Store sticky post’s ids in a transient
You can try: add_action(‘update_option_sticky_posts’, function( $old_value, $value ) { $featured_args = array( ‘post__in’ => $value, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘no_found_rows’ => true ); // The Featured Posts query. $featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args ); // Proceed only if published posts with thumbnails exist if ( $featured->have_posts() ) { while ( $featured->have_posts() ) { $featured->the_post(); if ( … Read more