Assign a class to first element in category in loop

If wp_reset_postdata() doesn’t work as expected you can backup the original $post object by inserting

global $post; // if you aren't in global scope
$postBk=$post;

before doing your WP_Query and restore it with

$post=$postBk;

right after wp_reset_postdata();

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