// WP_Query arguments $args = array( 'post_type' => array( 'cu-people' ), 'post_status' => array( 'publish' ), 'has_password' => false, 'nopaging' => true, 'posts_per_page' => '-1', 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'title', 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'terms' => array( '1', ' 2' ), 'field' => 'term_id', 'include_children' => false, ), ), ); // The Query $people_type_query = new WP_Query( $args ); // The Loop if ( $people_type_query->have_posts() ) { while ( $people_type_query->have_posts() ) { $people_type_query->the_post(); // do something } } else { // no posts found } // Restore original Post Data wp_reset_postdata();