/**
 * A helper conditional function that returns a boolean value.
 *
 * @return bool Whether there are featured posts.
 */
function alienship_has_featured_posts()
{
    return !is_paged() && (bool) alienship_get_featured_posts();
}
<?php

/**
 * Template for display Featured Content
 */
?>
<div class="row">
	<div class="col-sm-12">
		<div id="featured-carousel" class="carousel slide">

			<div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">

				<?php 
do_action('alienship_featured_posts_before');
$featured_posts = alienship_get_featured_posts();
foreach ((array) $featured_posts as $order => $post) {
    setup_postdata($post);
    get_template_part('/templates/parts/content-featured-post');
}
do_action('alienship_featured_posts_after');
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

			</div><!-- .carousel-inner -->

			<ol class="carousel-indicators">
			<?php 
$indicators = count($featured_posts);
$count = 0;
while ($count != $indicators) {
    echo '<li data-target="#featured-carousel" data-slide-to="' . (int) $count . '"></li>';