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1. magnavox
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I am creating a static page for my blog homepage.
   I have about 4 paragraphs, and under the 4 paragraphs I would like to display the 5 latest posts.

   I have added the following code below the text:

   <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
   <?php wp_get_archives('title_li=&type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?>

   Problem is when I save the page and preview it, all I see is "Recent Posts", but no recent posts under that. Am I doing something wrong? Is there some easier way to do this?

   Thanks!

2. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I don't think you are going to be able to put php code in the text editor and make it work...if it parsed that code it would be a huge security problem.

   There may be other ways to do this, but I think one way is to create a custom template page and add the php for your recent post to the template...then just use that template for your static page.

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Or a plugin:
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exec-php/

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