Seamless Sticky Custom Post Types

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Crossed into this band 8 months ago and the previous band took 4.6 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.

1. ★★★★★ May

   8.0y ago

   This plugin is really helpful. If you have no skill to edit functions.php well and there are many custom post type, You sholud use this.Gguaranteed working.

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2. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   8.8y ago

   A very nice plugin enabling without further ado a functionality that should have been native. If you’re actively using the sticky post functionality for CPTs, it might be tricky to use some queries. For example, this will not work $featured_post_args = array( 'post_type' => 'custom_post', 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'post__in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 ); and you need to use something like array_filter(get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), function($id) { return get_post_type($id) == 'custom_post' && get_post_status($id) == 'publish'; }); But this is a problem of WP itself and not of the plugin. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by certainlyakey.

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3. ★★★★★ peterarends

   9.2y ago

   Great plugin! Hasn’t been updated for over three years. But it works great, still!

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4. ★★★★★ natejacobson

   9.8y ago

   It’d be great if this plugin could be code reviewed for compatibility and security with 4.7.1. Plugin works, but aging “last update” is concerning.

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5. ★★★★★ PiemanP

   10.1y ago

   Installed, added Stick Post support… no messing about. Cheers!

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6. ★★★★★ TrishaM

   10.3y ago

   Like many others I really wish this functionality (support for Sticky Custom Posts) would be added to the core – it makes no sense that it isn’t. That said, without core support for this basic function, THIS plugin is the best option available, and just does exactly that – it adds the “Stick this post to the front page” checkbox to your registered custom post types. The folks who have given this a low rating appear to not understand how to actually USE sticky posts – WP does not do anything other than provide a mechanism to ‘flag’ a post as sticky, or not sticky. It’s then up to the THEME developer to write the necessary loops to DISPLAY sticky posts as the site owner wants them to appear. If your Theme doesn’t manage the sticky posts the way you want, and you don’t have the ability to add code to your functions (which can be as simple as copy & paste if you find the right code), then simply choose another Theme – don’t blame this plugin developer for a lack of Theme support. This plugin deserves a 5-star rating because it does exactly what it claims to do, and it’s free. What more can you ask?

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7. ★★★★★ JavaDjie

   10.6y ago

   Hi, I have removed this plugin in my web. but why is not there a difference? I mean, there is still the sticky post

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8. ★★★★★ Alexander Agnarson

   10.7y ago

   Works just as it should!

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-02-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1667 days in tier
2. 2021-08-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1057 days in tier
3. 2018-09-11 2K+ → 3K+ up after 850 days in tier
4. 2016-05-14 1K+ → 2K+ up

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Seamless Sticky Custom Post Types: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/seamless-sticky-custom-post-types