custom Field Images” archive and put the folder into your plugins folder (/wp-content/plugins/).” Did you mean “Unzip “Smart Archives Reloaded”"?

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  • scribu says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:18 am

    I saw your archive page and noticed that the shortcode [smart_archives] was not converted. Is it inserted via the WP “Write Page” or inserted directly into the page template?

    Yes, thanks for noting that typo in the readme.

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:30 am

    Actually I currently have both the smart code and the php code inserted into the template, not the write page. Now I understand that the [smart-archives] tag goes into the page only so I’ll take that out.

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  • scribu says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:32 am

    Ok, now if you’re using WP (Super) Cache, please disable it and see if the archives appear.

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:37 am

    Nope, I don’t have any caching plugins installed. If I look in the source of my archives page, it looks like the php function (do_action(’smartarchives’)) outputs a blank line.

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  • scribu says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:40 am

    Ok, one more thing to check: go to the plugin dir and check if there is a cache.txt file and see if it’s empty.

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  • scribu says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:46 am

    Nevermind, I found the problem. It is fixed in version 1.1.1, which will be available shortly.

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  • Jeff says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 10:51 am

    Awesome, looking forward to using this plugin. Thanks for all your work.

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  • Ben says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Hi Scribu, thanks for the great plugin, I really like it, however.. I am having one small problem. I have installed the plugin, but when I click on “2007″ or “August 2008″ for example it just reloads the page basically, but with the top section (with all the links in) in very small text. Is it just me?!

    Thanks,

    Ben!

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  • scribu says:
    2 Sep 2008 at 3:43 pm

    @Ben: If that is happening on your site, please give me the url so I can see for myself. If you are seeing that on this site, it is just you.

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  • Avinash Kaushik says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 9:14 am

    Apologies for a newbie question.

    After I install and click on Settings I get: “Cannot load smart-archives.” on this url:

    http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=smart-archives

    I would love any pointers. Thanks,

    Avinash.

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 2:58 pm

    That link is static and might not work with older versions of WP. Can you access the page through the admin menu (Settings -> Smart Archives) ?

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  • dumduku says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Hello,

    i have a problems with the plugin !
    I can not open the archiv.

    Error: Can’t open cache file!

    You can see at on:
    http://www.angeltechniken.de/?page_id=1317

    Can you help me ?

    Grettz from Germany

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 3:51 pm

    That means that the plugin can’t write to the cache file. Go to the plugin directory, create a file called “cache.txt” and make it writable (chmod 777).

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  • dumduku says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 4:00 pm

    OK thanks, works fine.

    This procedure is not defined on the HowTO !

    greetz

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 4:01 pm

    I’ve added it to the readme. Thanks.

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  • chris says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 4:14 pm

    Hi,

    i used smart archives before. switched to the reloaded. first i got a “cant open cache file” added the cache.txt but now i only get a blank page?

    i run wp 2.6.1
    smart archives is deactivated as well as execphp.

    thanks for this nice plugin hope to get it working soon

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Have you updated to version 1.1.1 of the plugin?

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  • chris says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 6:59 pm

    yes, i do have ver. 1.1.1

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 7:03 pm

    I assume that this is the page in which you have inserted the [smart_archives] shortcode. Right?

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm

    If you say you have execphp, try adding smart_archives() and see what happens.

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  • chris says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm

    i am not sure if i am doing it right, but seems like nothing is happening.

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Try inserting < ?php smart_archives(); ?> in one of your theme files, directly.

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  • Avinash Kaushik says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Hi Scribu. I am using wordpress 261.

    For some reason I don’t see the link under Settings at all. (Settings -> Smart Archives).

    I don’t know if this helps but the same error / problem occurred when I tired to use your Extra Feed Links plugin. Not sure if they are related.

    Thanks,

    Avinash.

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  • scribu says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 11:11 pm

    They are related because they use similar code. It might be a problem with your WP installation because I have never heard of this problem with any of my plugins before. Can you see the settings page of any other plugin?

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  • Avinash Kaushik says:
    3 Sep 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Hi Scribu. I do have all other plugins (about 15) install and show up fine in Settings tab but not both of yours. : )

    I’ll be happy to give you access if you want to look at it. BUT I realize that you do this in your spare time so I don’t want to monopolize your time.

    I thank you for being so prompt in your replies.

    -Avinash.

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  • scribu says:
    4 Sep 2008 at 12:02 am

    Yes, I’d really like to have a look. That way I can figure out what the other plugins are doing right. :)

    You can mail me at scribu at gmail dot com.

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  • chris says:
    4 Sep 2008 at 6:52 am

    Hey scribu,

    it works now, not sure why, but i guess my own stupidity…

    thanks for this great plugin and for your support!!!

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  • fryevhen says:
    4 Sep 2008 at 9:00 am

    The many thanks for the work! I the worshipper Of wordPress, and included your site in survey on my [bloge]. Regards from the Ukraine!

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  • Ward says:
    5 Sep 2008 at 5:32 pm

    I’m also getting the “Cannot load smart-archives.” error. And there is no link for the plugin under the options panel. Any ideas?

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  • scribu says:
    5 Sep 2008 at 6:05 pm

    Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to fix this problem on Avinash Kaushik’s blog. I’ll mail you beta version of the plugin with all the code in one file and see if that works for you.

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  • Ward says:
    5 Sep 2008 at 6:39 pm

    That would be great! Thanks!

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  • Ward says:
    5 Sep 2008 at 9:30 pm

    Tried the beta version and still have the same problem. Even if I turn off all my plugins except SA-reloaded. Strange.

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  • nastorseriessix says:
    1 Oct 2008 at 1:25 pm

    A question to CSS with this Plugin.

    How i can add a CSS Style to this Plugin? Now the Archiv-Page doesn’t look good like the rest of my blog. The Links doesn’t have the same style…

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  • scribu says:
    3 Oct 2008 at 12:15 pm

    You can style the archives using the id of each list. See the source of the page.

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  • Ward says:
    6 Oct 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Just wanted to give an update. I upgraded to the latest version of WP this weekend. Now the plugin works perfectly. I have no idea why, but I’m happy that it now works! Thanks for the great plugin!

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  • Beda says:
    25 Oct 2008 at 6:56 pm

    How to format language of months?

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  • scribu says:
    25 Oct 2008 at 8:05 pm

    You will have to set the locale variable in wp-config.php

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  • Wagner Frederico says:
    28 Nov 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I’ve changed my wp-config.php already to “define (WPLANG’, ‘pt_BR’);” and a I installed pt_BR.mo in my wp-content/languages directory but the archives are still in English, not in Portuguese.

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  • Wagner Frederico says:
    28 Nov 2008 at 11:02 pm

    I’ve solved the problem using this:

    /setlocale(LC_TIME, ‘pt_BR’, ‘pt_BR.iso-8859-1′, ‘pt_BR.utf-8′, ‘portuguese’)/

    Thank you. Nice plugin.

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  • SEO Wordsmith says:
    2 Dec 2008 at 6:09 am

    Thanks for the plugin. Written about it and linked to you.

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