rideorcry

So weird, i just made a duplicate copy of the theme and initiated then it started working again?

sure thing

<div class="story">
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                <?php $url = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) );
echo '<div class="thumb-image" style="background-image: url('. $url.')"></div>'; ?>
            </a>

            <div class="story-info">

                <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'categories' ); ?>

                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                    <h3>
                        <?php the_title(); ?>
                    </h3>
                </a>
                <p>
                    <?php the_excerpt();?>
                </p>
                <h5>
                    <?php the_author(); ?>
                </h5>
            </div>
        </div>