Display recent posts of your WordPress blog / website without using a plugin. Simply copy and paste the following code (change the number used in showposts=5 in order to get any number of recent posts you want). Here is the code you need:
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<ul>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile;?>
</ul>

Tags: Recent Posts, Wordpress Code