Matt Varone - Creative Developer

List recent posts in WordPress

<h4>Recent Posts</h4>
<ul>
<?php
// replace 5 with the number of posts you want to show.
$aRecentPosts = new WP_Query("showposts=5");
while($aRecentPosts->have_posts()) : $aRecentPosts->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?> " rel="bookmark"><?php the_title();?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>

Tags: PHP, RESOURCES, TEMPLATE FUNCTIONS

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6 Responses to “List recent posts in WordPress”

1. 

   Excellent i been looking for this, thank you
2. albert on October 5, 2008.
3. 

   Thank you so much!!!
4. Aman on November 19, 2008.
5. 

   Thanks for the comments :)
6. Matt on November 20, 2008.
7. 

   Wasn’t actually looking for a post on this but it’s really going to help with my WordPress plug-ins.

   Cheers Matt.
8. Stephen McIntyre on January 4, 2010.
9. 

   Thanks!! Exactly what I needed.
10. david on June 1, 2010.
11. 

    You got a truly helpful blog I’ve been right here reading for about an hour. I’m a newbie and your accomplishment is quite a lot an inspiration for me.
12. ecommerce plugin on June 8, 2010.