Title: Stycky posts disappear
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Stycky posts disappear

 *  Resolved [EdmundoZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edmundoz/)
 * (@edmundoz)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/)
 * Thank you for the very handy plugin but I am having a problem. If I select any
   criteria under Taxonomy & Term, sticky posts do not show on top as they do if
   I do not use any Taxonomy & Term filters. Is this expected behavior? Also, if
   I want to filter by post format, there is no option to selecte “Standard” post
   format.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flexible-posts-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flexible-posts-widget/)

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 *  Plugin Author [DaveE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpe415/)
 * (@dpe415)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/#post-3486950)
 * Hi EdmundoZ,
 * Unfortunately, the way that WordPress core handles sticky posts is very, very
   specific and there isn’t an easy way for me me to work around it. The quick answer
   is yes, adding a tax & term to any WordPress query will ignore the sticky post
   functionality for that query. This applies to FPW and even writing your own WP_Query
   directly.
 * The way I’ve worked around this on several projects is to setup two FPW’s one
   right after the other. In the first widget, I’ve used a simple tag called “sticky”
   or even created a separate taxonomy & term specifically for this and also set
   the number of posts to display to 1. This in effect is your “sticky” post. In
   the second widget, I don’t set a widget title so the listing look like it is 
   still part of the previous widget (this may require some minor styling work as
   well – depending on your theme) and then gotten the regular post results as if
   they were a continuation of the previous widget, but not including the “sticky”
   post. Hopefully that makes sense. I realize the explanation is a little difficult.
 * As for the Post Formats issue, you’re correct. I am missing a “Standard” option.(
   It’s a technical issue with the way the “Standard” post format works in core.)
   I’ll get that fixed in the next release of the plugin. Thanks for bringing that
   to my attention.
 * Cheers,
 *  Plugin Author [DaveE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpe415/)
 * (@dpe415)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/#post-3487039)
 * Hi EdmundoZ,
 * Since I haven’t heard back from you in over 2 weeks, I’m going to mark this topic
   as resolved. Please feel free to re-open it if you continue to have questions.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [DaveE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpe415/)
 * (@dpe415)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/#post-3487040)
 * Hi EdmundoZ,
 * Just a heads up that it doesn’t work to add “Standard” as a Post Format option.
   The reason for this is that WordPress doesn’t actually create a “Standard” term.
   Instead, any posts without one of the other formats assigned to it defaults to“
   Standard.” In essence, Standard is the absence of a post format. I can’t do a
   query for: all posts without a post format term AND all posts with the post format“
   Gallery” (for example). That’s not logically possible.
 * So, that being said, the best solution will be to use a tag or another taxonomy&
   term and assign the same term to posts with the “Standard” and another post format.
   Then, with FPW, just use the tag or tax&term you assigned to all the posts you’d
   like to show.
 * Hopefully that work around will help. Cheers!
 *  Thread Starter [EdmundoZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edmundoz/)
 * (@edmundoz)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/#post-3487041)
 * Hi DaveE,
 * thank you for the follow up on this matter. I think the workarounds you recommended
   will take care of most of my needs. Again thanks for the great plugin!

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 * Last reply from: [EdmundoZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edmundoz/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stycky-posts-disappear/#post-3487041)
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