What is WordPress Sticky Posts and How to Make It?

WordPress sticky posts are probably the easiest and most convenient way to highlight your most popular or most important blog content. Since so many publications use this handy feature, you’ve probably seen sticky posts around whether you’re aware of it or not. Today, we’ll cover everything you need to know about WordPress sticky posts, from what they really are to how to create and use them on your own blog.

What Are WordPress Sticky Posts?

Sticky posts are actually a pretty simple concept. If you’re using WordPress as the platform for your blog, you’ve probably noticed that your most recent posts are displayed at the top of the page or blog list. This is the default WordPress setting and it honestly makes sense. Typically, you want your newest content to be displayed first. But sometimes a post you publish is so important that you want to pay a little more attention to it before you let it land in your archive. That’s exactly what the sticky post function is for. By setting a particular post to be sticky, you always have it displayed at the top of your page., regardless of when it was published. That’s why you use the sticky post feature to literally “paste” posts to the top of your blog.

Also, you can “remove” posts at any point when you decide they no longer need to be in such a prominent position. Besides, you can also set multiple sticky posts. All posts you set as sticky will always be displayed at the top of your page or list, and their internal ranking will be determined by the date they were posted. For example, if you want to have three sticky posts, the most recently created will be the first, the second posted before it, and the third oldest sticky post in your list.

As for the purpose of sticky posts, they can include your brand statement, a promotional video, a set of rules you want to make sure everyone understands, or something along those lines. Of course, you can also simply Use sticky posts to ensure your visitors see your best content first.

How to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress

Sticky posts are a default feature of WordPress since version 2.3, i.e. You don’t need to install any plugin or use any special code to create sticky posts. In fact, creating them is extremely simple.

First, you need to login to your WordPress dashboard and go to the list of your posts. Once you find the post you want to set as sticky, click Quick edit link below post title.

Find the option that says now Make this post sticky and check. Clicks don’t click update button and the post will be “stuck” at the top of your posts list.

You can also do this from within the post while editing it. In the sidebar, you will see the option to the right of the editor. Pin this post to front page, with options to protect the post with a password and make it private. simply tick the box and update your post.

The steps are similar for Gutenberg users. you can use Quick Edit option in the posts list as we discussed above or you can set in the text:

Hungry Status and Visibility Go to tab and look for the checkbox that says Stay at the top of the blog .

Check this box and the post you selected will appear as sticky and listed above any other new posts.

If at any point you decide you want to do “remove” a post and go back to the normal chronological order of posts, simply do this uncheck the box you used it to make the post sticky in the first place.

final thoughts

Making sticky posts in WordPress is obviously as easy as it gets. All you have to do is decide which posts you want to promote as sticky and tick the corresponding box. Feel free to share your experience with sticky posts and let us know how you use them in the comments below!