Sticky posts are a special animal but they are posts, not a different post type. You’ll have to use a special loop to display that particular post type. Here’s an example where a custom field key of sticky and a value of yes qualify this post type of book to be displayed:
<?php
$args=array(
'meta_key'=>'sticky',
'meta_value'=> 'yes',
'post_type' => 'book',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
echo 'List of Books with sticky = yes custom field';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
the_content();
endwhile;
}
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>
Thank you Michael
I completely misunderstood the functionality behind sticky posts. I was under the wrong impression that when I created a new post_type, that the ability to make a custom post_type ‘sticky’ via the same drop down would be there.
Saved me tons of head banging
