‘post’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘posts_per_page’ => $number, ‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => true, ‘no_found_rows’ => true, ‘orderby’ => ‘date’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ‘category_name’ => ‘trending’, ); $trending_query = new WP_Query( $args ); /* * Fallback: * Show latest posts if there are no posts in Trending. */ if ( ! $trending_query->have_posts() ) { unset( $args[‘category_name’] ); $trending_query = new WP_Query( $args ); } return $trending_query; } /** * Render the automatic trending-news list. * * @param int $number Number of posts. * @return string */ function nt_render_trending_news( $number = 3 ) { $trending_query = nt_get_trending_posts( $number ); if ( ! $trending_query->have_posts() ) { return ”; } ob_start(); ?>