# Archives and filters

> The archives list all your movies, TV shows and collections, and the pages of each genre, country, year and tag. This page explains the genre tabs, the filters, the seven sort orders, the pagination and the links with filters.

Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/archives-and-filters

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## Overview

Wovie has an archive for each type of title, and a page for each genre, country, release year and tag:

| Page | Address | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| Movies | `/movies/` | Every movie |
| TV Shows | `/tvshows/` | Every TV show |
| Collections | `/collections/` | Every collection |
| A genre | Such as `/genre/action/` | The movies and TV shows of that genre |
| A country | Such as `/country/japan/` | The movies and TV shows of that country |
| A release year | Such as `/release/2024/` | The movies and TV shows released that year |
| A tag | Such as `/tag/superhero/` | The movies and TV shows with that tag |

The words of each address, such as `movies` or `genre`, are set in Dbmovies. See [Movies](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/post-types/movies#permalink) in the Dbmovies documentation. Episodes have no archive: they are listed on the page of their TV show.

## The movies and TV shows archives

At the top, a filter bar with three controls:

- **The genre tabs**: **All**, and each genre that has titles. On computers, arrows scroll them.
- **Filter by**: opens a window with the **Country** and **Year** of release, the ones that have titles, the newest years first. A number on the button tells how many are on. **Reset all** clears them, and **Done** closes the window.
- **The sort menu**, with seven orders.

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The Movies archive with the genre tabs and the sort menu open]

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The Filter by window with a country and a year selected]

### Sort orders

| Order | What it shows first |
|---|---|
| **Most recent** | The latest published. It is the default order. If Dbmovies publishes your titles with their release date, the newest releases. See [Initial settings](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/initial-settings) |
| **Recently updated** | The titles you edited or the [Meta Updater](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/tools/metaupdater) refreshed most recently |
| **Top rated** | The best rated on your site. Titles without a rating are left out. See [User ratings](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/user-ratings) |
| **Top rated on IMDb** | The best rated on IMDb. Titles without an IMDb rating go last |
| **Top rated on TMDb** | The best rated on TMDb. Titles without a TMDb rating go last |
| **Most viewed today** | Titles viewed in the last 24 hours, most viewed first. If no title was viewed in that time, the newest titles appear first. See [View counter](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/view-counter) |
| **All-time popular** | The most viewed since they were published |

### Pages

Each page shows 20 titles. Visitors move with the page numbers and **Prev** and **Next**, with the ← and → keys of their keyboard, or by swiping on a phone.

When no title matches, the archive shows *No matches found*, with **Clear filters** to remove every filter and go back to **Most recent**.

## Your filters are remembered

Wovie remembers the genre, filters and order of each archive in the visitor's browser. When they come back to the Movies archive, it opens as they left it. Movies and TV shows keep their own filters.

The address of the archive changes with the filters, such as `/movies?orderby=imdb&genre=action&release=2024`, so visitors can:

- **go back** with the back button of their browser to the filters they had before;
- **share a link** that opens with the same filters;
- **reload** the page without losing them.

## Genre, country, year and tag pages

Each genre, country, release year and tag has its page. It works like the archives, with these differences:

- **The tabs are All, Movies and TV Shows**, instead of the genres.
- **Filter by** offers the other filters, genre included. On a genre page, for example, it offers the country and the year.
- **The filters are shared by the pages of the same kind.** A year chosen on the Action page also applies on the Comedy page.

Visitors reach the genre pages from the home page and from each title, and the country pages from each title. Year and tag pages have no link of their own: add the ones you want to your menus.

[SCREENSHOT_HERE: The page of a genre, with the All, Movies and TV Shows tabs]

## The collections archive

Every collection, as a card with the posters of its titles and its number of titles. It has no filters, and it uses the same pagination. See [Collection page](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/collection).

## Troubleshooting

| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| A genre, country or year is missing from the filters | Only the ones that have published titles appear. Publish or import titles of that genre, country or year |
| The archive opens with filters the visitor did not choose | They are the last filters used in that browser. **Clear filters**, or **Reset all** in **Filter by**, clears them |
| *No matches found* | No title matches the combination of filters. Remove a filter |
| **Most viewed today** shows the newest titles | No title was viewed in the last 24 hours. With full-page caching, visits served from the cache are not counted. See [Page caching](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/view-counter#page-caching). Before Dbmovies 1.3.39, the list showed *No matches found* instead |
| A title is missing from **Top rated** | It has no rating yet: you added it by hand, or it had no IMDb or TMDb rating when you imported it. It joins the list with its first vote |
| The archive shows a 404 page | Go to **Settings › Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** |