Display Latest Posts on Homepage

This snippet displays a grid of the latest posts on your homepage, allowing visitors to quickly see your most recent content.

PHP

function display_latest_posts_on_homepage() {
    if (is_front_page()) {
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'post',
            'posts_per_page' => 6,
            'orderby' => 'date',
            'order' => 'DESC'
        );
        $latest_posts = new WP_Query($args);
        if ($latest_posts->have_posts()) {
            echo '<div class="latest-posts-grid">';
            while ($latest_posts->have_posts()) {
                $latest_posts->the_post();
                echo '<div class="post-item">';
                echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
                echo '<p>' . get_the_excerpt() . '</p>';
                echo '</div>';
            }
            echo '</div>';
            wp_reset_postdata();
        }
    }
}
add_action('wp_footer', 'display_latest_posts_on_homepage');