// WP_Query arguments $args = array( 'post_type' => array( 'store' ), 'nopaging' => true, 'posts_per_page' => '4', 'order' => 'DESC', 'orderby' => 'title', 'tax_query' => array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'author', 'terms' => '21', 'field' => 'term_id', 'operator' => 'IN', 'include_children' => true, ), ), ); // The Query $store = new WP_Query( $args ); // The Loop if ( $store->have_posts() ) { while ( $store->have_posts() ) { $store->the_post(); // do something } } else { // no posts found } // Restore original Post Data wp_reset_postdata();