Custom URL for all posts in Wordpress

Question

I have a wordpress site with static page as the front page. I want to have /blog to display the recent posts. How can I do that?

thanks.

Answer 1

Create a page with a custom page template, then create a custom WP_Query object to return your last posts.

You can get something like:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog Page
*/
get_header();

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'any', #all post types
    'posts_per_page' => 10 #get 10 posts
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
if($query->have_posts()):
  while($query->have_posts()):
    $query->the_post();
    the_title(); #display the title
  endwhile;
endif;

get_footer();