Hi @slash_1968
Just to clarify. Your question is how to get your WP_Query behaving correctly?
Lets first start by debugging the code. Perhaps you could print out the $args array. What does it look like? Does it look correct?
Then, print out the $my_query object. You will see a section of the object contains the actual SQL which is run. Does this look correct?
Please research up on the WP_Query object before posting back if you don’t understand some of the above.
Thanks
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