Gets the 4 most recent WordPress posts on the forum.

get_recent_posts.php

<?php

$url = 'https://luminous-landscape.com/wp-json/posts?filter[posts_per_page]=4';
get_recent_posts( $url );

function get_recent_posts( $url ) {

  $json = file_get_contents($url);



    echo '<div class="top-scroll-bar">';
    echo '<div class="wrap">';

    if ( $json !== FALSE ) {

      $obj = json_decode($json);

      echo '<span class="title">UPDATES <span class="dashicons dashicons-arrow-right-alt"></span></span> ';
      echo '<ul>';

    foreach ( $obj as $post ) {

      $title 	= $post->title;
      $link 	= $post->link;
      $author = $post->author->name;

      echo "<li><a href='$link'>$title</a></li>";


    }

    echo '</ul>';
    echo '<span id="prev" class="dashicons dashicons-arrow-left"></span>';
    echo '<span id="next" class="dashicons dashicons-arrow-right"></span>';

  }
  echo '<a href="https://luminous-landscape.com" class="luminous-home-link">Luminous Landscape Home <span class="dashicons dashicons-redo"></span></a>';
  echo '</div>';
  echo '</div>';

}