How do you show recent posts from a specific category?

[kingjacob]

As the title says, Im trying to do
<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=5'); ?> but only show posts from say "category id=music".

[SarahG]

Use the get_posts() function.

Template Tags/get posts WordPress Codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts)
List Your Recent Posts (http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/05/04/list-your-recent-posts/)

:)

[kingjacob]

thanks sarah, that worked perfectly.