Hi Nancy,
Use this code to solve your error.
Add this code into your function.php file.
function recent_posts_function($atts){
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
'posts' => 1,
), $atts));
$return_string = '<ul>';
query_posts(array('orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'DESC' , 'showposts' => $posts));
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
$return_string .= '<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></li>';
endwhile;
endif;
$return_string .= '</ul>';
wp_reset_query();
return $return_string;
}
add this short code, where you want to display your recent post list.
[recent-posts posts="5"]
Regards
Tech9logy Creators