Display posts from WP Query and every 4 posts, display 4 posts with taxonomy

Question

I need help creating a query that displays posts from custom post type and every 4 posts, display 4 posts that contains a taxonomy of the same post

Should I do two different queries? Normal taxonomy:

 $args = array( 'post_type' => 'news', 'posts_per_page' => -1, ); $news = new WP_Query($args);

Taxonomy query:

 $args = array( 'post_type' => 'news', 'offset' => 4, 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'news-category', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'the-community', ), ), ); $community = new WP_Query($args);

I don't know how to iterate to get the query I want

Answer 1

You'll need to use iteration in your loop. Then inside that loop run another query to loop the second group of posts each time the iteration counter is evenly divisible by 4 using modulo operator. Offset that second query each time it runs by dividing the iteration counter by 4.

I haven't test the following code to be functional, but conceptually it should be valid.

[Edited]

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'news',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
);

$news = new WP_Query($args);

// Get Loopy
if ( $news->have_posts() ) {
    $i = 0; // Set iteration to 0
    while ( $news->have_posts() ) {
        
        $news->the_post();
        $i++; // Increment iteration counter

        // News post output
        echo the_title();

        // Check if iteration counter is evenly divisible by 4 using the modulo operator (%).
        if ( $i % 4 == 0 ) {
            
            $posts_per_page = 4;

            // Get your offset.
            $offset = $i - $posts_per_page;

            $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'news',
                'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page,
                'offset' => $offset,
                'tax_query' => array(
                    array(
                        'taxonomy' => 'news-category',
                        'field'    => 'slug',
                        'terms'    => 'the-community',
                    ),
                ),
            );

            $community = new WP_Query($args);

            while ( $community->have_posts() ) {
                
                $community->the_post();
                // Community post output
                echo the_title();
        }

    }
}