Displaying Archives List

Question

I'm displaying list or archives using

<?php get_archives('monthly', '', 'html', '', '', FALSE); ?>

and my list displays

December 2012 November 2012 etc

However I would like to format this to display:

12.12 11.12 10.12 etc

Any ideas?

Answer 1

There is but the filter sucks, it only gives you the link HTML:

add_filter( 'get_archives_link', 'wpse74891_archives_link' );
function wpse74891_archives_link( $link ) {
    $link = preg_replace_callback( '/>([A-Za-z]+\s+\d{4})/', function( $matches ) {
        return '>' . date( 'm.y', strtotime( $matches[1] ) );
        }, $link );
    return $link;
}

Using this method you can pass in any date format you want for the link at least.

Answer 2

Try changing the date display format under Settings > General in your WordPress admin. Choose the custom option and enter y.m into the box.

If you're feeling adventurous, there are lots of other formatting tags available