Custom loop

Kitchen sink loop

// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
	'cat'                    => '2',
	'category_name'          => 'fun',
	'tag_id'                 => '4',
	'tag'                    => 'pastpres',
	'author'                 => '5',
	'author_name'            => 'Ginny',
	'nopaging'               => false,
	'posts_per_page'         => '5',
	'order'                  => 'DESC',
	'orderby'                => 'date',
);

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

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

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();