Help with some wordpress coding?

I'm hoping this is the right category to post this in...I would imagine that it's all you PHP experts that would be able to help!

What I'm trying to accomplish is in a Wordpress website. What I need is to be able to have a PAGE where I do some text like an "about page"...then, underneath of that, I want to have all of my posts start and maybe have like the 5 latest posts.

Does anyone know some sort of code that I could do or even a plugin I could use to make this happen? It sounds easy in theory, like it should just be one line of command...but I don't have a clue!

Thanks!

 

Try this
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

 

Thanks! Would you be willing to help me implement this? I looked at the stuff and it looks like I have to edit my template, which I have no idea how to do and have never done before.

I attached the template that I am working with...

Thanks!

 

hello are you done with the issue. If not do not hesitate to contact us for the work.

 

use this code. It gets 5 latest posts.

Place it whereever you want.

 

Thanks olddocks. That didn't work though. I pasted it in the HTML of my "about" page, and now my page displays this:

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Any ideas?

 

You should paste that code in template, not in post body.

 

Okay, so I only want it on the front page...so, wouldn't I put it in the "Main Page Template"? I tried that, and nothing shows up. I put it above the footer and above a line of code that says "end content".

 

just put it in a
if(is_home()) {
// code here
}

 

still nothing

 

You have open /wp-content/themes/<yourtheme>/header.php (or wherever you need output, be it footer, header etc)

and then place the code.