Title: get_posts() returns empty array
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# get_posts() returns empty array

 *  [scramlo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scramlo/)
 * (@scramlo)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-returns-empty-array/)
 * Hello.
 * Below I am iterating through a custom-taxonomy to display each custom-post-type
   within the custom-taxonomy. This worked when I was using categories and posts
   instead of a custom-taxonomy and custom-post-type. Now it does not work.
 * Here is the code:
 *     ```
       $catArgs = array( 'taxonomy' => 'sermon-series');
       $categories = get_categories($catArgs);
       foreach($categories as $category) {
   
       	$catPostArgs = array( 'category' => $category->term_id );
       	$catPosts = get_posts( $catPostArgs );
       ```
   
 * And here is the dump. As you can see, I get an empty array from $catPosts even
   though my custom-taxonomy is returned fine.
 *     ```
       array(2) {
         [0]=>
         object(stdClass)#348 (15) {
           ["term_id"]=>
           &string(2) "23"
           ["name"]=>
           &string(31) "24 Hours that Changed the World"
           ["slug"]=>
           &string(31) "24-hours-that-changed-the-world"
           ["term_group"]=>
           string(1) "0"
           ["term_taxonomy_id"]=>
           string(2) "23"
           ["taxonomy"]=>
           string(13) "sermon-series"
           ["description"]=>
           &string(0) ""
           ["parent"]=>
           &string(1) "0"
           ["count"]=>
           &string(1) "1"
           ["cat_ID"]=>
           &string(2) "23"
           ["category_count"]=>
           &string(1) "1"
           ["category_description"]=>
           &string(0) ""
           ["cat_name"]=>
           &string(31) "24 Hours that Changed the World"
           ["category_nicename"]=>
           &string(31) "24-hours-that-changed-the-world"
           ["category_parent"]=>
           &string(1) "0"
         }
       ```
   
 *     ```
       [1]=>
         object(stdClass)#639 (15) {
           ["term_id"]=>
           &string(2) "22"
           ["name"]=>
           &string(19) "Sermon on the Mount"
           ["slug"]=>
           &string(19) "sermon-on-the-mount"
           ["term_group"]=>
           string(1) "0"
           ["term_taxonomy_id"]=>
           string(2) "22"
           ["taxonomy"]=>
           string(13) "sermon-series"
           ["description"]=>
           &string(0) ""
           ["parent"]=>
           &string(1) "0"
           ["count"]=>
           &string(1) "1"
           ["cat_ID"]=>
           &string(2) "22"
           ["category_count"]=>
           &string(1) "1"
           ["category_description"]=>
           &string(0) ""
           ["cat_name"]=>
           &string(19) "Sermon on the Mount"
           ["category_nicename"]=>
           &string(19) "sermon-on-the-mount"
           ["category_parent"]=>
           &string(1) "0"
         }
       }
       ```
   
 *     ```
       array(1) {
         ["category"]=>
         string(2) "23"
       }
       ```
   
 *     ```
       array(0) {
       }
       ```
   
 *     ```
       array(1) {
         ["category"]=>
         string(2) "22"
       }
       ```
   
 *     ```
       array(0) {
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_posts-returns-empty-array/)
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