'post', 'posts_per_page' => 8, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC', ); if (!empty($featured_block_category)) : $post_args['tax_query'][] = array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => absint($featured_block_category), ); endif; $featured_block_posts = new WP_Query($post_args); ?>

have_posts()) : while ($featured_block_posts->have_posts()) : $featured_block_posts->the_post(); $post_index = $featured_block_posts->current_post; ?>