Title: Unable to stick post when using query_posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Unable to stick post when using query_posts

 *  [Michal z typeofweb.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lupinek/)
 * (@lupinek)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-stick-post-when-using-query_posts/)
 * I use custom query to obtain my posts on the main page:
    `global $query_string;
   query_posts($query_string."&category_name=my_cat");` But in this case sticky 
   posts are not displayed first. How can I make it working?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-stick-post-when-using-query_posts/#post-1735996)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Sticky_Post_Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Sticky_Post_Parameters)
 *  Thread Starter [Michal z typeofweb.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lupinek/)
 * (@lupinek)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-stick-post-when-using-query_posts/#post-1736163)
 * Super but it doesn’t help me at all. If I’d needed link to codex I would have
   not posted here -.-‘
 * Any other ideas?

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 * Last reply from: [Michal z typeofweb.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lupinek/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-stick-post-when-using-query_posts/#post-1736163)
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