// 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', 'terms' => 'featured-page', 'field' => 'slug', ), ), ); // 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();