WP_Query of Category Not Showing First Post

I found a solution to the problem I was having with WP_Query. What I was missing was the offset (which I did not realize needed to be set when dealing with custom queries).

First: Get the current page

// If the query var is set use it; otherwise, initialize it to one.
$page = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;

Second: Write the query

// First, initialize how many posts to render per page
$display_count = 2;

// Next, get the current page
$page = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;

// After that, calculate the offset
$offset = ( $page - 1 ) * $display_count;

// Finally, we'll set the query arguments and instantiate WP_Query
$query_args = array(
  'post_type'  =>  'post',
  'orderby'    =>  'date',
  'order'      =>  'desc',
  'number'     =>  $display_count,
  'page'       =>  $page,
  'offset'     =>  $offset
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query ( $query_args );

/*
 * Use your query here. Remember that if you make a call to $custom->the_post()
 * you'll need to reset the post data after the loop by calling wp_reset_postdata().
 */

Source: Tom McFarlin

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