'post', 'posts_per_page' => absint($number_of_slider_post), 'post_status' => 'publish', 'no_found_rows' => 1, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1, ); // Check for category. if (!empty($banner_section_cat)) : $post_args['tax_query'] = array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => $banner_section_cat, ), ); endif; $banner_post_query = new WP_Query($post_args); if ($banner_post_query->have_posts()): ?>