featured posts loop with wp_reset_postdata

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/**
 * Filter the home page posts, and remove any featured post ID's from it. Hooked
 * onto the 'pre_get_posts' action, this changes the parameters of the query
 * before it gets any posts.
 * 
 * @global array $featured_post_id
 * @param WP_Query $query
 * @return WP_Query Possibly modified WP_query
 * http://developer.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/querying-posts-without-query_posts/
 */
function itheme2_home_posts( $query = false ) {

	// Bail if not home, not a query, not main query, or no featured posts
	if ( ! is_home() && ! is_a( $query, 'WP_Query' ) && ! $query->is_main_query() && ! itheme2_featuring_posts() )
		return;

	// Exclude featured posts from the main query
	$query->set( 'post__not_in', itheme2_featuring_posts() );

	// Note the we aren't returning anything.
	// 'pre_get_posts' is a byref action; we're modifying the query directly.
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'itheme2_home_posts' );

/**
 * Test to see if any posts meet our conditions for featuring posts.
 * Current conditions are:
 *
 * - sticky posts
 * - with featured thumbnails
 *
 * We store the results of the loop in a transient, to prevent running this
 * extra query on every page load. The results are an array of post ID's that
 * match the result above. This gives us a quick way to loop through featured
 * posts again later without needing to query additional times later.
 */
function itheme2_featuring_posts() {
	if ( false === ( $featured_post_ids = get_transient( 'featured_post_ids' ) ) ) {

		// Proceed only if sticky posts exist.
		if ( get_option( 'sticky_posts' ) ) {

			$featured_args = array(
				'post__in'      => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
				'post_status'   => 'publish',
				'no_found_rows' => true
			);

			// The Featured Posts query.
			$featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args );

			// Proceed only if published posts with thumbnails exist
			if ( $featured->have_posts() ) {
				while ( $featured->have_posts() ) {
					$featured->the_post();
					if ( has_post_thumbnail( $featured->post->ID ) ) {
						$featured_post_ids[] = $featured->post->ID;
					}
				}

				set_transient( 'featured_post_ids', $featured_post_ids );
			}
		}
	}

	return $featured_post_ids;
}

function ace_display_featured_post() {
	$featured_args = array(
	'post__in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'no_found_rows' => true,
	'posts_per_page' => 1	
);

// The Featured Posts query.
$featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args );

	// Proceed only if published posts with thumbnails exist
	if ( $featured->have_posts() ) {
		while ( $featured->have_posts() ) {
			$featured->the_post();
			if ( has_post_thumbnail( $featured->post->ID ) ) { ?>
				<div id="featured-post">
					<div class="featured-post-image"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'featured-thumb' ); ?></div>
					<div class="featured-post-excerpt"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
				</div>
			<?php }
		}

		// Reset the post data
		wp_reset_postdata();
	}
	
}