Title: Adding Archives
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding Archives

 *  Resolved [Inv_Trdr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inv_trdr/)
 * (@inv_trdr)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/)
 * Is it possible to not show every page in the menu item on the left? For example,
   if I am making a new page daily with a new picture on it, it can lead to one 
   very long menu item on the left. Even making monthly pages with the daily photos
   on it can add up over the years. Is there a way to shorten this in WP? How does
   archiving work in WP?
    Thanks.

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 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/#post-1168596)
 * Why do you use pages instead of posts?
    If you want to exclude pages from the
   menu, see this: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/297769?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/297769?replies=3)
 * As for the primary question: a post gets an ID from WP, you can do with posts
   a lot of thing, show them on the main page or not or access them through various
   ways of archiving, by date, by category, by tag, etc.
 * My guess is that you have a page widget in your sidebar just like the fellow 
   in the other thread that I just linked to. You don’t have to use it.
 *  Thread Starter [Inv_Trdr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inv_trdr/)
 * (@inv_trdr)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/#post-1168625)
 * Problem with posts is that they cannot be nested like pages can.
 *  Thread Starter [Inv_Trdr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inv_trdr/)
 * (@inv_trdr)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/#post-1168628)
 * The Exclude Pages plugin excludes pages from side bar menu and top menu?
    Thanks.
 *  [artb4ever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artb4ever/)
 * (@artb4ever)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/#post-1169036)
 * Hello,
    Is it possible to activate or do this in some way. I want my category
   archives to show all my posts, but like in pages? Like page 1 is recent stuff
   and page 44 is like stuff from 5 years ago?
 * If you can help me I’d appreciate it.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [artb4ever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artb4ever/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-archives/#post-1169036)
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