“Sticky” Qualifier for query_posts

wprabbit: Did you solve your issue?

I have the same problem: if there’s no sticky post the loop is returning 10 regular posts.

Sometimes asking a question is just what it takes to solve the problem.

<?php
if (get_option('sticky_posts')) {

// Do this if there is any sticky post.

}

else {

// Do this if there isnt.

}
?>

Thanks a lot, this help me !

thank you jordiromkema and nathan!

nathan’s definite guide to sticky posts has been invaluable, and jordironmkema, the post_not_in code elegantly replaces a hacked block of code.

Thanks!

I’m having a different problem, using Atahualpa, where I have query_posts to include only one category on homepage:

<?php
if (is_home()) {
query_posts(“cat=4”);
}
?>

but when I use that, the formatting I’ve applied to sticky posts disappears. Atahualpa folks say it’s not their issue. Any thoughts?

I’m bumping this.

I want to use the loop as I usually would, except I’m using query_posts to get the posts from a specific category. How can I use query_posts and still get the sticky posts at the top?

`query_posts(array(
“post__not_in” => get_option(“sticky_posts”)
));`

I’ve used this solution but it’s not working for me. I’m using it in the second loop in my home.php file, which is preceded by wp_reset_query().

The first loop uses this wp_query:
query_posts(array('post__in'=>get_option('sticky_posts')));

The second uses:
query_posts(array("post__not_in"=>get_option("sticky_posts")));

But I see the same (sticky) post as the first post produced by both loops. In date order it would be the third post.

Any idea why this wouldn’t work?