# List Recent Posts

URL: /docs/theming/recipes/list-recent-posts/
Section: recipes
Tags: cookbook, filters, where, sort

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List Recent Posts Display the most recent posts from a section using Bengal's query filters. The Pattern 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14{% set posts = site.pages | where('section', 'blog') | where('draft', false) | sort_by('date', reverse=true) | limit(5) %} <ul class="recent-posts"> {% for post in posts %} <li> <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a> <time>{{ post.date | date('%B %d, %Y') }}</time> </li> {% endfor %} </ul> What's Happening Filter Purpose where('section', 'blog') Only pages in the blog/ directory where('draft', false) Exclude drafts sort_by('date', reverse=true) Newest first limit(5) Take only 5 Variations From Any Section 1 2 3 4 5{# All non-draft pages, any section #} {% set recent = site.pages | where('draft', false) | sort_by('date', reverse=true) | limit(10) %} With Featured Post 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14{% set posts = site.pages | where('section', 'blog') | sort_by('date', reverse=true) %} {% set featured = posts | first %} {% set rest = posts | offset(1) | limit(4) %} <div class="featured"> <h2>{{ featured.title }}</h2> <p>{{ featured.description }}</p> </div> <ul class="more-posts"> {% for post in rest %} <li><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li> {% endfor %} </ul> Exclude Current Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9{# In a sidebar, show recent posts excluding the current one #} {% set others = site.pages | where('section', 'blog') | sort_by('date', reverse=true) | limit(6) %} {% for post in others if post.url != page.url %} <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a> {% endfor %} Info Seealso Template Functions — All filter options Group by Category — Organize posts by category

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