'post', 'cat' => absint($best_education_slider_category), 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true, 'posts_per_page' => absint( $best_education_slider_number ), ); ?>

have_posts()) : while ($best_education_banner_slider_post_query->have_posts()) : $best_education_banner_slider_post_query->the_post(); if(has_post_thumbnail()){ $thumb = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( get_the_ID() ), 'best-education-1140-600' ); $url = $thumb['0']; } else{ $url = get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/images/no-image-1200x800.jpg'; } global $post; $author_id = $post->post_author; ?>