WordPress Genesis Loop Only Display Sticky Posts

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1. Joan says

   September 26, 2015 at 12:38 am

   Hi Sal! I’m trying this code but it has no effect on the loop. Tried in functions.php, in my own plugi, even in home.php and front-page.php, but it has no effect.

   Am I missing something?

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   • Sal Ferrarello says

     September 26, 2015 at 6:08 am

     I think you’re right Joan. The current code should only work if you’re using a Custom Genesis Loop. I think using the pre_get_posts hook would be the better way to go. I’ll take a look closer and update this post. Thanks for pointing this out.

     For right now, I think putting the following code into `functions.php` should do the trick

     
     
     add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'fe_pre_get_posts_sticky_only' );
     function fe_pre_get_posts_sticky_only( $query ) {
         if (
             $query->is_main_query()
             && $query->is_home()
         ) {
             $query->set( 'post__in', get_option('sticky_posts') );
         }
     }

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2. Joan says

   September 26, 2015 at 6:51 am

   Yeah, now it works great.

   So yeah, “genesis_custom_loop_args” only works if you are using “genesis_custom_loop”, which makes sense. 😉

   Thanks, Sal! Appreciate!

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3. Birgit says

   December 16, 2015 at 4:25 pm

   There might be a use case, why you only want sticky posts. Have you handled a category page where the sticky posts 2 or more are on top and the other post are order by publication date?
   I have look around the Interwebs, but couldn’t find this use case.

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   • Sal Ferrarello says

     December 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm

     Hi Birgit,

     I don’t do a lot with Sticky posts, which is why I wrote this post to remind myself in the future of how to do this. If you find a solution to your issue, I’d be interested in hearing about it. Best of luck.

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