wp-includes/blocks/latest-posts.php:45Renders the core/latest-posts block on server.
$attributesarraystringOne hook fires while render_block_core_latest_posts() runs, in this order:
Filters the maximum number of words in a post excerpt.
function render_block_core_latest_posts( $attributes ) { global $post, $block_core_latest_posts_excerpt_length; static $rendering_stack = array(); $args = array( 'posts_per_page' => $attributes['postsToShow'], 'post_status' => 'publish', 'order' => $attributes['order'], 'orderby' => $attributes['orderBy'], 'ignore_sticky_posts' => true, 'no_found_rows' => true, ); $block_core_latest_posts_excerpt_length = $attributes['excerptLength']; add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'block_core_latest_posts_get_excerpt_length', 20 ); if ( ! empty( $attributes['categories'] ) ) { $args['category__in'] = array_column( $attributes['categories'], 'id' ); } if ( isset( $attributes['selectedAuthor'] ) ) { $args['author'] = $attributes['selectedAuthor']; } $query = new WP_Query( $args ); if ( isset( $attributes['displayFeaturedImage'] ) && $attributes['displayFeaturedImage'] ) { update_post_thumbnail_cache( $query ); } $list_items_markup = ''; // Snapshot the current global post so it can be restored after the loop. // We use have_posts()/the_post() rather than foreach so that setup_postdata() // is called for each post, establishing the correct global context for // do_blocks() and other filters that run during full-content rendering. $previous_post = $post ?? null; while ( $query->have_posts() ) { $query->the_post(); $post_link = esc_url( get_permalink() ); $title = get_the_title(); if ( ! $title ) { $title = __( '(no title)' ); } $list_items_markup .= '<li>'; if ( $attributes['displayFeaturedImage'] && has_post_thumbnail() ) { $image_style = ''; if ( isset( $attributes['featuredImageSizeWidth'] ) ) { $image_style .= sprintf( 'max-width:%spx;', $attributes['featuredImageSizeWidth'] ); } if ( isset( $attributes['featuredImageSizeHeight'] ) ) { $image_style .= sprintf( 'max-height:%spx;', $attributes['featuredImageSizeHeight'] ); } $image_classes = 'wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image'; if ( isset( $attributes['featuredImageAlign'] ) ) { $image_classes .= ' align' . $attributes['featuredImageAlign']; } $featured_image = get_the_post_thumbnail( null, $attributes['featuredImageSizeSlug'], array( 'style' => esc_attr( $image_style ), ) ); if ( $attributes['addLinkToFeaturedImage'] ) { $featured_image = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" aria-label="%2$s">%3$s</a>', esc_url( $post_link ), esc_attr( $title ), $featured_image ); } $list_items_markup .= sprintf( '<div class="%1$s">%2$s</div>', esc_attr( $image_classes ), $featured_imageIntroduced in 5.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
src/wp-includes/blocks/latest-posts.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.