If you are a member of an online forum, then you should already be familiar with the concept of ”sticky” or featured posts.
A sticky topic is where a selected entry does not get displaced by more recent entries while older threads appear down the thread.
Like online forums, WordPress allows you to display important posts at the top of your blog post page while your newer items show below the featured entry and older posts get pushed down the page.
This step-by-step tutorial explains how to make posts in WordPress sticky.
Before completing this tutorial, we recommend understanding basic WordPress features like:
- Understanding the difference between WordPress Posts and Pages
- How to create a new WordPress post
- Editing WordPress blog posts
- Using WordPress Quick Edit
- How to create a blog post page in WordPress
- How to specify the number of blog posts to display on your blog page
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Featured Posts
In WordPress, posts appear at the top of your blog post page in reverse chronological order …
(Latest posts get added to the top of the blog posts summary page while older entries get pushed down the page)
Depending on how many posts your site’s settings is set up to display on your blog page, latest posts display at the top of your blog summary page while older items get pushed further down the page.
In WordPress, you can mark your posts as Sticky if you would like your readers to view these before all other posts. Sticky posts will remain pinned to the top of your blog page until you deselect the ‘Sticky’ option on your Post Edit screen.
To make your blog post sticky, follow the steps below:
Log into the WordPress Dashboard and select Posts > All Posts …
(WordPress Posts Menu – All Posts)
The Posts screen will load in your browser, displaying a list of all your posts …
(Table Of Posts)
Once you get to this screen, you have a couple of ways of making your posts sticky. Let’s take a look at each of these:
Featured Posts - Quick Edit Method
Locate the post you want to edit, hover over the item’s title to display the options menu and click on Quick Edit …
(’Quick Edit’ function)
The Quick Edit inline editor expands and displays various options for editing your post. Locate the ‘Make this post sticky’ option …
(’Make post sticky’ checkbox – Quick Edit section)
Tick the ’Make this post sticky’ checkbox …
(’Make post sticky’ option – Inline editor screen)
Click Update to save your new settings …
(Update your settings)
Sticky Posts - Post Edit Method
If you are adding a new post or editing content in an existing post, you can make your post sticky by going to Publish > Visibility: Public > Edit …
(Publish post box – Visibility > Edit)
Check ‘Stick this post to the front page’ then click OK, and click Update to save your new changes …
(Post publishing box)
Your status of your blog post will be displayed as “Sticky” …
(Post status: Sticky)
Visitors will see the sticky post at the top of the blog page, followed by other recent posts …
(Sticky posts are added to the top of the blog posts page while regular items get pushed further down)
Depending on your WordPress theme, your sticky post may also display differently than normal posts.
For example, your sticky post could have a distinctive label or highlight color …
(Sticky posts can stand out from other posts)
Here’s the same example with a different theme …
(Featured posts can stand out from regular posts)
Your post will stay sticky for as long as you like.
How To Unstick Post Entries
Unsticking your post is really easy.
To unstick a post, go to the Table of Posts in the WordPress dashboard and click on the ‘Sticky’ link at the top of the list of posts to view all posts that have been marked as sticky …
(Sticky menu – Table of Posts)
Click on the ‘Quick Edit’ link …
(’Quick Edit’ feature)
Deselect ’Make this post sticky’ and click the ‘Update’ button …
(Unselect the box to unstick the post inside the Quick editor)
Alternatively, when editing an existing blog post, you can unstick your post by clicking on Publish > Visibility: Public > Edit …
(Publish post section – Visibility > Edit)
Unselect ‘Stick this post to the front page’ then click OK and remember to update your changes when finished …
(Publish section)
Your post is no longer sticky and will behave like every other post.
Congratulations, now you know how to make your blog post sticky.
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