# Latest Posts

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Display a list of your most recent posts.

- **Name:** `core/latest-posts`
- **Category:** [widgets](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Dynamic](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (server-rendered)
- **Keywords:** `recent posts`

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | 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](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#enum-validation): `left`, `center`, `right` |
| `featuredImageSizeSlug` | `string` | `"thumbnail"` | — |
| `featuredImageSizeWidth` | `number` | `null` | — |
| `featuredImageSizeHeight` | `number` | `null` | — |
| `addLinkToFeaturedImage` | `boolean` | `false` | — |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `true`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout): `true`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-link): `true`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
  - `blockGap`: `{"__experimentalDefault":"1.25em"}`
- [`typography`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography):
  - [`fontSize`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-fontsize): `true`
  - [`lineHeight`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-lineheight): `true`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Block Markup

This is a [**dynamic block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

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

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

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/latest-posts/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/latest-posts/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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