Recent post / latest post

//Recent or latest post

                 <?php
                    $recent_post_number = array( 'numberposts' => 4 );
                 	$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $recent_post_number );
                 	foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){ ?>
                    <?php echo '
                    <li>
                    <div class="media"> <a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" class="media-left"> '.   get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'small' ). ' </a>
                    <div class="media-body"> <a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" class="catg_title"> '.   $recent["post_title"]. '</a> </div>
                    </div>
                    </li>
                     '?>

               <?php } wp_reset_query(); ?>

/*Reference*/


<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_recent_posts
<ul>
<?php
	$args = array( 'numberposts' => '5' );
	$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
	foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
		echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '">' .   $recent["post_title"].'</a> </li> ';
	}
	wp_reset_query();
?>
</ul>