Display Blog Posts on any Page (with navigation)

Tags

blog, Blog post

Create a blank page template named “page-blog.php” and include the following code:

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

	<article>

		<?php // Display blog posts on any page @ http://m0n.co/l
		$temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null;
		$wp_query = new WP_Query(); $wp_query->query('showposts=5' . '&paged='.$paged);
		while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

		<?php if ($paged > 1) { ?>

		<nav id="nav-posts">
			<div class="prev"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Posts'); ?></div>
			<div class="next"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Posts &raquo;'); ?></div>
		</nav>

		<?php } else { ?>

		<nav id="nav-posts">
			<div class="prev"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Posts'); ?></div>
		</nav>

		<?php } ?>

		<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

	</article>

<?php get_footer(); ?>