Title: Category Sticky Post Author: Philip Arthur Moore Published: Август 27, 2012 Last modified: Январь 19, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/category-sticky-post/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=590904) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/category-sticky-post_cccccc.svg) # Category Sticky Post By [Philip Arthur Moore](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philiparthurmoore/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-sticky-post.2.10.2.zip) * [Details](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/#description) * [Reviews](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/#reviews) * [Installation](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/#installation) * [Development](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/) ## Description Category Sticky Post allows you to mark a post to be displayed – or stuck – to the top of each archive page for the specified category. Category Sticky Post… * Allows you to select which category in which to stick a post * Will display the post on the top of the first page of the archive just like built- in sticky posts * Will only allow you to stick a single post per category * Displays whether or not a post is stuck in a category on the Post Edit dashboard * Provides light styling that should look good in most themes * Is available on each post editor page * Is fully localized and ready for translation For more information or to follow the project, check out the [project page](http://tommcfarlin.com/category-sticky-post/). ### Development Information Category Sticky Post was built with… * The desire to perform the same functionality on my own blog * [WordPress Coding Standards](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards) * Native WordPress API’s (specifically the [Plugin API](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API)) * [CodeKit](http://incident57.com/codekit/) using [LESS](http://lesscss.org/), [JSLint](http://www.jslint.com/lint.html), and [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) * Some advice from [Konstantin Kovshenin](http://twitter.com/kovshenin) on query optimization * Respect for WordPress bloggers everywhere 🙂 ## Screenshots * [[ * A post marked as a ‘Category Sticky’ displaying at the top of an archive page * [[ * The new menu item for selecting which in which category to stick the given post * [[ * Disabled options show that a category already has a sticky post * [[ * The post dashboard indicating which entries are category sticky posts ## Installation #### Using The WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard 2. Select `category-sticky-post.zip` from your computer 3. Бавгæнын 4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard #### Using FTP 1. Extract `category-sticky-post.zip` to your computer 2. Upload the `category-sticky-post` directory to your `wp-content/plugins` directory 3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard ## FAQ Installation Instructions #### Using The WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard 2. Select `category-sticky-post.zip` from your computer 3. Бавгæнын 4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard #### Using FTP 1. Extract `category-sticky-post.zip` to your computer 2. Upload the `category-sticky-post` directory to your `wp-content/plugins` directory 3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/36ee9ff282970902eed22f48db5c436ac1ef7c3d81cc406630005c0f5a94936d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plays well with WP v6.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plays-well-with-wp-v6-6/)󠁿 [Nicki Faulk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nitallica/) Июль 20, 2024 Does exactly what I need. Thank you, Tom McFarlin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9750be2641a468a1a2450ec71c4ca8bf80039e53b84a732c67efef2bdca4b1d2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[still works perfectly.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-perfectly-6/)󠁿 [emilysparkle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emilysparkle/) Июнь 17, 2022 thanks for a solid plugin. 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c545ad729bf3244977b616130e20c462c337bb459d6606b9d3fbe493bf9edc8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[working in 2022](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-in-2022/)󠁿 [touficmamdouh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/touficmamdouh/) Февраль 11, 2022 thank you for great developer ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac14a339cd3402ad485c43974f385652cf7af3a3df85a9b77e3fad52a8684a05? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works with WP 5.7.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-wp-5-7-2/)󠁿 [Limeyard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/limeyard/) Июль 19, 2021 I really needed this, and WOW! it works like a charm with WP 5.7.2 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bed8720ffbbb649011f4cfc1d2c196863b24e28c4a4213708c9ce4fc51d1363a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Compatible](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-25/)󠁿 [vitisaureus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vitisaureus/) Июнь 6, 2020 Once upon a time i applied this useful plugin. Now the plugin search did not show it on my new wordpress site. Found it, and installed other way. And still works. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4ed7b3101e20a366a88fbb6dba920d29047cc8840aa37dec9eb6bfb9946a68c4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working perfectly on 5.4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-perfectly-on-5-4/)󠁿 [jimlunsford](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jimlunsford/) Май 5, 2020 I am actively using this plugin on Wordpress 5.4 and it works perfectly. [ Read all 24 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Category Sticky Post” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Philip Arthur Moore ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philiparthurmoore/) * [ Professional Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/professionalthemes/) [Translate “Category Sticky Post” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-sticky-post) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-sticky-post/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-sticky-post/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-sticky-post/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-sticky-post/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.10.2 * Change plugin authorship. #### 2.10.1 * Fix to plugin ownership name. #### 2.10.0 * Changing plugin ownership. #### 2.9.0 * Adding Serbian language translation (props George Dragojevic) #### 2.8.0 * WordPress 4.3 Compatibility * Updating author URLs * Removing the `disabled` functionality that would prevent you from selecting the same category a post originally had (props marc) * Removing some unused functions * Cleaning up some of the PHP #### 2.7.0 * WordPress 4.2.1 compatibility * Updating copyright dates #### 2.6.0 * WordPress 4.0 compatibility * Checking the main query to avoid conflicts with other plugins that deal with the main query #### 2.4.0 * Verifying WordPress 3.9 compatibility #### 2.3.0 * Removing the ability to add the sticky post to Pages (this should not have been possible earlier) * Verifying WordPress 3.8 compatibility #### 2.2.0 * Adding Spanish translations (props to Andrew Kurtis) #### 2.1.1 * Updating the plugin so that the `category-sticky` class is applied _only_ on category archive pages (props http://davidpratten.com). #### 2.1.0 * Updating the plugin to support pages custom post types * Moving the screenshots to the `/assets/` directory to make the download a bit smaller #### 2.0.0 * Resolving a bug that marked the category as ‘unstuck’ when updating a post * Introduced a feature for disabling the category sticky border * Improving the coding standards of the plugin be separating the class into its own file * Improving the PHPDoc of the plugin #### 1.2.1 * Removing the custom.css line in the README file #### 1.2 * Now posts that belong to multiple categories are properly styled when they are marked as sticky * Removing some of the styles that were causing posts to look incorrect in certain themes * Documenting all of the functions that exist in the source code * Fully removing custom.css support #### 1.1.2 * Removing the custom.css support as it was causing issues with other plugin upgrades. Will be restored later, if requested. #### 1.1.1 * Improving support for adding custom.css so that the file is also managed properly during the plugin update process * Updating localization files #### 1.1 * Updating function calls to use updated PHP conventions * Adding a function to dynamically create a custom.css file if one doesn’t exist * Verifying compatibility with WordPress 3.5 #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.10.1** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **3,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.4.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/) * Tags * [categories](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[post](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://os.wordpress.org/plugins/category-sticky-post/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 22 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-sticky-post/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Philip Arthur Moore ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philiparthurmoore/) * [ Professional Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/professionalthemes/) ## Support Got something to say? 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