0, 'category_name' => $slider_cat, 'orderby' => 'post_date', 'order' => 'DESC', 'exclude' => '', 'meta_key' => '', 'meta_value' => '', 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_mime_type' => '', 'post_parent' => '', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'suppress_filters' => true ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>