Trending

// WP_Query arguments
$args = array(
	'post_type'              => array( 'post' ),
	'post_status'            => array( 'publish' ),
);

// The Query
$query_trending = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $query_trending->have_posts() ) {
	while ( $query_trending->have_posts() ) {
		$query_trending->the_post();
		// do something
	}
} else {
	// no posts found
}

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();