Sticky Posts With Recent Post - Step 1

execrpt-showcase.php

<section class="recent-posts">
<?php
/**
 * Begin the featured posts section.
 *
 * See if we have any sticky posts and use them to create our featured posts.
 */
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
// Proceed only if sticky posts exist.
if ( ! empty( $sticky ) ) :
    $featured_args = array(
        'post__in' => $sticky,
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'posts_per_page' => 10,
        'no_found_rows' => true,
    );
    // The Featured Posts query.
    $featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args );
    
    // Proceed only if published posts exist
    if ( $featured->have_posts() ) :  ?>
        <h1 class="showcase-heading"><?php _e( 'Featured Post', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h1>
        <?php while ( $featured->have_posts() ) : $featured->the_post();
            // Set $more to 0 in order to only get the first part of the post.
            global $more;
            $more = 0;
            get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
        endwhile;	?>
       <!-- .featured-posts -->                                           
    <?php endif; // End check for published posts. ?>   
<?php endif; // End check for sticky posts. ?>
 <?php
/**
 * Begin the recent posts section.
 *
 */
 ?>
<h1 class="showcase-heading"><?php _e( 'Recent Posts', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h1>
<?php
// Display our recent posts, showing full content for the very latest, ignoring Aside posts.
$recent_args = array(
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
    'tax_query' => array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
            'terms' => array( 'post-format-aside', 'post-format-link', 'post-format-quote', 'post-format-status' ),
            'field' => 'slug',
            'operator' => 'NOT IN',
        ),
    ),
    'no_found_rows' => true,
);
// Our new query for the Recent Posts section.
$recent = new WP_Query( $recent_args );
// The first Recent post is displayed normally
if ( $recent->have_posts() ) : $recent->the_post();
    // Set $more to 0 in order to only get the first part of the post.
    global $more;
    $more = 0;
    get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
    echo '<ol class="other-recent-posts">';
endif;
// For all other recent posts, just display the title and comment status.
while ( $recent->have_posts() ) : $recent->the_post(); ?>
    <li class="entry-title">
        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyeleven' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
        <span class="comments-link">
            <?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', __( '<b>1</b> Reply', 'twentyeleven' ), __( '<b>%</b> Replies', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>
        </span>
    </li>
<?php
endwhile;
// If we had some posts, close the <ol>
if ( $recent->post_count > 0 )
    echo '</ol>';
?>
</section><!-- .recent-posts -->