How to include category name/id in wp_query for retrieving “custom post type” from a particular category?

Question

Here is the code I'm using right now. It fetches the posts from all the categories in the 'sp_events' post type.

<?php $feat_art = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'sp_events','post_status' => 'publish','posts_per_page' => 1));   while($feat_art->have_posts()) : $feat_art->the_post(); ?>

I want to display the posts only from a category named 'eventcat1'. I tried the following code, but it did not work.

<?php $feat_art = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'sp_events','category_name'=> 'eventcat1','post_status' => 'publish','posts_per_page' => 1));   while($feat_art->have_posts()) : $feat_art->the_post(); ?>

How to specify either the category name or the id in the query? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

The following code worked.

<?php $feat_art = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'sp_events','sp_events_cat'=> 'eventcat1','post_status' => 'publish','posts_per_page' => 1));   while($feat_art->have_posts()) : $feat_art->the_post(); ?>