'post', 'posts_per_page' => 5, ); if($category_id){ $ticker_args['tax_query'] = array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' =>$category_id ), ); } $ticker_query = new WP_Query( $ticker_args ); if( $ticker_query->have_posts() ) { echo '

'; while( $ticker_query->have_posts() ) { $ticker_query->the_post(); ?>
'; } ?>