Standard Loop – wp_query

Yes you need some arguments defined.

A good place to easily get your loops defined is: https://generatewp.com/wp_query/

Here’s an example of some arguments used.

// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
    'post_type'              => array( 'post' ),
    'nopaging'               => true,
    'posts_per_page'         => '3',
    'ignore_sticky_posts'    => true,
);

// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();
        // do something
    }
} else {
    // no posts found
}

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();