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Custom Post Type Sticky

by Abhay · Uncategorized

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Extends sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

800+

Active installs

≈860 estimated

21.8K

Total downloads

since 2017

4.11★

Rating (adjusted)

4.8★ raw · 4 reviews

+42%

257

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 22/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2188 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+42% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

257

now · peak 384

25030d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Custom Post Type Sti · #7458 you Sticky Posts Expire · #16215

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

313per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 98%
Older / other versions 2.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈860

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-07-18 · 1,426 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
3 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
6.0y ago
Added
2017-08-05 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.5.20
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ veerap
    5.9y ago

    Works as promised, just few small improvements suggestions: – Support for Gutenberg editor view – Possibility to translate UI via translate.wordpress.org

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  2. ★★★★★ campusboy
    7.4y ago

    The plugin does its little thing perfectly. Very happy!

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  3. ★★★★★ Behnam Nikkhah
    7.9y ago

    Installed it and it worked right away. No bugs, no errors, no nothing. Just working.

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  4. ★★★★★ wordpress-outsourcing-partners
    8.5y ago

    If you want to make custom post as a sticky post its great plugin for you.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-30 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-29 800+ → 900+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-24 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-23 800+ → 900+ up after 7 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-16 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-07-15 800+ → 900+ up after 186 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-10 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-09 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier

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