How to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress

Looking deeper into the table structure wp_post what fields makes it sticky?

Hi, thanks for the tips, I do it but the background of post in sticky post in theme twenty ten changed to light blue. Is there any way to make it to white as well? Thanks.

Great article. I find WPBeginner to be a great resource!

Is there a way to assign a sticky post to a category? For example, I have set up a custom menu to include some categories as tabs on my navigation. When you click on the category on the nav bar, you are taken to a page that lists all the posts in that category. I would like the first post to be sticky. Can I do this?

Thanks, a really useful feature.

If you have more than 1 sticky post is there an easy way to make sure they appear in a specific order rather than date?

Great info, very helpful! Cheers Ted

Thanks for this. This is one of the key advantages of using WordPress as your blogging platform, so it's important to know how to do it properly.

Thanks for the information, i used to use the plugin to make a sticky post.