[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12702: Enable sticky post checkbox for custom post type Publish metabox

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#12702: Enable sticky post checkbox for custom post type Publish metabox
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 Reporter:  phlux0r              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request      |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  3.1
Component:  Post Types           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback revert  |
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Changes (by sphoid):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 I would like to resubmit this feature request. I would have no problem
 implementing this in a plugin however the infrastructure is not in place
 to do so in a normalized way. Implementing a separate metabox for making
 custom post types sticky is not an ideal solution for everyone. While I
 respect nacin's reasons for why he believes this feature should be
 reverted I also find them to be highly arbitrary. I believe that if the
 developer decides their needs would be suited if CPTs contained post
 content then they should not be restrained from implementing that and they
 should be given the option to enable stickiness for those post types.
 Disable it by default but let us turn it on if we want it. Not having the
 ability to do so is creating an issue where in order to allow custom post
 types to have the stickiness feature I would have to implement an
 inconsistent UI to perform the same task. This is confusing for the end
 users. Also, it seems inane to have to reimplement functionality that is
 already built in to core. Hard coding a conditional check for a post type
 of posts seems against the spirit of WordPress. At the bare minimum give
 us a way to filter that conditional and let us decide so that we can
 actually extend it via a plugin like you suggest.

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