‘Adhesive’ allows you to easily mark certain posts as “Sticky”. Sticky posts appear at the top of the page when WordPress displays several posts.
- *Installation
To install Adhesive, download the installation archive and unzip it. Upload the adhesive.php file to your WordPress plugins directory. This is usually /wp-content/plugins
Open the WordPress administration panel, and on the Plugins tab, click Activate on the row that contains Adhesive.
Adhesive is now ready to use.
- *Usage
Create a new post in the usual way.
In the post editor, find the “Post Status” box in the right-side column. You will notice a checkbox that is labeled “Sticky”. Simply check the checkbox and save the post to make that post sticky.
When you view the blog, the sticky post will appear at the top.
If more than one post is sticky, the post with the latest post time will appear topmost.
Sticky posts only appear when the set of posts displayed by WordPress includes posts from the same category as the sticky post. So if your stick post is in the “dogs” category and you’re viewing the “cats” category, the stick post will not appear.
- *Configuration
You can set options for the Adhesive plugin using the Adhesive Configuration Popup:
* Go to the Plugins page in the WordPress admin console.
* Locate the Adhesive plugin.
* In the Action column, click Configure.
* Set the settings you want then click Update.
- *Styling
A sticky post is assigned the additional CSS class “adhesive_post” via script that is inserted into its content by the plugin.
To change the look of a sticky post, add appropriate CSS to your wp-layout.css file. For example:
.adhesive_post {
border: 1px solid green;
margin: 15px;
}
.adhesive_post H3 {
background-color: yellow;
}
.adhesive_post .storycontent p {
font-weight: bold;
}