Get the most recent post with a specific custom field – WordPress

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Im trying to reduce the amount of multiple loops I have on the homepage of a magazine website.

I want to display a post with a specific custom field differently, however I only want the first post (most recent) with that custom field. I can achieve this by creating another loop but I would like it to be included in the loop below.

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For example here is my query but I need a further condition for if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true)): so it includes only the most recent post that meets this condition 

 $fourth_query = new WP_Query($args4); 
 while($fourth_query->have_posts()) : $fourth_query->the_post();
 if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true)):   
     get_template_part( 'content-opinion', get_post_format() );
 else :
     get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
 endif;
 endwhile;
 wp_reset_postdata();
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  1. The function get_post_meta() returns a value not a boolean, so you have to check if the custom field exist so try with the empty() function

    $fourth_query = new WP_Query($args4); 
 while($fourth_query->have_posts()) : $fourth_query->the_post();
 if (!empty(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true))):   
     get_template_part( 'content-opinion', get_post_format() );
 else :
     get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
 endif;
 endwhile;
 wp_reset_postdata();

  2. you can merge two query

    <?php 
    $generalQuery               = new WP_Query($args); // there is your main query 
    $queryWithCustomField       = new WP_Query($args); // there is your query with custom post and posts_per_page = 1
    $queryWithCustomField->posts = $queryWithCustomField->posts + $generalQuery->posts; // merge it now

    if ( $queryWithCustomField->have_posts() ) : while ( $queryWithCustomField->have_posts() ) : $queryWithCustomField->the_post();
        echo "your first post is ";
    endwhile;
    else:
        echo "No post Found";
    endif;
 ?>