Compact Archives

Compact Archives has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Compact Archives has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by theviper17y. Compact Archives is installed on roughly 2,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-58001

Compact Archives <= 4.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-09-22 00:00	Compact Archives <= 4.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Compact Archives <= 4.1.0	`CVE-2025-58001`	6.4 Medium	theviper17y	Yes

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Latestv4.1.1

Compact Archives

Author

Syed Balkhi

5.0(9)

100/100

Last Updated

2026-02-16 (7mo ago)

Active Installs

2,000+

Downloads

56,066

Requires WP

4.8+

Requires PHP

5.6+

Tested up to

WP 6.9.7

Created

2008-05-09 (19y ago)

The built-in WordPress archives widget is great for new blogs, but it doesn’t look as good for more established blogs like WPBeginner. Compact Archives displays the monthly archive of posts in a more compact form rather than the usual long list. It can be shown as a compact block suitable for the body of an archives page: 2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec or in an even more compact form to fit a sidebar: 2009: J F M A M J J A S O N D 2008: J F M A M J J A S O N D 2007: J F M A M J J A S O N D or something in between: 2009: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 2008: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 2007: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Compact Archive plugin works seamlessly with Gutenberg Block Editor, Classic Editor, and WordPress widgets. What’s Next If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: OptinMonster – Get More Email Subscribers with the most popular conversion optimization plugin for WordPress. WPForms – Best Drag & Drop WordPress Form plugin (over 1 million active installs). MonsterInsights – See the Stats that Matter and Grow Your Business with Confidence. Best Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress. SeedProd – Jumpstart your website with the #1 Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Plugin for WordPress. WP Mail SMTP – Improve email deliverability for your contact form with the most popular SMTP plugin for WordPress. Visit WPBeginner to learn from our WordPress Tutorials and find out about other best WordPress plugins. Like all plugins, Compact Archives is only available for self-hosted WordPress sites. So YES you need to switch from WordPress.com to WordPress.org in order to use this plugin on your WordPress site. For more details, see the infographic on Self hosted WordPress.org vs Free WordPress.com If you like this plugin, then please leave a good rating. For support just ask the questions here in the support forum. Credits This plugin was originally created by Rob Marsh and Aldolat added a widget for it. WPBeginner adopted the plugin and took the responsibility of keeping it updated.

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