Dates archives index

A dates index groups published, non-password-protected content from the selected post type by year, month, and day. Each displayed date links to its corresponding archive; its count represents matching posts in that period.

Choose the data and layout

Choose a public post type and ascending or descending order. Basic places the year alongside its months on wider screens; Compact places the months beneath the year. The arrangement adapts to smaller screens. If you hide years, Compact falls back to Basic.

Choose whether months appear as localized names or numbers. You can separately show or hide the counts for years, months, and days; hiding a count does not remove its date link.

Adjust the appearance

In the block editor, use Typography for font size and line height and Colors for the year, month, and day backgrounds and text. Elementor provides separate style controls in its Style tab.

For custom post types, date links use standard WordPress date archive URLs unless customized; verify that those destinations show the intended content. See troubleshooting if the index is empty.