Help with Listing Archives in Sidebar

[Rox]

I am trying to reduce the number of archives listed in sidebar from all to 8 months.

I looked up wordpress.org function reference for help and replaced:

<?php wp_get_archives ?>

with

<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&limit=8'); ?>

I checked the sidebar after this and it hasn't changed anything at all. Could anybody help with resolving this?

Rox Reviewed by Rox on 11th Mar 2012. Help with Listing Archives in Sidebar I am trying to reduce the number of archives listed in sidebar from all to 8 months. I looked up wordpress.org function reference for help and replaced: <?php wp_get_archives ?> with <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&limit=8'); ?> Rating: 5

[Gaurav]

^ where did you make this change?

[Rox]

sidebar.php

[Gaurav]

Fixed. For those interested in the solution and the cause of the problem:

the call to wp_get_archives() was being done inside an if block in this case which was not being executed (the condition being the absence of dynamic_sidebar() )

Hence to overcome this problem, we can use the `widget_archives_args` hook and add a filter accordingly. Therefore in functions.php

/* Limit the archive to 8 months
--------------------------------- */
function limit_archive($args) {
    $args['limit'] = 8;
    return $args;
}
add_filter('widget_archives_args', 'limit_archive');