Query – Featured Pages – Secondary

// WP_Query arguments
$args = array(
	'post_type'              => array( 'page' ),
	'post_status'            => array( 'publish' ),
	'posts_per_page'         => '3',
	'order'                  => 'DESC',
	'orderby'                => 'modified',
	'tax_query'              => array(
		array(
			'taxonomy'         => 'page_categories',
		),
	),
);

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

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

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();