Post Glue

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Sticky posts for WordPress, improved., _(*2)

This plugin addresses the following issues and limitations found in the core's implementation of sticky posts:, _(*3)

Only the core post type supports this feature.
Sticky posts are added in front of your homepage's results, yielding more posts than the configured per-page setting.
Sticky posts reappear as you navigate further into the archive.
Sticky posts are prepended to your results when querying specific posts with post__in.
Difficult to include sticky posts in custom queries.

Some of these issues cause strange behaviour (like when using the REST API) and complicate the creation of custom homepage layouts., _(*4)

At one point we decided to stop fighting the core and partially reimplemented the feature using custom post fields and meta queries, giving you:, _(*5)

Sticky posts for all non-hierarchical post types.
Post stickiness on post type and taxonomy archives.
Respect for your configured per-page setting, with stickies spilling over onto the next page.
Duplicates filtered from your archive pages.
The ability to sort by stickiness on virtually any WP_Query lookup.
Support for the is_sticky() function.
A predictable WordPress REST API experience.
A slight SQL query overhead (sorry!)

Post Glue will continue to save post IDs to the sticky_posts option, meaning you'll retain some core functionality even if you decide to stop using the plugin., _(*6)

Please follow and contribute to Post Glue's development on Github., _(*7)