WordPress Recent Posts

wp-recent-posts.php

/**
 * Outputs recent posts with the desired markup and data.
 * Used in place of a widget to meet design requirements.
 *
 * Load in your theme template files with this <?php _my_recent_posts(); ?>
 */
function _my_recent_posts($recent_number = '8') {
  $args = array( 'numberposts' => $recent_number );
  $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
	echo '<ul class="recent-entries">';
	foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
		echo '<li>
			<a href="' . get_permalink($recent['ID']) . '" title="Look ' . esc_attr($recent['post_title']) . '" >
				<time class="entry-date" datetime="' . get_the_date( 'c' ) . '" pubdate>' . get_the_time( 'M d', $recent['ID'] ) . '</time>
				<h1>' . $recent['post_title'] . '</h1>
			</a>
			</li> ';
	}
	echo '</ul>';
}
endif;