Is it possible to query a category with specified posts?
You should use a custom select query: $querystr = ” SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts LEFT JOIN $wpdb->term_relationships ON($wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id) LEFT JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON($wpdb->term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id) LEFT JOIN $wpdb->terms ON($wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id = $wpdb->terms.term_id) WHERE ($wpdb->terms.name=”sounds-flavors” OR $wpdb->posts.ID IN(12345,12678)) AND $wpdb->term_taxonomy.taxonomy = ‘category’ AND $wpdb->posts.post_status=”publish” AND $wpdb->posts.post_type=”post” LIMIT 3 “; Take a look here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Displaying_Posts_Using_a_Custom_Select_Query Regards