WordPress Recent posts without plugin

ByNilesh Shiragave August 20, 2010October 29, 2022 Last Updated OnOctober 29, 2022 Wordpress

Following code is used to display most recent posts. We can limit number of posts displayed by specifying number of posts we want to display.

<ul>
  <li>
    <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
    <ul>
    <?php
      $number_recents_posts = 5;//Enter number of recent of posts you want to display
     $args=array('numberposts' => $number_recents_posts,'post_status'=>'publish');
 
      $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
      foreach($recent_posts as $post){
        echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($post["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.$post["post_title"].'" >' .   $post["post_title"].'</a> </li> ';
      } ?>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>