Buonasera a tutti, per la gestione di una parte della home del mio sito c'è questo php qua sotto:
 <!-- INNER content2 -->
    <div id="inner">  
    
    **<?php $issuesCategory = get_option('tb_home_issues_category'); ?>**
    
    <h3>News dalla Regione<span></span></h3>
    
    <?php
    $args = array();
    
    $args['post_type'] = 'post';
    $args['post_status'] = 'publish';
    $args['posts_per_page'] = 5;
    **if ($issuesCategory) {**
**        $excludeCategory = '-' . $issuesCategory;**
**        $args['cat'] = $excludeCategory;**
**    }**
    
    $tbQuery = new WP_Query($args);
    $latestIndex = 1;
    
    if ($tbQuery->have_posts()) : while ($tbQuery->have_posts()) : $tbQuery->the_post();
    ?>
    
    <?php $postID = get_the_ID(); ?>
    <?php $postTitle = get_the_title($postID); ?>
    <?php $postPermalink = get_permalink($postID); ?>
    
    <?php
    if ($latestIndex == 5) {
        $newsClass = 'news width50 right';
        $dfs = 'small';
        $tSize = 'dfs';
    } 
elseif ($latestIndex == 4) {
        $newsClass = 'news width50 left';
        $dfs = 'small';
        $tSize = 'dfs';
    }
elseif ($latestIndex == 3) {
        $newsClass = 'news width50 left';
        $dfs = 'small';
        $tSize = 'dfs';
    }
elseif ($latestIndex == 2) {
        $newsClass = 'news width50 left';
        $dfs = 'small';
        $tSize = 'dfs';
    }
 else {
        $newsClass = 'news';
        $dfs = 'medium';
        $tSize = 'dfm';
    }
    
    ?>
    
    <div class="<?php echo $newsClass; ?>">
        <div class="doubleFramed <?php echo $dfs; ?> left">
            <a href="<?php echo $postPermalink; ?>" title="<?php $postTitle; ?>">
                <?php echo tb_get_thumbnail($postID, $tSize); ?>
            </a>
        </div>
        
        <div class="right">
            <?php
            if ($latestIndex > 1) { ?>
                <div class="newsInfo"><?php echo get_the_date('l j F, Y'); ?></div>
            <?php }    ?>
        
            <h4><a href="<?php echo $postPermalink; ?>" title="<?php $postTitle; ?>"><?php echo $postTitle; ?></a></h4>
            
            <?php
            if ($latestIndex == 1) { ?>
                <div class="newsInfo"><?php echo get_the_date('l j F, Y'); ?></div>
            <?php }    ?>
            
            <?php if ($latestIndex == 1) {
                the_excerpt();
            } else {
                echo '<p>' . tb_max_words(get_the_excerpt(), 18) . '...</p>';
            } ?>
            
            <a href="<?php echo $postPermalink; ?>" title="<?php $postTitle; ?>" class="tinyButton roundButtonX right">Leggi tutto</a>
        </div>
    </div>
            
    <?php
    if ($latestIndex == 1) { ?>
        <div class="horDashed"></div>
    <?php }    ?>
    
    <?php $latestIndex++; ?>
    
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
    
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
    <?php
    if ($issuesCategory) { ?>
    
    <?php
    $args2 = array();
    
    $args2['post_type'] = 'post';
    $args2['post_status'] = 'publish';
    $args2['posts_per_page'] = 3;
    $args2['cat'] = $issuesCategory;
    
    $tbQuery2 = new WP_Query($args2);
    $issuesIndex = 1;
    
    if ($tbQuery2->have_posts()) { ?>
    
    <div class="horDouble"></div>
                
    <h4><span></span></h4>
    <?php while ($tbQuery2->have_posts()) : $tbQuery2->the_post();     ?>
    
    <?php $postID = get_the_ID(); ?>
    <?php $postTitle = get_the_title($postID); ?>
  <?php $postPermalink = get_permalink($postID); ?>
    
    <?php if ($issuesIndex == 1) echo '<div class="news width50 left">'; ?>
    <?php if ($issuesIndex == 2) echo '</div><div class="news width50 right">'; ?>
    
    <div class="newsInfo"><?php echo get_the_date('l j F, Y'); ?></div>
    <h4><a href="<?php echo $postPermalink; ?>" title="<?php echo $postTitle; ?>"><?php echo $postTitle; ?></a></h4>
    
    <?php if ($issuesIndex == 1) {
        the_excerpt(); ?>
        <a href="<?php echo $postPermalink; ?>" title="<?php echo $postTitle; ?>" class="tinyButton roundButtonX right">Leggi tutto</a>
    <?php } ?>
    
    <?php if ($issuesIndex > 1 && $issuesIndex < 3) echo '<div class="horDashed"></div>'; ?>
    
    <?php if ($issuesIndex == 3) echo '</div>'; ?>
    
    <?php $issuesIndex++; ?>
    
    <?php endwhile; } ?>
    
    <?php if ($issuesIndex > 1 && $issuesIndex < 3) echo '</div>'; ?>
    
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
        
    <?php    
    }
    $args3 = array();
    
    $args3['post_type'] = 'tb_video';
    $args3['post_status'] = 'publish';
    $args3['posts_per_page'] = 1;
    
    $args3['meta_query'] = array(
        array(
            'key'        => '_featured',
            'value'        => 1,
            'compare'    => '='
        )
    );
    
    $tbQuery3 = new WP_Query($args3);
    
    ?>
    <?php if ($tbQuery3->have_posts()) : while ($tbQuery3->have_posts()) : $tbQuery3->the_post(); ?>
    
        <?php $postID = get_the_ID(); $postTitle = get_the_title(); ?>
        <?php $postURL = get_post_meta($postID, '_url', true); ?>
        <div class="horDouble"></div>
        
        <h4>Featured <span>Videos</span></h4>
        
        <div class="video">
            <div>
                <a href="<?php echo esc_url($postURL); ?>" title="<?php echo $postTitle; ?>">
                    <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($postID, 'videoHome', array('alt' => $postTitle, 'title' => $postTitle)); ?>
                </a>
            </div>
            
            <div>
                <h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo $postTitle; ?></a></h4>
                <div class="newsInfo"><?php echo get_the_date('l j F, Y'); ?></div>
                
                <div class="horDashed"></div>
                
                <?php echo '<p>' . tb_max_words(get_the_excerpt(), 40) . '...</p>'; ?>
            </div>
        </div>
    
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
    
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
    </div>
    <!-- .INNER content2 -->
che genera due gruppi di articoli presi da due differenti categorie:
il primo blocco sono tutti gli articoli che non rientrano nella categoria del secondo blocco di articoli, questo valore viene passato tramite il menù impostazioni del tema.
La mia richiesta è quella di esplicitare per i due blocchi due differenti categorie direttamente dentro al codice php.
Dove e come devo inserire le chiamate alle categorie?
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