How to display latest post on Home Page?

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  horsovski · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 12:19 am

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  Hi

  I’m very new to WordPress and hopefully someone can help me with my issue.

  I am using http://evergreenpa.org/themes/evergreen-sports/galleries/ this theme and what I would like to do it to always have LATEST POST displayed on this place under top slider.

  Currently it’s set so there can be only custom entry on Home and I don’t know how I could change this?

  If I need to post any part of the code, please let me know which part.

  Thanks

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 12:52 am

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  What is the URL of your blog, starting with http?

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  horsovski · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 12:56 am

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  Hey

  I can’t publicly post it but I’m using exactly same theme and layout as this:

  http://evergreenpa.org/themes/evergreen-sports/

  I would like to have latest article displayed under gray announcement tab, with image, text preview and read more button (instead of current static post).

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  horsovski · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 1:34 am

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  `<ul>
  <?php $the_query = new WP_Query( ‘showposts=1’ ); ?>
  <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
  <li><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <li><?php the_content(__(‘(more…)’)); ?></li>
  <?php endwhile;?>
  </ul>

  I have tried this but this show the full post. How can I limit this to featured image, title, text preview and read more?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2014 at 1:38 am

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  I am not going to help you until you post the URL. 90% of the time the blog is NOT using Wp.com software but WP.org software. And yours is, obviously. Go to WordPress.org for assistance with that.

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  omeglachat · Member · Mar 13, 2014 at 11:45 am

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  We do not provide support for that site here at WordPress.COM because it is not hosted here. We do NOT provide support for local installs of WordPress.ORG software.

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.