Making a Sticky Post stay at the Top of the Blog Page WordPress

Justin Rodas comments:

Hi Luis,

thanks for your reply, but I'm not sure what you mean.. Where am I supposed to make this query?

Please explain clear steps as I'm a newbie :)

Luis Abarca comments:

if you changing your template and dectivating your plugins and still dont work for you, try this way.

In a new loop, to just show 1 or as many sticky posts as you want

i.e: tweenty elevent index.php


<?php
/**
* The main template file.
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Eleven
*/
get_header(); ?>

<div id="primary">
<div id="content" role="main">

<strong>
<?php
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
$query = new WP_Query( 'p=' . $sticky[0] . '&posts_per_page=1' );

// Show just sticky here
$exclude = array();
?>

<?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php $exclude[] = $post->ID; endwhile; ?
<?php endif ?>

<?php query_posts(array('exclude' => $exclude)); // get posts ?>
</strong>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

<?php twentyeleven_content_nav( 'nav-above' ); ?>

<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php twentyeleven_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>

<?php else : ?>

<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h1>
</header><!-- .entry-header -->

<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
</article><!-- #post-0 -->

<?php endif; ?>

</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>



Luis Abarca comments:

make it sure (1) that you (or a plugin) are not forcing a date post order, (2) the "Read First" has the sticky, (3) and the first post doesn't have sticky attribute

Justin Rodas comments:

Thanks Luis!! You've solved my problem! :)

The rest of you thank you also for trying :)