Title: “Recent Posts” plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# “Recent Posts” plugin

 *  [bigshift](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigshift/)
 * (@bigshift)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/)
 * I am looking for a plugin that will take recent posts title, with date to place
   on a page.
 * Basically, I want to have a ‘recent news’ section that literally posts the latest
   date, and headline from my blog.
 * Any suggestions?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/#post-1352811)
 * You could put this in a [Page Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages).
 *     ```
       <?php
       //show latest post with date
           $args=array(
             'post_type' => 'post',
             'post_status' => 'publish',
             'posts_per_page' => 1,
             'caller_get_posts'=> 1
             );
           $my_query = null;
           $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
           if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
             echo 'Latest of Post';
             while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
               <p><?php the_time('m.d.y') ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
              <?php
             endwhile;
           }
       wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [bigshift](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigshift/)
 * (@bigshift)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/#post-1352819)
 * I must be missing something.
 * I copy and paste the above code in my open div, and all that is displayed is 
   the ‘script’ as if it were in a ‘p’ tag rather than code.
 * If I place it in a <script> tag, the code doesn’t render, but neither does the
   result.
 * Thanks. Appreciate the assistance as I am just starting to get into more advanced
   stuff with wp and the codex.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/#post-1352893)
 * Please paste all the code from that page template that is displaying those posts
   into a pastebin such as [wordpress.pastebin.ca](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca),
   and report the link back here. Maybe someone can spot your problem. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [bigshift](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigshift/)
 * (@bigshift)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/#post-1352987)
 * OK. placed it on wordpress.pastebin.ca…
 * [http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1760886](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1760886)
 * Thanks.

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [bigshift](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigshift/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-plugin-2-2/#post-1352987)
 * Status: not resolved

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