unstick_post( int $post_id )

Source

File: wp-includes/post.php

function unstick_post( $post_id ) {
	$post_id  = (int) $post_id;
	$stickies = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );

	if ( ! is_array( $stickies ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$stickies = array_values( array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $stickies ) ) );

	if ( ! in_array( $post_id, $stickies, true ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$offset = array_search( $post_id, $stickies, true );
	if ( false === $offset ) {
		return;
	}

	array_splice( $stickies, $offset, 1 );

	$updated = update_option( 'sticky_posts', $stickies );

	if ( $updated ) {
		/**
		 * Fires once a post has been removed from the sticky list.
		 *
		 * @since 4.6.0
		 *
		 * @param int $post_id ID of the post that was unstuck.
		 */
		do_action( 'post_unstuck', $post_id );
	}
}