vij/blocks/opinion.php

<?php

$key = 'vij_opinions';

if (!$opinions = kuri_set($key)) {
	$opinions = get_posts( array(
		'numberposts' => 1,
		'category'    => 7, // 7 - мнения
		'orderby'     => 'date',
		'order'       => 'DESC',
		'include'     => array(),
		'exclude'     => array(),
		'meta_key'    => '',
		'meta_value'  =>'',
		'post_type'   => 'post',
		'suppress_filters' => true, // подавление работы фильтров изменения SQL запроса
	));

	kuri_set($key,$opinions);
}	

# вывод поста
if(is_array($opinions)):

	$post = $opinions[0];?>

	<div class="left_opinion<?if ($args['subclass'] !== '') echo ' '.$args['subclass'];?>">	
		<div class="left_opinion_title">мнение</div>
   		<img class="left_preview" src="<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url($post, 'left-thumb');?>" alt="<?=$post->post_title;?>">
   		<div class="left_opinion_text"><a href="<?=get_permalink($post);?>"><?=$post->post_title;?></a></div>
	</div>	   

<?php endif;