'post', 'posts_per_page' => absint( $num ), 'orderby' => $orderby, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 ); // Limit to tag based on user selected tag. if ( ! empty( $tag ) ) { $args['tag_id'] = $tag; } // Allow dev to filter the post arguments. $args = apply_filters( 'beginner_featured_args', $args ); // The post query. $featured = new WP_Query( $args ); if ( $featured->have_posts() ) : $i = 0; ?>

have_posts() ) : $featured->the_post(); ?>

'post-thumbnail', 'default' => '500x285' ) ); the_title( sprintf( '

', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '

' ); echo '

' . esc_html( get_the_date() ) . '

'; ?>