'post', 'posts_per_page' => absint( $latestnewsnumber ), 'post_status' => 'publish', 'paged' => 1, 'cat' => absint( $latestnewsCategoryId ) ); $latestnewsloop = new WP_Query($args); if ( $latestnewsloop->have_posts() ) : while ($latestnewsloop->have_posts()) : $latestnewsloop->the_post(); ?>