Sridhar Katakam

This plugin fixes the widget areas on WordPress widgets page on the admin backend so they always remain in view when scrolling up/down.
It will greatly reduce the time and effort in having to hold widgets and drag a long distance up and down.
Set to work from 481px and above i.e., only when the widget areas appear on the right side, in a column.
If you do not wish to use the plugin and want to temporarily achieve the same sticky widgets, bring up your browser’s dev tools and add this CSS to the widgets page:
<pre><code>@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {

 .widget-liquid-right {
 position: -webkit-sticky;
 position: sticky;
 top: 42px;
 }

}
</code></pre>
<h3>Automatic Installation</h3>
Search for <code>Admin Sticky Widget Areas</code> from within your WordPress plugins Add New page and install.
<h3>Manual Installation</h3>
<ol>
<li>Click on the <code>Download</code> button to download the plugin.</li>
<li>Upload the entire <code>admin-sticky-widget-areas</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the <code>Plugins</code> menu in WordPress.</li>
</ol>

Admin Sticky Widget Areas

I love the idea of this plugin, but it feels like it needs a bit of polish. While position: sticky; is enticing, the scrolling behavior is not great when one or more widgets are expanded so that the widget(s) you are editing are taller than one screen. In that case, you can't scroll to see the active widget areas until you've scrolled to the bottom of the page. Using some kind of JS behavior more similar to how the default core "Edit Post" page sidebar works would make this a no-brainer 5-star plugin, and I look forward to updating my rating!

Fabulous idea. Needs polish to be useful.

A simple plugin bat it solves a problem.

A simple plugin to make the widget areas on the right side of /wp-admin/widgets.php sticky.

jaschaephraim

There are no settings or custom functions. Set custom post types to be sticky just as you would with regular posts, and those post id’s will be included in the result of <code>get_option( 'sticky_posts' )</code>.
PLEASE NOTE In order to integrate as seamlessly as possible, this plugin will not alter any queries or filter any functions. If your sticky posts aren’t appearing the way you want, there’s probably a good reason in your query (Is <code>ignore_sticky_posts</code> set to <code>true</code>? Is <code>post_type</code> set to a different type?). This plugin may be most appropriate for developers who just want the native sticky post UI and no other superfluous features.
If you find this plugin useful, please rate it accordingly.

Seamless Sticky Custom Post Types

Perfect

Great plugin! Hasn't been updated for over three years. But it works great, still!

Still works like a dream

Extends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.

Admin Sticky Widget Areas vs Seamless Sticky Custom Post Types