In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I take the opportunity to catch up on the latest news in the WordPress community. I share the results of our poll asking readers if they use sticky posts in WordPress. We discuss the pros and cons of content protection plugins, in which there are no…
Sticky posts, introduced in WordPress 2.7, gives authors the ability to stick or feature posts to the front page. You’ll find the option in the publish meta box under the visibility section. I’ve rarely found a use for sticky posts on my personal site and WP Tavern. However, I realize that in some WordPress themes,…
WordPress’ sticky posts feature was introduced six years ago in the 2.7 release. It was added to enable users to stick important posts to the front page so that they won’t disappear in a blog’s steady stream of chronologically ordered content. By default, a sticky post is sticky indefinitely and requires you to manually uncheck…