Wordpress-Archive-By-Year

Wordpress-Archive-By-Year.php

Page Template
<?php

/**
 * Template Name:  Press By Year
 */

get_header(); ?>

<div id="content-full" class="grid col-940">

<?php foreach(posts_by_year() as $year => $posts) : ?>
  <h3><?php echo $year; ?></h3>

  <ul>
    <?php foreach($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
      <li>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
      </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
  </ul>
<?php endforeach; ?>

</div><!-- end of #content-full -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>




// functions.php



function posts_by_year() {
  // array to use for results
  $years = array();

	// get posts from WP
	$posts = get_posts(array(
		'numberposts' => -1,
		'orderby' => 'post_date',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		'post_type' => 'press-release',
		'post_status' => 'publish'
	));

  // loop through posts, populating $years arrays
  foreach($posts as $post) {
    $years[date('Y', strtotime($post->post_date))][] = $post;
  }

  // reverse sort by year
  krsort($years);

  return $years;
}