recent posts is not picking up

Have you configured your theme to display latest posts on Homepage ?
check in your admin page :
Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings :

Your homepage displays:
– Your latest posts
– A static page

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Make sure you picked the first option

thanks for your reply – however I definitely already have that option selected.

Have you configured both , the Theme and the main WordPress settings as well ?

check in your admin page :
Settings >> Reading :
Reading Settings
Your homepage displays
= Your latest posts
= A static page (select below)

if none of that worked then I suggest you take a look at this topic here
Latest posts will not show up on homepage

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by koolsherif.

Hi @myrosacrawford,

I checked your site and found that you have published 7 posts which are displaying in the slider.

By default in the free theme, the posts displaying in the slider is not shown on the homepage.

To display the post on the homepage, I suggest you decrease the number of posts displaying in the slider from 7. You can reduce the number of posts in the slider via Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > General Settings > Slider Settings. Please check this screenshot – https://prntscr.com/pozt1b

This will resolve the issue. If it doesn’t, kindly let us know.