'news', 'post_per_page' => '3' ) ); // $thiscategory = $args['category_name']; $howmanyposts = $args['post_per_page']; $thiscategory = esc_html( get_the_category()[0]->name ); ?>

$thiscategory, 'posts_per_page' => $howmanyposts ) ); ?> have_posts() ) : ?> have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>