$sticky, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'no_found_rows' => true, ); // The Featured Posts query. $featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args ); // Proceed only if published posts exist if ( $featured->have_posts() ) : ?>

have_posts() ) : $featured->the_post(); get_template_part( 'content' ); endwhile; ?>

have_posts() endif; // ! empty( $sticky ) ?>