Latest Posts

Name: core/latest-posts
Category: <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/">widgets
API Version: <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/">3
Block Type: <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/">Dynamic (server-rendered)
Keywords: recent posts

Display a list of your most recent posts.

Attributes

Defined via the attributes property in block.json.

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
`categories`	`array`	—	—
`selectedAuthor`	`number`	—	—
`postsToShow`	`number`	`5`	—
`displayPostContent`	`boolean`	`false`	—
`displayPostContentRadio`	`string`	`"excerpt"`	—
`excerptLength`	`number`	`55`	—
`displayAuthor`	`boolean`	`false`	—
`displayPostDate`	`boolean`	`false`	—
`order`	`string`	`"desc"`	—
`orderBy`	`string`	`"date"`	—
`displayFeaturedImage`	`boolean`	`false`	—
`featuredImageAlign`	`string`	—	Enum: `left`, `center`, `right`
`featuredImageSizeSlug`	`string`	`"thumbnail"`	—
`featuredImageSizeWidth`	`number`	`null`	—
`featuredImageSizeHeight`	`number`	`null`	—
`addLinkToFeaturedImage`	`boolean`	`false`	—

Defined via the supports property in block.json.

anchor: true
align: true
html: false
layout: true
color:
- gradients: true
- link: true
spacing:
- margin: true
- padding: true
- blockGap: {"__experimentalDefault":"1.25em"}
typography:
- fontSize: true
- lineHeight: true
interactivity:
- clientNavigation: true

This is a dynamic block. It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

In post content, it is stored as a block comment:

<!-- wp:core/latest-posts {"postsToShow":5,"displayAuthor":false,"displayPostDate":false} /-->