2026 note: This post is from 2014. The Clean My Archive plugin has since been removed from the WordPress repository or is no longer maintained. Modern alternatives are listed at the bottom of the post.
If you wanted readers to see every post title on a single page or a richer archive than the XML sitemap, in 2014 Clean My Archive did exactly that.
It worked through a shortcode: drop it inside any WordPress Page and the plugin renders the full archive chronologically.
2026 Replacement
- Simple Yearly Archive: still maintained, free, same shortcode UX.
- Compact Archives: Automattic-built, renders a tidy year-by-year table.
- Native Blocks: WordPress’s built-in Archives and Latest Posts blocks cover most needs without a plugin.
- For content-heavy sites, Jetpack’s Site Search often replaces the need for an archive page entirely.
