Slider

    <!-- Slider -->
    <div class="main_slider">
        <div class="container_12">
            <div class="grid_12">
                <ul class="slider_container" id="themedrops_slider">
                    <?php
                        $cat_collect = array();
                        $args = array(
                        'type'                     => 'post',
                        'child_of'                 => 0,
                        'orderby'                  => 'name',
                        'order'                    => 'ASC',
                        'hide_empty'               => 0,
                        'hierarchical'             => 1,
                        'taxonomy'                 => 'category',
                        'pad_counts'               => false );
                        $categories = get_categories( $args );
                        $cat_exclude = array();
                        foreach ($categories as $category) {
                            if(get_option('_slide'.$category->cat_ID))
                            {
                                $cat_exclude[] = $category->cat_ID;
                            }
                        }

                        $arg = array('posts_per_page' => 5,'category__not_in'=>$cat_exclude);
                        $query = new wp_query($arg);
                        while($query->have_posts())
                        {
                            $query->the_post();

                            $args = array(
                            'post_type' => 'attachment',
                            'numberposts' => 4,
                            'post_status' => null,
                            'post_parent' => get_the_ID()
                            );

                            $attachments = get_posts( $args );

                            if ( $attachments ) {
                                $counter = 0;
                                $min=0;
                                foreach ( $attachments as $attachment ) {
                                    $img_full = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $attachment->ID,'image-11');
                                    if($img_full[1] == 596 || $img_full[1] > 596)
                                    {
                                        break;
                                    }else if($min < $img_full[1])
                                    {
                                        $min = $img_full[1];
                                    }
                                    else{break;}
                                }
                                $img = $img_full[0];
                            }else if(catch_that_image())
                            {
                                $img = catch_that_image();
                            }
                            if($img)
                            {?>
                                <!-- Slider Items -->
                                <li>
                                    <div class="featured_image">
                                        <a href="<?php  echo $img; ?>" class="overlay view_image">
                                            <img src="<?php echo $img; ?>" width="605" height="365" alt="blog-post-img" />
                                        </a>
                                    </div>

                                    <div class="featured_text">
                                        <h1>
                                            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                                            <?php
                                            // short_title($after, $length)
                                            echo short_title('...', 10);
                                            ?>
                                            </a>
                                        </h1>
                                        <div class="post_details">
                                            <div class="author_date">
                                                Por
                                                <a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta( 'ID' )); ?>">
                                                <?php echo get_the_author(); ?></a>
                                                em
                                                <?php $day = get_the_date('d'); $month = get_the_date('m'); $year = get_the_date('Y'); ?>
                                                <a href="<?php echo get_day_link($year,$month,$day); ?>">
                                                <?php echo $day ?></a> /
                                                <a href="<?php echo get_month_link($year,$month); ?>">
                                                <?php echo $month ?>
                                                </a> /
                                                <a href="<?php echo get_year_link($year);?>">
                                                <?php echo $year ?>
                                                </a>
                                            </div>
                                            <a class="comment_box" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_comments_number(); ?></a>
                                        </div>

                                        <div class="post_text">
                                            <?php
                                            if ( ! function_exists( 'taduo_exceprt_length' ) ) :

                                                function taduo_exceprt_length( $length ) {
                                                    return 70;
                                                }
                                            endif;
                                            add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'taduo_exceprt_length' );
                                            if ( ! function_exists( 'taduo_exerpt' ) ) :
                                                function taduo_exerpt($more) {
                                                    return '...';
                                                }
                                            endif;
                                            add_filter('excerpt_more', 'taduo_exerpt');
                                            the_excerpt();
                                            remove_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'taduo_exceprt_length' );
                                            remove_filter('excerpt_more', 'taduo_exerpt');
                                            ?>
                                        </div>
                                        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="btn">
                                            <span>Leia Mais</span>
                                        </a>
                                    </div>
                                </li>
                                <!-- End of: Slider Item -->
                                <?php
                            }//Close IF
                        }//Close While
                    ?>

                </ul>
                <div class="clear"></div>
                <div class="slider_shadow"></div>
                <!-- Slider Buttons -->
                <div class="slider_buttons">
                </div>
                <!-- End of: Slider Buttons -->
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <!-- End of: Slider -->