How to Make Archive ShortCode

Question

I checked that there is an shortcode on wordpress.com but it seems there is no build in way of adding the shortcode of archive on wordpress.org site. I know there was one plugin in repo but it's 2 years old with no updates in code.

So let's say if i want to return the archive. following shortcode doesn't work. Is there anything I am missing? Or is there any way to make this work?

 function archive{


 return '<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>';

 }
 add_action('archives', 'archive');

Answer 1

That is not a shortcode. Take a look at the Shortcode API for examples of how to do this.

Here is your specifc example:

function wpse61674_archives_shortcode_cb( $atts ) {
    return wp_get_archives('type=monthly');
}
add_shortcode( 'archives', 'wpse61674_archives_shortcode_cb' );