Import sticky post

Hi @marcorroma

Is it possible to import a “sticky post” from an xml file? So that it is automatically set as “sticky post”.

You could use custom code and our pmxi_saved_post hook to do that: https://www.wpallimport.com/documentation/advanced/action-reference/#pmxi_saved_post.

As an example, if you have an import element called {sticky[1]} with a value of “1” for sticky posts and a value of “0”, or anything else, for non-sticky posts, this snippet would work:

function my_maybe_stick_imported_post( $id, $xml_data, $update ) {
	$xml_record = json_decode( json_encode( (array) $xml_data ), 1 );
	if ( array_key_exists( 'sticky', $xml_record ) ) {
		if ( $xml_record['sticky'] == '1' ) {
			stick_post( $id );
		}
	}
}
add_action( 'pmxi_saved_post', 'my_maybe_stick_imported_post', 10, 3 );

Hey @marcorroma

So, adding this code to my theme’s functions.php should it work?

Yes.

And in the xml file I set {sticky[1]} or {sticky[0]}. Correct?

You should only have 1 sticky element per-record and it should either contain “0” or “1”. See:

<sticky>1</sticky>

Or:

<sticky>0</sticky>

Hi @marcorroma

I’m marking this as resolved since we haven’t heard back. Let me know if you still have questions about this issue. Anyone else reading this, please start a new thread.