Stick a Post to the Front Page using Sticky Posts

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Sue Waters

By default, blogs display posts in reverse chronological order on the home page with the latest post at the top.

There isn’t a way to display posts in chronological order however you can makes some posts sticky so the post will be “stuck” to the top of the blog’s front page.

Examples of where teachers might use a sticky post are for notifying students of important dates and provide assignment information. This option should only used for one or two posts on a blog.

It’s really simple to do — only takes 3 simple steps!

Using the Publish Module

Once you have written your post just:

1. Click on Edit in the Visibility area of the Publish module

2. Check the option that says “Stick this post to the front page” and click OK

3. Click Publish

Using your All Posts page

Alternatively, you can use Quick Edit on your All Posts screen to make a published post sticky.

This is as simple as:

Go to Posts > All Posts
Hover your mouse over the title of a post you want to make into a sticky post and click Quick Edit
Select ‘Make this post sticky’ and click Update

Password Protecting Posts

There are situations where you write a post but only want specific readers to read that post. For example, the post might contain student work or photos that you only want to share with the family, students or other teachers.

One option is to password protect the post; any user that has the password can view the protected post.

NOTE: If you want to make the entire blog to be private, only visible to specific readers, see blog privacy options.