I wanted to archive this bit of code as it is a significant look at custom loops, pagination and their use in WordPress Themes. This may lead to a new category on my blog called ‘Code’. It will contain code snippets I find for WordPress Theme & Plugin development. And maybe a bit of PHP thrown in for good measure.

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