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Pulling posts from outside wordpress (in the right way!)

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  1. <?php
  2.   include('wp-load.php'); // it is neccesary to include wp-load.php, cause it's the only why to use Wordpress API outside of Wordpress
  3.   // pay atention on the include path if you want to work :-)
  4.  
  5.   echo '<h3>Recent Blog Post</h3>';
  6.   echo '<ul>';
  7.   $number = 3; // number of recent posts that you want to display
  8.   $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts($number); // this function will display recent posts, order by ID DESC
  9.   foreach($recent_posts as $post){
  10.     echo '<li><a href="'.get_permalink($post["ID"]).'">'.$post["post_title"].'</a></li>';
  11.   }
  12.   echo '</ul>';
  13. ?>

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