AppriseというテーマのTOPにあるPickUp記事の表示される法則がわかりません

おそらくソースはこれだと思います！

<?php
/**
* @package Apprise
*/

// Query featured entries

$slider_cat = of_get_option(‘slider_cat’);

if ($slider_cat == ” ) {
$slider_cat = get_the_category();
$slider_cat = $slider_cat[0]->term_id;
} else {
$slider_cat = of_get_option(‘slider_cat’);
}

$num_of_slides = 5;
$count = 0;

$featured_posts = new WP_Query(
array(
‘posts_per_page’ => $num_of_slides,
‘cat’ => $slider_cat
)
);

if ( of_get_option(‘featured_posts_on’) == ‘1’) {
if (is_front_page() && !is_paged()) {
?>
<div class=”featured-posts-wrapper”>
<?php while ( $featured_posts->have_posts() ): $featured_posts->the_post();
$count++ ?>
<div class=”featured-post-<?php echo $count ?>”>
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<div class=”featured-img imgLiquidFill imgLiquid”>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(‘full’); ?>
</div>
<?php
}else{ ?>
<div class=”featured-img imgLiquidFill imgLiquid”>
<img class=”attachment-full wp-post-image rs-slide-image” width=”1024″ height=”500″ alt=”slide” src=”<?php echo get_template_directory_uri() ?>/images/assets/slide.jpg”>
</div>
<?php
} ?>
<div class=”featured-text”>
“><h3 <?php post_class(‘entry-title’); ?>><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<?php the_excerpt();
get_template_part( ‘featuredpost’, ‘meta’); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_query();?>
</div><!–featured-posts-wrapper–>
<?php }
}