{"id":2868,"date":"2021-10-25T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2021-10-25T11:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:35:50","slug":"what-is-a-wordpress-archive-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-wordpress-archive-page\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A WordPress Archive Page?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Archive Page in WordPress enables you to easily steer readers through your previously published content, such as blogs. WordPress Archive Pages are produced to organize a list of posts under a particular post type, category, or tag.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why You Should Use an Archive Page<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating an archive page has several benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First of all, it can drastically <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/elementor-seo\/\">improve SEO<\/a> and help your visitors find the desired content. Often readers want to browse old posts, find posts that they read but lost the link for, and learn about specific topics.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Secondly, the archive page is a hands-on way to display different post types and all published pages. It eases the navigation process by listing your old content based on a date, category, tags, and more.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>Third, you&#8217;re cultivating loyalty by offering a service to genuine readers interested in reading past posts. This service offering increases engagement, which is essential in maintaining a positive community around your <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/start-blog-make-money\/\"   title=\"blog\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">blog<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li>Fourth, besides audience engagement, the page boosts how long people spend on your site, which is always a bonus. Increasing the number of page views per article as visitors delve through archives lets you expose them to more content.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the longer they are on your site, the chance you have of engaging with them and keeping their interest \u2013 be it to respond to a particular <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/widgets\/call-to-action-widget\/\">CTA<\/a>, sign up to an <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/email-signups\/\">email list<\/a>, or buy a product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archive pages help increase your chances of converting visitors into customers and subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How WordPress Makes It Easy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress automatically creates archive pages so that you don&#8217;t need to spend time making them from scratch. Nevertheless, customizing your archive page can enhance traffic, as can having a site that looks and performs well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are coding and non-coding options to create a custom archive page. The last one can be by using a plugin that allows you to build fully customized archive pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Archive Page enables you to easily steer readers through your previously published content, such as blogs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-wordpress","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2870,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868\/revisions\/2870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}