I want more functionality out of the wp_get_archives tag. I want my results to look like this:
Year
Month
Post
Post
Post
Year
Month
Post
Post
Post
To achieve this, am I going to have to use the loop? Is there another way to do this besides the loop?
As far as I know, to do this, you’ll be writing your own logic in the archive page using the loop.
Lots of [archives related plugins][1] that do close to what you want.
[1]: WordPress ⺠WordPress Plugins