How do I show recent 3 posts into home?
Our HTML template home page has 3 types of posts
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Single Large Featured Post
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Featured Posts
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Recent Posts
Recent Posts
This section we planed to show only 3 latest posts.
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Open the index.php file and
Remove all 3 articles
<article class="blog-post">
<h2 class="blog-post-title">Sample blog post</h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta">January 1, 2014 by <a href="#">Mark</a></p>
<p>This blog post shows a few different types of content that’s supported and styled with Bootstrap. Basic typography, images, and code are all supported.</p>
<hr>
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<blockquote>
<p>Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. <strong>Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis</strong> ornare vel eu leo. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Etiam porta <em>sem malesuada magna</em> mollis euismod. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur.</p>
<h2>Heading</h2>
<p>Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros.</p>
<h3>Sub-heading</h3>
<p>Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.</p>
<pre><code>Example code block</code></pre>
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<h3>Sub-heading</h3>
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<ul>
<li>Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.</li>
<li>Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</li>
<li>Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper.</li>
<li>Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.</li>
<li>Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna.</li>
</ol>
<p>Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis.</p>
</article><!-- /.blog-post -->
<article class="blog-post">
<h2 class="blog-post-title">Another blog post</h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta">December 23, 2013 by <a href="#">Jacob</a></p>
<p>Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis <a href="#">dis parturient montes</a>, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. <strong>Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis</strong> ornare vel eu leo. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Etiam porta <em>sem malesuada magna</em> mollis euismod. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur.</p>
<p>Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros.</p>
</article><!-- /.blog-post -->
<article class="blog-post">
<h2 class="blog-post-title">New feature</h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta">December 14, 2013 by <a href="#">Chris</a></p>
<p>Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.</p>
<ul>
<li>Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.</li>
<li>Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</li>
<li>Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.</li>
</ul>
<p>Etiam porta <em>sem malesuada magna</em> mollis euismod. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur.</p>
<p>Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.</p>
</article><!-- /.blog-post -->
Add below codes
<?php
$args = array('posts_per_page' => 3);
$the_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($the_query->have_posts()) :
while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<article class="blog-post">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
<?php the_title( '<h2 class="blog-post-title">', '</h2>' ); ?>
</a>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> by <span><?php the_author() ?></span></p>
<div class="post-excerpt">
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<?php if (has_excerpt()){ the_shortlink("Continue reading"); } ?>
</div>
</article>
<?php
endwhile;
else:
_e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain');
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
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Open the functions.php and add the below codes
function read_more_excerpt( $excerpt ) {
global $post;
return '<a class="moretag" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> Read more...</a>';
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'read_more_excerpt' );
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Go to front page and reload, you should see the changes.