function stack_posts($args)
{
    echo '<div class="row">';
    $related_query = new WP_Query($args);
    while ($related_query->have_posts()) {
        $related_query->the_post();
        echo '<div class="col-xs-12 related-post stack-post">';
        ob_start();
        echo related_post();
        $result = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        echo $result;
        echo '</div>';
    }
    echo '</div>';
}
 /**
  * @see Walker::start_el()
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
  * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
  * @param object $item Menu item data object.
  * @param int $depth Depth of menu item. Used for padding.
  * @param int $current_page Menu item ID.
  * @param object $args
  */
 public function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0)
 {
     $this->start_el_counter++;
     $indent = $depth ? str_repeat("\t", $depth) : '';
     /**
      * Dividers, Headers or Disabled
      * =============================
      * Determine whether the item is a Divider, Header, Disabled or regular
      * menu item. To prevent errors we use the strcasecmp() function to so a
      * comparison that is not case sensitive. The strcasecmp() function returns
      * a 0 if the strings are equal.
      */
     if (strcasecmp($item->attr_title, 'divider') == 0 && $depth === 1) {
         $output .= $indent . '<li role="presentation" class="divider">';
     } else {
         if (strcasecmp($item->title, 'divider') == 0 && $depth === 1) {
             $output .= $indent . '<li role="presentation" class="divider">';
         } else {
             if (strcasecmp($item->attr_title, 'dropdown-header') == 0 && $depth === 1) {
                 $output .= $indent . '<li role="presentation" class="dropdown-header">' . esc_attr($item->title);
             } else {
                 if (strcasecmp($item->attr_title, 'disabled') == 0) {
                     $output .= $indent . '<li role="presentation" class="disabled"><a href="#">' . esc_attr($item->title) . '</a>';
                 } else {
                     $class_names = $value = '';
                     $classes = empty($item->classes) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
                     $classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;
                     $class_names = join(' ', apply_filters('nav_menu_css_class', array_filter($classes), $item, $args));
                     if ($args->has_children) {
                         $class_names .= ' dropdown';
                     }
                     if (in_array('current-menu-item', $classes)) {
                         $class_names .= ' active';
                     }
                     if ($this->start_el_counter & 1) {
                         $class_names .= " odd";
                     }
                     $class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr($class_names) . '"' : '';
                     $id = apply_filters('nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-' . $item->ID, $item, $args);
                     $id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr($id) . '"' : '';
                     $output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $value . $class_names . '>';
                     $atts = array();
                     $atts['title'] = !empty($item->title) ? $item->title : '';
                     $atts['target'] = !empty($item->target) ? $item->target : '';
                     $atts['rel'] = !empty($item->xfn) ? $item->xfn : '';
                     // If item has_children add atts to a.
                     if ($args->has_children && $depth === 0) {
                         $atts['href'] = !empty($item->url) ? $item->url : '';
                         //	$atts['data-toggle']	= 'dropdown';
                         $atts['class'] = 'dropdown-toggle';
                     } else {
                         $atts['href'] = !empty($item->url) ? $item->url : '';
                     }
                     if ($depth > 0) {
                         $args2 = array('cat' => $item->object_id, 'post__not_in' => $this->exclude, 'post_type' => 'post', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'posts_per_page' => 3);
                         $class = "";
                         if ($this->start_el_counter > 1) {
                             $class = ' style="display:none;"';
                         }
                         $this->item_posts .= "<div class='dropdown menu-item-" . $item->ID . "'" . $class . ">";
                         // Retrieve posts
                         $featured_query = new WP_Query($args2);
                         while ($featured_query->have_posts()) {
                             $featured_query->the_post();
                             ob_start();
                             related_post(1, 0, false);
                             $this->item_posts .= ob_get_clean();
                             array_push($this->exclude, get_the_ID());
                         }
                         $this->item_posts .= "</div>";
                     }
                     $atts = apply_filters('nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args);
                     $attributes = '';
                     foreach ($atts as $attr => $value) {
                         if (!empty($value)) {
                             $value = 'href' === $attr ? esc_url($value) : esc_attr($value);
                             $attributes .= ' ' . $attr . '="' . $value . '"';
                         }
                     }
                     $item_output = $args->before;
                     /*
                      * Glyphicons
                      * ===========
                      * Since the the menu item is NOT a Divider or Header we check the see
                      * if there is a value in the attr_title property. If the attr_title
                      * property is NOT null we apply it as the class name for the glyphicon.
                      */
                     if (!empty($item->attr_title)) {
                         $item_output .= '<a' . $attributes . '><span class="glyphicon ' . esc_attr($item->attr_title) . '"></span>&nbsp;';
                     } else {
                         $item_output .= '<a' . $attributes . '>';
                     }
                     $item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters('the_title', $item->title, $item->ID) . $args->link_after;
                     //	$item_output .= ( $args->has_children && 0 === $depth ) ? '</a>' : '</a>'; // remove caret! original below
                     $item_output .= $args->has_children && 0 === $depth ? ' <span class="caret"></span></a>' : '</a>';
                     $item_output .= $args->after;
                     $output .= apply_filters('walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }