10 Best Sticky Posts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Sticky Posts has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Sticky Posts
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Custom post types
Closest matchCustom post types, Custom Fields & more
4.6 (56) 3,000+ active installsCustom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
Shares the cpt tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 5, 2025.
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4.7 (20) 1,000+ active installsExtends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 6,000+, no update since January 15, 2015.
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4.9 (49) 9,000+ active installsView the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
Shares the admin, switch tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since November 23, 2024.
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CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree
4.9 (365) 50,000+ active installsSee every page as a drag-and-drop tree. Reorder your site structure in seconds — then edit, add and search right there.
About 8.3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.4 (46) 10,000+ active installsMap your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
About 1.7 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAn admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
About 1.7 times the installs, last updated November 17, 2025.
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4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
About 1.7 times the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.
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4.5 (55) 10,000+ active installsThe ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
About 1.7 times the installs, no update since July 17, 2024.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
About 1.7 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
About 1.7 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
Switching from Sticky Posts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Sticky Posts?
Custom post types is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Sticky Posts alternative has the most users?
CMS Tree Page View, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Sticky Posts alternative is rated highest?
CMS Tree Page View, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 365 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Sticky Posts alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Sticky Posts score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Sticky Posts on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Custom post types is the closest match to Sticky Posts by the data we track, and CMS Tree Page View has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. CMS Tree Page View shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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