I figured it out. It was a series of silly mistakes, really. $args1 should be ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, [not ‘published’]. $args for $query should include ‘post_status’ => array( ‘publish’, ‘inherit’ ).
I figured it out. It was a series of silly mistakes, really. $args1 should be ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, [not ‘published’]. $args for $query should include ‘post_status’ => array( ‘publish’, ‘inherit’ ).