Title: Question about Archive
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Question about Archive

 *  [alex-ing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex-ing/)
 * (@alex-ing)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-archive/)
 * Hi, I want to create an “archive page” where it will list all the names of the
   posts I’ve made so all you have to do is click on it and it will go to that post.
   My theme didn’t come with an archives.php so I copy and pasted the default one.
   I have been reading the instructions on how to make one by wordpress, but I am
   having trouble. It tells me there should be a “Page Templates Drop down box” 
   but I am unable to find this anywhere. Any ideas on how I can get an archives
   going?

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 *  [dor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dor/)
 * (@dor)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-archive/#post-1164405)
 * Well, `archives.php` is for archive index ([http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Archive_Index](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Archive_Index)),
   while `archive.php` should list you posts.
 * Try to use `archive.php` (instead of `archives.php`) as a starting point.
 * And let us know what’s wrong for you.
 * How you are trying to check whether it works?

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