‘date’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
‘post_type’ => ‘post’,
‘numberposts’ => 8,
‘category__in’ => array($cat)
);

$posts = get_posts($args);
if ($posts) {
foreach($posts as $post) {
setup_postdata($post);

$defaults = array(
‘meta_key’ => array( ‘Thumbnail’, ‘thumbnail’ ),
‘post_id’ => $post->ID,
‘attachment’ => true,
‘the_post_thumbnail’ => true,
‘size’ => ‘thumbnail’,
‘default_image’ => false,
‘order_of_image’ => 1,
‘link_to_post’ => true,
‘image_class’ => false,
‘image_scan’ => true,
‘width’ => false,
‘height’ => false,
‘format’ => ‘img’,
‘meta_key_save’ => false,
‘callback’ => null,
‘cache’ => true,
‘echo’ => true
);

?>