posts by cat
// WP_Query arguments $args = array( 'post_type' => array( 'post' ), 'post_status' => array( 'published' ), 'nopaging' => false, 'posts_per_page' => '5', 'posts_per_archive_page' => '5', 'tax_query' => array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'terms' => 'event', 'field' => 'slug', 'operator' => 'IN', ), ), 'meta_query' => array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'key' => 'event_date', 'type' => 'DATE', ), ), ); // The Query $query = new WP_Query( $args );