Display a list of your most recent posts.
This block is available in the latest version of WordPress and does not require the Gutenberg plugin.
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Category: Widgets
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Block Grammar & Markup
<!-- wp:core/latest-posts {"postsToShow":5,"displayAuthor":false,"displayPostDate":false} /-->
Block Attributes
Optional. Type: Object.
Attributes provide the structured data needs of a block. They can exist in different forms when they are serialized, but they are declared together under a common interface.
{
"categories": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"selectedAuthor": {
"type": "number"
},
"postsToShow": {
"type": "number",
"default": 5
},
"displayPostContent": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"displayPostContentRadio": {
"type": "string",
"default": "excerpt"
},
"excerptLength": {
"type": "number",
"default": 55
},
"displayAuthor": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"displayPostDate": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"postLayout": {
"type": "string",
"default": "list"
},
"columns": {
"type": "number",
"default": 3
},
"order": {
"type": "string",
"default": "desc"
},
"orderBy": {
"type": "string",
"default": "date"
},
"displayFeaturedImage": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
},
"featuredImageAlign": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"left",
"center",
"right"
]
},
"featuredImageSizeSlug": {
"type": "string",
"default": "thumbnail"
},
"featuredImageSizeWidth": {
"type": "number",
"default": null
},
"featuredImageSizeHeight": {
"type": "number",
"default": null
},
"addLinkToFeaturedImage": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
Block Supports
Optional. Type: Object.
A set of options that enables or disables block controls in the editor, for example gradient colors or padding.
{
"align": true,
"html": false,
"color": {
"gradients": true,
"link": true,
"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
"background": true,
"text": true,
"link": true
}
},
"spacing": {
"margin": true,
"padding": true
},
"typography": {
"fontSize": true,
"lineHeight": true,
"__experimentalFontFamily": true,
"__experimentalFontWeight": true,
"__experimentalFontStyle": true,
"__experimentalTextTransform": true,
"__experimentalTextDecoration": true,
"__experimentalLetterSpacing": true,
"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
"fontSize": true
}
},
"interactivity": {
"clientNavigation": true
}
}