Needed a quick solution for displaying five latest blogposts on home-page. It will show only titles and makes them active links. This is the code:

 '5' );
	$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
	foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
		echo '
' .   $recent["post_title"].' 
 ';
	}
	wp_reset_query();
?>

If different number of posts is needed, change the number 5 in this row:

$args = array( 'numberposts' => '5' );

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