6, // How many items to display 'post__not_in' => array( get_the_ID() ), // Exclude current post 'no_found_rows' => true, // We don't ned pagination so this speeds up the query ); // Check for current post category and add tax_query to the query arguments $cats = wp_get_post_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category' ); $cats_ids = array(); foreach( $cats as $wpex_related_cat ) { $cats_ids[] = $wpex_related_cat->term_id; } if ( ! empty( $cats_ids ) ) { $args['category__in'] = $cats_ids; } // Query posts $wpex_query = new wp_query( $args ); // Loop through posts foreach( $wpex_query->posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>