'post', 'posts_per_page' => 10, 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC', 'paged' => $paged, ); // If you have a featured post, you can exclude it // $featured_post_id = get_theme_mod('blogloom_featured_post'); // if ($featured_post_id) { // $recent_posts_args['post__not_in'] = array($featured_post_id); // } $recent_posts_query = new WP_Query($recent_posts_args); if ($recent_posts_query->have_posts()) : while ($recent_posts_query->have_posts()) : $recent_posts_query->the_post(); ?>