On one of my pages I want a section to show the latest 3 news posts.
Is there a simple way of doing this?
On one of my pages I want a section to show the latest 3 news posts.
Is there a simple way of doing this?
<?php
function latest_post() {
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 3, /* how many post you need to display */
'offset' => 0,
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'post_type' => 'post', /* your post type name */
'post_status' => 'publish'
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($query->have_posts()) :
while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post();
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
/* here add code what you need to display like above title, image and more */
<?php
endwhile;
endif;
}
add_shortcode('lastest-post', 'latest_post');
?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[lastest-post]'); ?>
<?php
//Query 3 recent published post in descending order
$args = array( 'numberposts' => '3', 'order' => 'DESC','post_status' => 'publish' );
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
//Now lets do something with these posts
foreach( $recent_posts as $recent )
{
echo 'Post ID: '.$recent["ID"];
echo 'Post URL: '.get_permalink($recent["ID"]);
echo 'Post Title: '.$recent["post_title"];
//Do whatever else you please with this WordPress post
}
?>