{"id":3134,"date":"2020-04-23T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=3134"},"modified":"2023-10-20T13:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:42:53","slug":"sticky-posts","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/portfolio\/sticky-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sticky Posts are posts that will stick to the top of your front page.<\/p>\n<p>The video starts with using sticky posts in the TwentyFourteen theme and then shows the simpler method used in other themes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3134-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/23144954\/sticky-posts.mp4?_=1\" \/><track srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\" kind=\"subtitles\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/13134704\/sticky-posts.srt\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/23144954\/sticky-posts.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/23144954\/sticky-posts.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They are particularly powerful when using the TwentyFourteen \u00a0where the feature images of a sticky posts can be displayed in a grid across the top of the site.<\/p>\n<p>In other themes the posts will just sit at the top of the new posts and not move down when new content is added.<\/p>\n<p>How to make Posts Sticky.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way is in the Publish Metabox, you edit the visibility of the post and tick the box for sticky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/30085522\/publish-metabox-Edit-Visibility.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/portfolio\/sticky-posts\/publish-metabox-edit-visibility\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/30085522\/publish-metabox-Edit-Visibility.png\" data-orig-size=\"294,260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/30085539\/publish-metabox-set-to-sticky.png\" alt=\"publish metabox: set to sticky\" width=\"302\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the TwentyFourteen theme you can stick posts with a particular tag to the top of your blog instead. 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